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March 8, 2024

Latin America
New CFR Book Assesses Multi-Billion Dollar U.S. Security Assistance Programs for Colombia and Mexico

“For the United States, Plan Colombia and the Mérida Initiative were each a means to an end: a reduction in drug trafficking, the stabilization of volatile and violent neighbors, and the defense of d…

October 21, 2022

Diplomacy and International Institutions
David M. Rubenstein Donates $10 Million to Foreign Affairs Magazine

As Foreign Affairs magazine celebrates one hundred years of publication, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Chairman and Carlyle Group Cofounder David M. Rubenstein has generously pledged $10 million…

January 31, 2020

News Release
David J. Scheffer Joins CFR as Visiting Fellow

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) welcomes David J. Scheffer to its David Rockefeller Studies Program as a visiting senior fellow, based in Washington, DC. At CFR, Scheffer is focusing on int…

June 16, 2017

United States
David Rubenstein Named Chairman of the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations

David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of the private equity firm the Carlyle Group, has been named chairman of the board of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) effective July 1.

David Rubenstein

October 13, 2006

Financial Markets
Playing Monopoly with the Devil: Developing World Needs to Adopt the Dollar as its Currency

Replacing domestic currencies with an international one is the best way for developing countries to create a financially stable environment and integrate into the ever-globalizing world economy, argu…

April 2, 2024

United States
CFR Launches RealEcon Initiative to Reimagine American Economic Leadership

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) announces the launch of RealEcon: Reimagining American Economic Leadership, an initiative to assess the role of the United States in the international economy, …