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ABOUT THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
The Council on Foreign Relations is a nonprofit and nonpartisan
membership organization dedicated to improving the understanding of
U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through the exchange of
ideas.
The Council was founded in 1921 shortly after the end of World War I.
Several of the American participants in the Paris Peace Conference
decided that it was time for more private American citizens to become
familiar with the increasing international responsibilities and
obligations of the United States. Their decision led to the creation
of an organization dedicated to the continuous study of U.S. foreign
policy for the benefit of both its members and a wider audience of
interested Americans. This original and still-central aim of the
Council has been realized in varied ways throughout the organization's
history.
Today the end of the Cold War requires yet another historic adjustment
in American understanding of the world and of America's international
role. To enrich that understanding is the Council's contemporary
mission. The Council serves as a center for scholarship and policy
analysis, mobilizing resident sen ior staff members, and other experts
in dialogue, study, and publications programs. It serves as a
membership organization, comprising an ever-more diverse and
multi-professional community of men and women involved in
international affairs. And it serves a public education organization,
reaching out nationally and internationally to disseminate ideas and
collaborate with other institutions.
The Council's principal activities, conducted in New York City,
Washington, D.C. and elsewhere in the United States and abroad, are
the responsibility of its Meetings Program, Studies Program, Corporate
Program, and its national Committees Program for community leaders
throughout the United States.
Since 1922, the Council has published Foreign Affairs, the preeminent
journal in the field. The Council on foreign Relations Press publishes
books and occasional papers, which are made available to the public,
on a broad range of issues. The Council also produces "America and the
World," a weekly radio series aired on National Public Radio.
The Council's membership is comprised of women and men who are leaders
in academia, public service, business, and the media. Election to the
Council is based on the candidate's involvement with the key issues of
international policy, interest in the Council and its programs, and
standing in his or her professional community. The by-laws of the
Council restrict membership to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
who have made application to become citizens. The Council has
approximately 3,000 members.
The Council takes no institutional position on issues of foreign
policy ; it is host to many views, advocate of none. No one is
authorized to speak on behalf of the Council on any matter of public
policy. Its members, its guest speakers, and the authors of its
publications hold divergent viewpoints, which the Council encourages
in order to expand perspectives on U.S. foreign policy. All statements
of fact and expression of opinion at Council meetings or in its
publications are the sole responsibility of the individual speaker,
member, or author.
The Council has no affiliation with the U.S. government. It is finance
d by members' dues, income from publications, subscriptions to its
Corporate Program, endowment income, foundation grants, and voluntary
gifts. Its Board of Directors is composed of its President, ex
officio, and 25 directors, who serve staggered five-year terms.
Directors are either elected by the Council's membership or appointed
by the Board.
The Council's research and administrative staff, its library, and the
editorial and business offices of Foreign Affairs are located at its
headquarters, the Harold Prate House, 58 East 68th Street, New York,
NY 10021: telephone:(212) 734-0400; fax: (212) 861-1789. Its
Washington office is located at 2400 N street, NW, Washington, DC
20037; telephone: (202) 862-7786.