Safeguarding Proseperity in a Global Financial System: The Future Financial Architecture Report of an Independent Task Force
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…
Council Terrorism Website Nominated for Online Journalism Award
Nation's First Online Encyclopedia of Terrorism Recognized for its Unique Contribution to the Public's Understanding of the War on Terrorism and America's ResponseNEW YORK, September 20, 2002 – The C…
Council Launches Blue-Ribbon Commission to Craft Urgently Needed New Strategy for Colombia and the Andes
MAY 6, 2003 - The Center for Preventive Action, a Council on Foreign Relations conflict prevention initiative, has launched a new Commission to make concrete recommendations for mitigating deadly con…
News Releases Center for Preventive Action
Nearly Two Years After 9/11, the United States is Still Dangerously Unprepared and Underfunded for a Catastrophic Terrorist Attack, Warns New Council Task Force
Overall Expenditures Must Be as Much as Tripled to Prepare Emergency Responders Across the CountryFull Text and the Executive Summary of the Council-sponsored Independent Task Force Emergency Respond…
Public Diplomacy Steps Taken Since 9/11 Not Enough; Council Task Force Urges the Bush Administration to Counter America's Deteriorating Image as Anger at U.S. Deepens Post-Iraq War
September 18, 2003 - World opinion of the United States and U.S. policy has plummeted in the wake of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The resulting widespread anger, fear, and mistrust, warns the Council-s…
Council Senior Fellow Jagdish Bhagwati Takes on the Critics of Globalization in New Book
February 17, 2004 - Critics of globalization blame it for everything from child labor to environmental degradation, cultural homogenization, and a host of other ills afflicting poorer nations. In his…
News Releases Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
Julia E. Sweig Named Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America
August 17, 2005 – Council Fellow Julia E. Sweig, a leading expert on U.S.-Latin American relations, has been named the Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies and directo…
Task Force Urges Measures to Strengthen North American Competitiveness, Expand Trade, Ensure Border Security
May 17, 2005--North America is vulnerable on several fronts: the region faces terrorist and criminal security threats, increased economic competition from abroad, and uneven economic development at h…
U.S. Energy Dependence Undercutting U.S. National Security, Council Task Force Warns
America's dependence on imported energy increases its strategic vulnerability and constrains its ability to pursue foreign policy and national security objectives, finds a Council-sponsored Independe…
News Releases by John Deutch, James R. Schlesinger, and David G. Victor
Financial Times' Washington Bureau Chief Edward Alden Joins Council as Senior Fellow
Veteran journalist Edward Alden will join the Council on Foreign Relations Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies as the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow on January 1, 2007. Alden's wor…
Kenneth A. Moskow Memorial Lecture
Paul C. Warnke Lecture
David Rockefeller Lecture
C.V. Starr & Co. Annual Lecture on China