The Council on Foreign Relations at 100: The History

The Council on Foreign Relations at 100: The History

January 5, 2021 10:40 am (EST)

The Council on Foreign Relations at 100: The History
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2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Council on Foreign Relations. Since its inception in 1921, the Council has been guided by an unwavering set of core principles: independence, nonpartisanship, and a commitment to producing quality, policy-relevant scholarship. The CFR’s mission, to provide the analysis and context necessary to inform America’s foreign policy choices and to increase public understanding of the world and why it matters, remains as urgent today as at any time in the past century.

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