CFR: Inside CFR Events (Audio)

State and Local Officials Conference Call with Edward Alden

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:42:59 -0400

Listen to Edward Alden, CFR Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow, discuss current visa and immigration policy as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.

World Economic Update (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:50:05 -0400

Listen to experts discuss the state of the global economy and the effects of a U.S. economic downturn.

Academic Conference Call: The Unfulfilled Promises of Hugo Chávez (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:16:07 -0400

Listen to Wesleyan professor Francisco R. Rodriguez discuss the economic policies of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.

McKinsey Executive Roundtable Series in International Economics: What is the Right Economic Approach to Global Warming? (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:21:21 -0400

Listen to economist Ian W.H. Parry, Richard L. Sandor of the Chicago Climate Exchange, and Princeton's Robert H. Socolow discuss the best economic approach to mitigating global greenhouse-gas emissions.

Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call with Richard Land

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:53 -0400

Listen to Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, discuss the American evangelical community's current foreign policy priorities and their influence on policymaking as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.

Academic Conference Call: Update on the Global Economy (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:53:16 -0400

Listen to Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discuss the state of the U.S. economy and its implications for the rest of the world with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.

Iraq, Education, and Children of Conflict (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:25:08 -0400

Listen to experts discuss issues surrounding the education of children of conflict, specifically with regard to the current situation in Iraq.

Annapolis and Beyond: The United States and the Pursuit of Arab-Israeli Peace (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:20:30 -0400

Listen to experts discuss the state of Arab-Israeli peace efforts since the Annapolis conference.

Media Conference Call: Elections in Zimbabwe (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:32:15 -0400

Listen to CFR Adjunct Fellow for Africa Michelle D. Gavin discuss Zimbabwe's recent presidential and parliamentary elections.

Energy Scenarios to 2050: Implications for U.S. Energy Security (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:14:38 -0400

Listen to Jeroen van der Veer, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, discuss the various global factors influencing the energy market and implications for the next fifty years.

Media Conference Call: The NATO Summit: Afghanistan and Enlargement (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:15:19 -0400

Listen to CFR experts discuss the upcoming NATO summit and NATO operations in Afghanistan.

Religion and the Open Society Symposium: Session Three: Religion, Innovation, and Economic Progress (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:17:41 -0400

Listen to experts discuss the impact of religion on economic development.

This symposium was made possible by the generosity of the Henry Luce Foundation.

Religion and the Open Society Symposium: Session Two: Religion-State Relations (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:32:32 -0400

Listen to experts discuss the role of religion with regard to the state.

This symposium was made possible by the generosity of the Henry Luce Foundation.

Religion and the Open Society Symposium: Session One: Religion, Pluralism, and Freedom of Inquiry (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:23:18 -0400

Listen to experts discuss how religion may have helped or hindered the development of free and open societies.

This symposium was made possible by the generosity of the Henry Luce Foundation.

Academic Conference Call: Stability Operations and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:46:19 -0400

Listen to CFR International Affairs Fellow Amy B. Frumin discuss issues surrounding post-conflict reconstruction with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.

This call is made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

State and Local Officials Conference Call with Stephen Biddle

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:23:51 -0400

Listen to Stephen Biddle, CFR senior fellow for defense policy, provide an update on the current situation in Iraq and examine the political and military implications of U.S. policy options going forward as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.

This call was made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

HBO History Makers Series with Lawrence H. Summers (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:47:29 -0400

Listen to Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard University's Charles W. Eliot university professor, reflect on his career in government and academia as part of CFR's HBO History Makers Series.

Human Security: The Emerging Paradigm for Understanding Global Vulnerabilities (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:39:39 -0400

Listen to Sadako Ogata, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, discuss how human security has changed over the course of her career, as part of the CFR Global Women Leaders Series, sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc.

Intelligence Analysis: Continuity and Change (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:40:56 -0400

Listen to Dr. Thomas Fingar discuss controversial national intelligence estimates on Iran and Iraq, changes in intelligence analysis, and new tools available to analysts.

Iraq: Five Years of War (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:49:13 -0400

Listen to Barry McCaffrey, a retired U.S. army general and adjunct professor of international affairs at West Point, discuss past failings and future options for success in Iraq five years after the war began.

Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call with Gloria E. White-Hammond

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:26:55 -0400

Listen to Gloria E. White-Hammond, cofounder of My Sister's Keeper and copastor of Bethel AME Church in Boston, discuss the role that faith-based organizations are playing in Africa, with a focus on their efforts in Darfur, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Series.

A Conversation with Asha-Rose Migiro (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:04:01 -0400

Listen to UN deputy secretary-general Asha-Rose Migiro discuss priorities for the United Nations, with particular regard to international development. This event was made possible by the generosity of ExxonMobil.

Campaign 2008 Conversations: U.S. Foreign Policy (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:39:31 -0500

Listen to advisers to the 2008 U.S. presidential candidates discuss the foreign policy platforms of their respective candidates.

Fear and Hitler's Instant Subversion of Freedom (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:31:01 -0500

Listen to Fritz Stern, university professor emeritus at Columbia University, discuss the legacy of Hitler's transformation of Germany into a one-party dictatorship. This meeting was hosted in collaboration with the National History Center.

Can America Handle the Rise of Asia? (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:18:08 -0500

Listen to Kishore Mahbubani, dean and professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, discuss the potentially positive impact of Asia's economic growth on the greater global order.

Academic Conference Call: Russia, Putin, and Authoritarianism (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:59:17 -0500

Listen to Stanford University's Michael A. McFaul discuss his recently coauthored Foreign Affairs article, "The Myth of the Authoritarian Model," with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.

Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:13:34 -0500

Listen to Michael Mandelbaum, the Christian Herter professor at the Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies, discuss his book, Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government.

Media Conference Call: Russia's Presidential Elections and Kosovo (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:07:38 -0500

Listen to CFR Senior Fellow Stephen Sestanovich discuss the upcoming presidential elections in Russia and the recent declaration of independence by Kosovo.

Continuing Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy: Pakistan (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:32:38 -0500

Listen to experts discuss the Pakistani elections and prospects for the country's political situation going forward.

Global Challenges and Opportunities in U.S. Foreign Policy: A Conversation with R. Nicholas Burns (Audio)

national@cfr.org (Council on Foreign Relations) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:49:24 -0500

Listen to U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs R. Nicholas Burns discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy and the need for the United States to engage with the rest of the world.