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August 10, 1999
United StatesAugust 10, 1999, New York City—The end of the Cold War created a crisis for the American military industrial complex, as procurement spending dropped by over 60% in a decade and the export market imp…
August 18, 2008
CFR NewsThe Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has introduced a new visual identity to better connect its work with the broadening range of constituencies it seeks to reach. The new branding was designed to …
March 17, 2015
Sub-Saharan AfricaZimbabwe, once an African garden spot, is now characterized by bad governance, ubiquitous human rights abuses, abrogation of the rule of law, and poverty. These negatives are closely associated with …
January 8, 2003
United StatesSeptember 7, 2001 - What if you took seventy-five of the most experienced professionals in the fields of finance, economics, foreign policy, and national security and confronted them with two dozen p…
August 31, 2004
Heads of State and GovernmentTerms of UseI understand that I may access this audio and/or video file solely for my personal use. Any other use of the file and its content, including display, distribution, reproduction, or altera…
June 16, 2017
CFR NewsDavid 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.
April 7, 2016
CybersecurityThe debate over encryption has been in the headlines a lot over the past few weeks, fueled in part by the clash over the San Bernardino iPhone, whether the attackers in Paris and Belgium used encrypt…
December 7, 2005
United StatesThis publication is now archived. Presidents at the CFR Since the founding of the Council on Foreign Relations in 1921, eight American presidents have addressed the membership, two of them – Bi…
July 9, 2003
United StatesJuly 10, 2003 - James M. Lindsay, a leading authority on the domestic influences on American foreign policy, has been named Vice President and Director of Studies of the Council, announced Council Pr…
October 10, 2003
United StatesOctober 10, 2003—The Board of Directors named former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, director and chairman of the executive committee of Citigroup, as a vice chairman of the Council. He join…