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The David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's think tank—analyzes pressing global challenges and offers actionable steps that policymakers and citizens can take to address them. The more than eighty full-time and adjunct fellows in Studies cover all the world’s major regions and significant foreign policy issues. In addition to producing books, articles, op-eds, blogs, podcasts, and interactives, the Studies Program administers fourteen fellowship programs. 

80+ Full Time, Adjunct, and Visiting Fellows

Expert Spotlight

Steven A. Cook
Steven A. Cook

Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars

Middle East and North Africa Turkey Arab Spring

A DSR Daily Special Report: Israel and Iran War Update

Offsite Via Deep State Radio June 13, 2025

Stephen Sestanovich
Stephen Sestanovich

George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russia Europe and Eurasia U.S. Foreign Policy

Brad W. Setser
Brad W. Setser

Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow

International Economic Policy Capital Flows Economics

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Blogs

Asia Unbound

CFR fellows and other experts assess the latest issues emerging in Asia today.

Renowned Academic Paul Chambers Flees Thailand: Does Bangkok Really Get What it Wants?

June 11, 2025

Africa in Transition

Michelle Gavin, Ebenezer Obadare, and other experts track political and security developments across sub-Saharan Africa.

Political Tension in Côte d'Ivoire

May 28, 2025

Follow the Money

Brad Setser tracks cross-border flows, with a bit of macroeconomics thrown in.

The Dollar’s Global Role and the Financing of the U.S. External Deficit

June 08, 2025

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Podcasts
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Grand Strategy

Zbigniew Brzezinski, With Edward Luce

Podcast
Edward Luce, U.S. national editor and a columnist for the Financial Times, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what we can learn from the life, career, and writings of Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor to President Jimmy Carter.

Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Edward Luce June 10, 2025 The President’s Inbox

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Contact Us

Shannon K. O'Neil
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
Phone
1.212.434.9772
Email [email protected]

Amy R. Baker

Managing Director, Fellowship Affairs
Phone
1.212.434.9620
Email [email protected]
Patricia Lee Dorff
Managing Director, Publications
Phone
1.212.434.9514
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Shira Schwartz

Managing Director, Studies Operations
Phone
1.212.434.9739
Email [email protected]