The Council on Foreign Relations is a nonprofit think tank founded in 1921 and headquartered in New York City that specializes in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. It has over 4,900 members who are senior politicians, secretaries of state, CIA directors, bankers, lawyers, professors, and senior media figures. The Council is led by President Richard N. Haass and seeks to advance understanding of foreign policy issues through publications like Foreign Affairs.
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1. Council on Foreign Relations
THE COUNCILOFFOREIGN RELATIONS
The Council onForeignRelations,foundedin1921, isa UnitedStatesnonprofitthinktankspecializingin
U.S. foreignpolicyandinternational affairs.ItisheadquarteredinNew YorkCity,withanadditional
office inWashington,D.C.Itsmembership,whichnumbers4,900,has includedseniorpoliticians,more
than a dozensecretariesof state,CIA directors,bankers,lawyers,professors,andseniormediafigures.
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3. 1 - Elihu Root (18451937) headed the first Council on Foreign Relations [22]
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4. 2 - David Rockefeller (19152017), joined the Council in 1941 and was appointed as a director in 1949 [33]
3 - CFR Headquarters, located in the former Harold Pratt House in New York City [44]
Here are some ideas:Origins,1918 to 1945; ColdWar era,1945 to 1979. [15
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Here are some ideas:Presidentof the UnitedStates;HaroldPrattHouse;UnitedStates;David
Rockefeller;New YorkCity.[16
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Current status
4 - President Richard N. Haass [57]
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5. 5 - Richard Haas with Hillary Clinton [68]
6 - President George W. Bush addresses a meeting of CFR, December 2005 [79]
Here are some ideas:Mission;Membership;Policyinitiatives;''ForeignAffairs''.[110
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Here are some ideas:BusinessCouncil;BrookingsInstitution;George H.W.Bush; The Brookings
Institution;George H.W.Bush.[111
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Media opinions
Here are some ideas:CharityNavigator;thinktank;foreignpolicy.[112
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ecember_7,_2005).jpeg
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6. Opposition to the CFR
Here are some ideas:paleoconservative;JohnBirchSociety;W.CleonSkousen;massmedia;
governmentofficials.[113
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References
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elihu_Root,_bw_photo_portrait,_1902.jpg
3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Rockefeller_-_NARA_-_195929_(cropped).jpg
4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harold_Pratt_House_004.JPG
5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Haass_and_Steve_Coll_(3531761594)_(crop
ped).jpg
6. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_Clinton_Delivers_Remarks_on_American_L
eadership_(8433287729).jpg
7. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bush_addresses_council_on_foreign_relations_regar
ding_Iraq_War_(December_7,_2005).jpeg
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