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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 twelve fellowship programs. 

80+ Full Time, Adjunct, and Visiting Fellows

Podcasts
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Health Policy and Initiatives

PEPFAR Reauthorization Struggle, Banned Books Week, Slovakia Democracy Test, and More

Podcast
Important provisions of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) could expire due to partisan divisions, threatening a widely successful initiative; libraries take part in U.S. Banned Books Week in the face of a rising censorship movement; Slovakia holds an early parliamentary election amid concerns that pro-Russia parties will gain power; and Chinese President Xi Jinping and Syrian President ​​Bashar al-Assad announce a partnership.

Podcast with Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins September 28, 2023 The World Next Week

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The mission is to be a resource and a source of ideas, and to provide analysis and background to help people understand the world. — Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Blogs

Africa in Transition

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

A Dispiriting UNGA

September 27, 2023

Asia Unbound

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

Remember These Rising Political Stars?

September 27, 2023

Follow the Money

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

How to Hide Your Foreign Exchange Reserves—A User’s Guide

June 29, 2023

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Contact Us

James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
Phone
1.212.434.9626 (NY) 1.202.509.8405 (DC)
Email [email protected]
Shannon K. O'Neil
Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies
Phone
1.212.434.9772
Email [email protected]

Amy R. Baker

Managing Director, Studies Administration and Fellowship Affairs
Phone
1.212.434.9620
Email [email protected]
Patricia Lee Dorff
Managing Director, Publications
Phone
1.212.434.9514
Email [email protected]

Shira Schwartz

Director, Studies Administration and Diversity Initiatives
Phone
1.212.434.9739
Email [email protected]