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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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Ukraine

Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive, With Max Boot

Podcast
Max Boot, the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow in national security studies at CFR and a columnist for the Washington Post, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the progress Ukraine is making in its ongoing effort to retake the territory Russia seized in its 2022 invasion.

Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Max Boot September 19, 2023 The President’s Inbox

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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 Democratic Inquest

September 18, 2023

Asia Unbound

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

South Korea’s 2030 Expo Bid: A Confluence of Diplomacy, Economic Prosperity, and Global Influence

September 18, 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)
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Shannon K. O'Neil
Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies
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1.212.434.9772
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Amy R. Baker

Managing Director, Studies Administration and Fellowship Affairs
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1.212.434.9620
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Patricia Lee Dorff
Managing Director, Publications
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1.212.434.9514
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Shira Schwartz

Director, Studies Administration and Diversity Initiatives
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1.212.434.9739
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