• Paul C. Warnke Lecture in International Security

  January 1, 2003 - Present

  This endowed lecture series was established in 2002, and is dedicated to the memory of Paul C. Warnke (1920-2001), member and former director of the Council on Foreign Relations. The series commemorates his legacy of public service, his friendship to the Council (he was a director and devoted member), and his unique combination of eloquence, intellect, and pragmatism in the cause of peace and America’s values.

  Paul Warnke is best known for serving as the chief U.S. negotiator for the 1978 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. He was one of the first government figures to strongly support arms reductions as a means to security, an idea, radical at the time, which gradually gained currency. He also played a pivotal role in bringing about the Vietnam peace negotiations. The Warnke Lecture honors his ideals, courage, intellect and his belief that America’s power brings with it a special responsibility in world affairs.

  The lectures alternate between New York and Washington.

  
  

   

  Meetings

  Paul C. Warnke Lecture in International Security: A National Security and Arms Control Strategy for the Twenty-first Century

  General Meeting

  
  November 8, 2007

  Related Project: Paul C. Warnke Lecture in International Security

  Introductory Speaker:	Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
  Discussant:	Lt. Gen. Robert Pursley, USAF (Ret.)
  Presider:	Richard C. Steadman

   

  Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security

  General Meeting

  
  October 12, 2006

  Related Project: Paul C. Warnke Lecture in International Security

  Speaker:	Robert L. Gallucci, Dean, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
  Presider:	Gary Samore, Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations

  At the fourth annual Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security, Dr. Gallucci will address the state of the global nonproliferation regime in light of the situations in Iran and North Korea, as well as the U.S.-India nuclear deal.

  **Please note special time and location**

  6:00 - 6:30 p.m. Reception
  6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Seated Dinner
  7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Meeting

   

  Paul C. Warnke Lecture in International Security - Reviving Disarmament: Developing the United Nations

  General Meeting

  
  October 20, 2005

  Related Project: Paul C. Warnke Lecture in International Security

  Speaker:	Hans Blix, Chairman, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, Former Executive Chairman, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
  Presider:	Graham T. Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government

  5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Reception
  6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Meeting
  7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Cocktail Buffet

   

  Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security

  General Meeting

  
  September 13, 2004

  Related Project: Paul C. Warnke Lecture in International Security

  Speaker:	Carl M. Levin, Member, U.S. Senate (D-MI)

   

  Paul C. Warnke Lecture in International Security

  General Meeting

  
  February 26, 2003

  Related Project: Paul C. Warnke Lecture in International Security

  Presider:	Leslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations
  Speaker:	Harold Brown, Counselor, Center for Strategic And International Studies; Former Secretary of Defense, 1977-1981

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  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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