Experts
The Council on Foreign Relations' David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's "think tank"—is home to more than seventy full-time, adjunct, and visiting scholars and practitioners (called fellows). Their expertise covers the world's major regions as well as the critical issues shaping today's global agenda. Download the printable CFR Experts Guide.
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Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy
Former senior associate at the Asia Foundation and Pacific Forum CSIS and founder of the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy. Co-editor of North Korea in Transition: Politics, Economy, and Society (Rowman and Littlefield, October 2012), and editor of Global Korea: South Korea's Contributions to International Security (Council on Foreign Relations, October 2012) and The U.S.-South Korea Alliance: Meeting New Security Challenges (Lynne Rienner Publishers, March 2012).
Robert S. Spalding III, U.S. Air Force, was most recently vice commander of the 509th Bomb Wing based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, where he was responsible for preparing and maintaining United States' only B-2 wing. He also commanded the 509th Operations Group where he launched B-2s to protect civilians during Operation Odyssey Dawn.
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Economist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001. Author of The Next Convergence, released in May 2011. Chairman of the Commission on Growth and Development.
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
Award-winning writer, and editor of the scholarly journal International Finance. His most recent book, The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order, was called "a triumph of economic and diplomatic history" by the Financial Times.
Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies
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Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
Former deputy editor of Newsweek International and director at EurasiaGroup.
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International Affairs Fellow
Curtis Valentine is the former executive director of Maryland Campaign for Achievement Now (MarylandCAN) and currently an at-large member of the Prince George's County, Maryland Board of Education.
Jere Van Dyk is a consultant to CBS News on South Asia and terrorism, and has appeared frequently on radio and television since 2001. He has given talks at the Carnegie Council, New America Foundation, World Affairs Council, Google, and Microsoft, as well as public schools, universities, and nonprofit organizations.
Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Former advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on global women's issues. Currently an adjunct professor of women's human rights at Georgetown University. Research focuses on the relationship between women's advancement and prosperity, stability, and security.
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Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy
Former State Department and Defense Department senior official and National Security Council staff member. Professor of international law and national security law at Columbia Law School. Fellow in CFR's Cyberconflict and Cybersecurity Initiative.
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CFR Experts Guide
The Council on Foreign Relations' David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's "think tank"—is home to more than seventy full-time, adjunct, and visiting scholars and practitioners (called "fellows"). Their expertise covers the world's major regions as well as the critical issues shaping today's global agenda.
Download the printable CFR Experts Guide.
