The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested...
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The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.
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The Council carries out its mission by:

* Maintaining a diverse membership, including special programs to promote interest and develop expertise in the next generation of foreign policy leaders;
* Convening meetings at its headquarters in New York and in Washington, DC,...
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The Council carries out its mission by:

* Maintaining a diverse membership, including special programs to promote interest and develop expertise in the next generation of foreign policy leaders;
* Convening meetings at its headquarters in New York and in Washington, DC, and other cities where senior government officials, members of Congress, global leaders, and prominent thinkers come together with Council members to discuss and debate major international issues;
* Supporting a Studies Program that fosters independent research, enabling Council scholars to produce articles, reports, and books and hold roundtables that analyze foreign policy issues and make concrete policy recommendations;
* Publishing Foreign Affairs, the preeminent journal of international affairs and U.S. foreign policy;
* Sponsoring Independent Task Forces that produce reports with both findings and policy prescriptions on the most important foreign policy topics; and
* Providing up-to-date information and analysis about world events and American foreign policy on its website, CFR.org.

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The Council on Foreign Relations has launched an Academic Outreach Initiative designed to connect educators and students at the college and graduate level with the Council’s research and nonpartisan analysis. For more information on Foreign Affairs academic resources, please visit...
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The Council on Foreign Relations has launched an Academic Outreach Initiative designed to connect educators and students at the college and graduate level with the Council’s research and nonpartisan analysis. For more information on Foreign Affairs academic resources, please visit http://www.foreignaffairs.org/arp/.
Please note that there is a charge for archived Foreign Affairs articles and Custom Textbooks.
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