This project has been funded through the generous support of David M. Rubenstein, chairman of the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations. David is an investor, philanthropist, interviewer, author, and historian. He is cofounder and cochairman of the Carlyle Group, one of the world\u2019s largest and most successful private investment firms. Rubenstein is a Baltimore native and is the chairman, CEO, and principal owner of Major League Baseball\u2019s Baltimore Orioles. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Rubenstein is chairman of the boards of the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago; a trustee of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum; an emeritus trustee of Johns Hopkins Medicine; and a director of Moderna, Inc., and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among other board seats.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n
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