• Lecture on Russia and Russian-American Relations

  January 1, 2005 - Present

  This lecture series was established in spring 2003 by Alfa Bank of Moskow and its chairman Mikhail Fridman. The annual lecture is to help establish a more secure and lasting footing for Russian-American relations.

  
  

   

  Meetings

  The World in the 21st Century: Addressing New Threats and Challenges

  General Meeting

  
  January 13, 2005

  Related Project: Lecture on Russia and Russian-American Relations

  Presider:	Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
  Speaker:	Sergey Ivanov, Minister of Defense, Russian Federation

  *This will be an on the record meeting

  Inaugural Annual Lecture on Russia and Russian-American Relations, sponsored by Alfa Bank

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• New CFR Books

  

  In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

  

  In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.

  

  America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.

  Complete list of CFR Books.

  New Council Special Reports

  
  

  Congo: Securing Peace, Sustaining Progress

  This report lays out a thoughtful agenda for U.S. policy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo, arguing that what happens there should matter to the United States--for humanitarian reasons as well as economic and strategic ones.

  Deterring State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism

  In this report, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi analyzes the potential use of deterrence in preventing terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear weapons and recommends a new approach to U.S. declaratory policy, as well as ways to improve U.S. capabilities to determine the sources of terrorist attacks.

  Complete list of Council Special Reports.

  David Rockefeller Studies Program Contacts

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

  Gary Samore
  Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
  +1.212.434.9627
  gsamore@cfr.org

  Sebastian Mallaby
  Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
  smallaby@cfr.org

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

   

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