September 20, 1999 — The international community will not make real headway in crisis prevention if private creditors—and particularly large commercial banks—can escape from bad loans to emerging eco…

July 28, 2000 --- The next American president should challenge his Japanese counterpart to launch a joint initiative to create a U.S.-Japan "open marketplace"— free of tariffs, with minimal regulator…

Washington, D.C., January 25, 2001—Morton H. Halperin has rejoined the Council as Senior Fellow, announced Council President Leslie H. Gelb. At the Council, Dr. Halperin will direct a project on demo…

April 2, 2001, New York, NY—Major General (Ret.) William Nash has been named Senior Fellow and Acting Director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventive Action (CPA), Council Preside…

  MEDIA ADVISORY WILLIAM DUDLEY Vice President & Senior Economist, Goldman Sachs & Co. JOHN LIPSKY Chief Economist & Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. AND DANIEL TARULLO…

NEW YORK, March 8, 2002 – The Council on Foreign Relations has announced the short list for the first annual Arthur Ross Book Award. The prize is for a book that has made an outstanding contribution …

March 11, 2002 – An enormous amount has been published in this country about terrorism, Islam, and Middle Eastern politics since September 11th, but almost all of it has been presented through the le…

Contact: Lisa Shields, Director of Communications, 212-434-9888 NEW YORK, April 15, 2002 - To judge the winner of America’s newest and largest international affairs book award, the Council has…

Contact: Lisa Shields, Director of Communications, 212-434-9888 NEW YORK, May 1, 2002 – Robert Skidelsky, author of John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom 1937-1946 (Viking) has won the Cou…

May 02, 2002 – The Webby Awards, the leading international honors for websites, has nominated the Council’s website, cfr.org, for a Webby Award in the category of Best Government & Law website of 200…