• Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy Program

  January 1, 1997 - Present

  The Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy Program, based at the Washington office, engages members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and their staffers in a dialogue about international issues. It offers distinctive, nonpartisan services in convening policymakers, experts, and leaders from many fields.

  
  

   

  Overview

  Individual Member Outreach

  "The new member breakfast was an outstanding opportunity. I was very impressed by CFR's efforts to assist me, during my first months in office, by bringing together a world class group of experts to discuss an international relations issue which I had selected."
  - Congressman Geoff Davis [KY-4]

  The Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy Program engages individual members of Congress by hosting breakfast meetings on Capitol Hill. These meetings bring a small group of Council members together with a member of Congress to discuss a specific foreign policy issue. These meetings bring varied and informed perspectives to members of Congress on issues that matter to them and their constituents.

  Congressional Staff Roundtable Series

  The Council's Congressional Staff Roundtable Series provides a near-weekly forum for discussion of essential issues under the Council tradition of non attribution. It assembles key committee and foreign policy staffers in a neutral setting to discuss international topics. For topics and speakers, the project draws upon the Council's studies program, as well as proposals by Hill staffers and Council program staff.

  Congressional Chiefs of Staff Series

  The Congressional Chiefs of Staff Series is a monthly forum that brings together House and Senate chiefs of staff from both political parties for a discussion of foreign policy issues. Topics and speakers are targeted to an audience of the highest-level staffers on Capitol Hill. The forum allows for greater exposure to crucial details in foreign policy issues that might otherwise be lost.

  This series is made possible with the logistical assistance of the House Chiefs of Staff Association

  Expert Bank

  The Council's Expert Bank is a valuable resource for members of Congress. Drawing on the full membership of the Council for expertise, the Washington Program connects individual Council members and fellows with members of Congress for customized, "on-demand" briefings. Members of the Council and its fellows are ideally suited to provide members of Congress with up-to-date information and analysis of global, regional, and bilateral issues that can be used to craft legislation, organize committee hearings, or prepare congressional delegation visits overseas. Fellows and Council members aim to improve understanding of international issues, and ultimately promote sound, bipartisan policies

  For more information about the Council’s Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy Program, please contact:

  Chelsi Stevens
  Associate Director
  Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy
  cstevens@cfr.org
  +1-202-509-8458

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• The Global Finance Regime

  

  Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.

  New Council Special Reports

  
  

  Enhancing U.S. Preventive Action

  Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.

  The United States in the New Asia

  For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.

  Complete list of Council Special Reports

  New Books

  Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.

  

  In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.

  In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.

  Complete list of CFR Books

  David Rockefeller Studies Program Contacts

  For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:

  James M. Lindsay
  Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
  +1.212.434.9626 (NY); +1.202.509.8405 (DC)
  jlindsay@cfr.org

  Janine Hill
  Deputy Director of Studies Administration
  +1.212.434.9753
  jhill@cfr.org

   

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