On the Record

In this episode, panelists discuss the best and worst decisions in U.S. foreign policy as a part of the CFR Young Professionals Briefing Series.

Host: Kelebogile Zvobgo, Mansfield Associate Professor of Government and Director, International Justice Lab, College of William and Mary; CFR Term Member

Guests: Kathryn E. David, Historian, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State; CFR Term Member

James M. Lindsay, Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

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In this episode, panelists discuss the growing economic and security threats facing Persian Gulf countries and the future of U.S. engagement in the region.

Host: Karen E. Young, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University; CFR Member

Guests: Joseph L. Votel, Distinguished Chair, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point; Former Commander, U.S. Central Command (2016–2019); CFR Member

Robert Mogielnicki, Nonresident Fellow, Arab Gulf States Institute; Middle East Advisor, Teneo; CFR Term Member

Elisa Catalano Ewers, Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

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To keep tabs on all CFR events, visit cfr.org/event. To watch this event, please visit it on our YouTube channel: The Gulf After the Iran War

This episode revisits a 2015 CFR event featuring former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan, who passed away at age 100.

Host: Steve Liesman, Senior Economics Reporter, CNBC 

Guests: Alan Greenspan, Former Chairman, Federal Reserve Board

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In this episode, Under Secretary Gil discusses the Genesis Mission, and what the federal government’s bet on AI and quantum computing for scientific discovery means for American competitiveness and global collaboration.

Host: Nicholas F. Beim, Partner, Venrock; Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations

Guests: Darío Gil, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy

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In this episode, panelists discuss what American democracy has and hasn't delivered on equality, access, and opportunity, and whether that internal reckoning is now inseparable from the country's standing and credibility as a world leader.

Host: Meena Bose, Executive Dean, Public Policy and Public Service Programs and Director, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, Hofstra University; CFR Member 

Guests: Jamelle Bouie, Opinion Columnist, New York Times 

Jane Kamensky, President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello; Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History Emerita, Harvard University 

Elizabeth Rule, Assistant Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies, American University; Author, Indigenous DC: Native Peoples and the Nation's Capital

Introductory Remarks: Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member 

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On this episode, panelists provide an update on the geoeconomic consequences of the Iran war and the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, including disruptions to oil, gas, and other commodity markets, and the longer-term implications for the petrodollar system and the energy transition.

Host: Edward Fishman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomics, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers: Daniel H. Yergin, Vice Chairman, S&P Global; CFR Member

Helima Croft, Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets; CFR Member

Mallika Sachdeva, Managing Director, Head of FX Thematics, Deutsche Bank Research

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In this episode, U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer discusses recent developments in the administration’s global economic trade strategy.

Host: Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Former U.S. Trade Representative (2013-17)

Guest: Jamieson Greer, Ambassador, U.S. Trade Representative 

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In this moment of renewed debate over the United States’ role in the world, CFR launches the Future of American Strategy Initiative, a multiyear effort to develop a strategic vision for U.S. foreign policy and answer a defining question: Where does America go from here?

Led by Senior Fellow Rebecca Lissner, a leading U.S. foreign policy practitioner and scholar, the Future of American Strategy Initiative will bring together perspectives across ideological lines to develop new thinking on U.S. foreign policy.

In this episode, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee discuss the defense priorities, investments, and strategic choices that will define American power in the decade ahead.

Host: Dasha Burns, White House Bureau Chief and Host, The Conversation, Politico; Host, Ceasefire, C-SPAN

Guests: Elissa Slotkin, U.S. Senator from Michigan (D); Member, Senate Armed Services Committee; Member, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Tim Sheehy, U.S. Senator from Montana (R), Member, Senate Armed Services Committee

Introductory Remarks: Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member

Rebecca Lissner, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director of the Future of American Strategy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations

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In this episode, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda discusses the economic impact of the Middle East conflict on Asia and the Pacific, ADB’s response, and the need for countries to strengthen resilience against future shocks.

Host: Brad W. Setser, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Guests: Masato Kanda, President, Asian Development Bank

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In this episode, panelists discuss European responses to the war in Iran, efforts in conflict resolution, and the implications for the transatlantic relationship, EU cohesion, and Europe’s long-term strategic direction.

Host: Serge Schmemann, Editorial Writer, New York Times; CFR Member

Guests: Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, Chief Executive Officer and President, German Marshall Fund of the United States

Douglas E. Lute, Chair, International and Defense Practices, BGR Group; Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2013-17); CFR Member

Ellie Geranmayeh, Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

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