Renewing America Roundtable Series
Directors: Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, and James M. Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
July 1, 2011 - Present
Part of CFR's Renewing America initiative, this roundtable series brings high-level attention to homegrown challenges to U.S. national security. Meetings in this series are led by individual CFR fellows and examine how policies at home will directly influence the economic and military strength of the United States and its ability to act in the world.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
The Fiscal Cliff: What’s on the Table
Speakers:
Robert Kahn, Steven A. Tananbaum Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, Christopher M. Tuttle, Director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
James M. Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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What Does the Public Really Think About Defense Spending?
Speakers:
Steven G. Kull, University of Maryland, Matthew Leatherman, Stimson Center, R. Jeffrey Smith, Center for Public IntegrityPresider:
James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Scenarios for the Lame Duck Session of Congress
Speakers:
Neera Tanden, President, Center for American Progress, John D. Podesta, Chairman, Center for American ProgressPresiders:
Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations, Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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America in the Age of Descent
Speaker:
Edward Luce, Organiser, Financial TimesPresider:
James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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After Manufacturing: Lessons for a New Reality from North Carolina
Speaker:
Roland Stephen, Senior Economist, Center for Science, Technology, and Economic Development, SRI InternationalPresider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Fostering Greater Chinese Investment in the United States
Speaker:
David M. Marchick, The Carlyle GroupPresider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Risks in the U.S. Economic Outlook
Speakers:
Martin S. Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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The Middle Class in an Age of Global Finance
Speaker:
Michael Casey, Dow Jones NewswiresPresider:
James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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America’s Dysfunctional Politics
Speakers:
Thomas E. Mann, Brookings Institution, Norman J. Ornstein, American Enterprise InstitutePresider:
James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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The Dysfunction of American Politics
April 27, 2012
This meeting is not for attribution.
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A Converstaion with Douglas Elmendorf
Speaker:
Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget OfficePresider:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Curbing the Global Power Shift: The Reckoning
Speaker:
Michael Moran, Renaissance InsightsPresider:
Edward Alden, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Why the Eurozone Crisis is Not Over
Speakers:
Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times; Distinguished Visiting Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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The Future of Global Innovation: Using the New Rules to Our Advantage
Speaker:
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, The EconomistPresider:
Edward Alden, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Two Views of the U.S. Economy: The Short- and the Long-Run
Speaker:
Jan Hatzius, Chief Economist, Goldman SachsPresider:
Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Opportunity, Jobs, and Inequality: Long-Run Challenges to American Capitalism
Speakers:
Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University, Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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The U.S. Aging Population as an Economic Growth Driver for Global Competitiveness
Speakers:
Joseph F. Coughlin, AgeLab, MIT, Kelly Michel, AEGONPresider:
Michael W. Hodin, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Revitalizing the U.S. Economy After the Election: A Conversation with Glenn Hubbard
Speaker:
R. Glenn Hubbard, Dean, Columbia University Graduate School of Business; Former Chairman, Council of Economic AdvisersPresider:
W. Bowman Cutter, Senior Fellow and Director of the Next American Economy Project, Roosevelt InstituteThis meeting is not for attribution.
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The Eurozone Crisis and the Future of Cross-Border Banking
Speakers:
Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Deputy Chief Economist and Director of Research, European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentPresider:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Global Trade in Services: An Opportunity for the United States
Speaker:
J. Bradford Jensen, Georgetown UniversityPresider:
Edward Alden, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Consequences of the Eurozone Crisis
Speaker:
John P. Lipsky, Former First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary FundPresiders:
Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations, Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Differences Between the U.S. and European Financial Systems
Speaker:
Thomas Philippon, Associate Professor of Finance, NYU-SternPresider:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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China's Economic Future
Speaker:
Arvind Subramanian, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International EconomicsPresiders:
Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations, Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Addressing the Challenge of State-Owned Enterprises
November 16, 2011
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Roundtable Meeting
The Budget Politics of Washington
October 20, 2011 - September 20, 2011
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The Future of Alaskan Energy
Speakers:
Daniel Sullivan, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Captain Melissa Bert, USCG, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Michael A. Levi, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Prospects for the American Economy and What to Do About It
Speaker:
Martin S. Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard UniversityPresider:
Robert D. Blackwill, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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American Renewal: U.S. Prospects in the Technology Race with Asia
January 18, 2011
This meeting is not for attribution.
The Renewing America project explores six major domestic challenges facing the United States that have significant consequences for national security and foreign policy.
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