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| Sebastian Mallaby Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies |
Welcome to the home of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. On this site, you will find information on our activities and publications. You will also find a list of our fellows, with links to biographical information and their publications. To contact us, please click on the Fellows tab on the left.
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
Founded in 2000, the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations works to promote a better understanding among policymakers, academic specialists, and the interested public of how economic and political forces interact to influence world affairs. Globalization is fast erasing the boundaries that have traditionally separated economics from foreign policy and national security issues. The growing integration of national economies is increasingly constraining the policy options that government leaders can consider, while government decisions are shaping the pace and course of global economic interactions. It is essential that policymakers and the public have access to rigorous analysis from an independent, nonpartisan source so that they can better comprehend our interconnected world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other governments.
The center pursues its aims through:
Research carried out by Council fellows and adjunct fellows of outstanding merit and expertise in economics and foreign policy, disseminated through books, articles, and other mass media;
Meetings in New York, Washington, DC, and other select American cities where the world's most important economic policymakers and scholars address critical issues in a discussion or debate format, all involving direct interaction with Council members;
Sponsorship of roundtables and Independent Task Forces whose aims are to inform and help to set the public foreign-policy agenda in areas in which an economic component is integral;
Training of the next generation of policymakers, who will require fluency in the workings of markets as well as the mechanics of international relations.
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In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
In contrast to conventional wisdom, the growth in government spending and heightened regulation during the Great Depression may have done much to slow economic recovery.
This book explores the currency problems that developing countries face and offers sound, practical advice for policymakers on how to deal with them.
Over the past two decades, another form of economic exchange besides imports and exports has risen to a level of vastly greater significance and political concern: the purchase and sale of financial assets across borders.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
Existing government programs, which emphasize retraining and insurance for short-term job loss, don't assuage workers' fears about globalization, argues Robert LaLonde in this Council Report.
With IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato resigning in October, a new report analyzes the reform measures that will be bequeathed to Mr. de Rato's successor, and argues that the reform measures deserve the support of the United States, including the U.S. Congress when it is asked to implement some of the key measures.
Gordon Hanson examines the economic logic of low skilled immigration and warns that a rigid temporary worker program will not discourage illegal entrants.
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