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==CFR Reports & Publications==
*Nicholas Lehman, "How It Came To War" writes in ''The New Yorker'', March 31, 2003, that in an interview with [[Richard Haass]], Director of the Policy Planning staff at the [[State Department]], he learned that Haass would be leaving the State Department to take the position of President of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. The position is currently held by [[Leslie H. Gelb]].
*[http://www.cfr.org/publication.php?id=5849 "Senior Statesmen Henry Kissinger and Lawrence Summers Chair New Council Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward Europe,"] April 14, 2003: Former Secretary of State [[Henry A. Kissinger]] and former Secretary of the Treasury [[Lawrence H. Summers]] will "co-chair a Council-sponsored [[independent task force]] on a new U.S. policy toward Europe. The bi-partisan task force will bring together leaders from business, former senior government officials, and policy experts to issue a report that will address the rift. The group will also include a number of European experts ... The Council-sponsored [[Task Force on Transatlantic Relations]] is made possible by generous grants from ENI SpA and [[Merrill Lynch]]."
*[http://www.cfr.org/publication.php?id=6076 "U.S. Should Provide Iraqis and Americans With a More Coherent and Compelling Vision for Iraq's Political Future.] Experts Urge President to Deliver Major Address to the Nation on Importance of Getting the Job Done Right in Post-War Iraq... the [[George Walker Bush]] administration must sharpen and deepen its commitment to making Iraq a better and safer place, conclude former UN Ambassador [[Thomas R. Pickering]] and former Defense and Energy Secretary [[James R. Schlesinger]], co-chairs of the Council-sponsored Independent Task Force on post-war Iraq," June 25, 2003.
:*"Nearly Two Years After 9/11, the United States is Still Dangerously Unprepared and Underfunded for a Catastrophic Terrorist Attack, Warns New Council Task Force. Overall Expenditures Must Be as Much as Tripled to Prepare Emergency Responders Across the Country."
:*"The study was carried out in partnership with the [[Concord Coalition]] and the [[Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment]], two of the nation's leading budget analysis organizations."
:*"[[Jamie Metzl]], Council Senior Fellow and a former [[National Security Council ]] and [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee ]] official, directed the effort."
:*The Task Force on Emergency Responders is a follow on to the Council's highly acclaimed <strong>[[Hart-Rudman Task Force on Homeland Security]] , which made concrete recommendations in February 2001</strong> on defending the country against a terrorist attack.
::*[[Norman J. Ornstein]], Resident Scholar, [[American Enterprise Institute]] for Public Policy Research
::*[[Dennis Reimer]], Director, [[Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism]]; Former Chief of Staff, USA
::*[[George P. Shultz]], Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, the [[Hoover Institution]], [[Stanford University]]; Former Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor, and Director, [[Office of Management and Budget]]
::*[[Anne-Marie Slaughter]], Dean, the [[Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs]], Princeton University
::*[[David Stern]], Commissioner, National Basketball Association
:*The central finding of which is stated as "Over the past two decades the United States has spent billions of dollars and significant manpower in the Andes region to stem the flow of illegal drugs; assist local security forces in the [[war on drugs|fight against drugs, terror and insurgency]]; and promote free markets, human rights, and democracy. Yet the democracies of the Andean region-[[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Bolivia]]--are still at risk, and the prospect of regional collapse is real and poses a serious threat to U.S. lives and interests."
:*[http://www.cfr.org/pdf/Andes2020.pdf link to .PDF version of the report]
:*The Commission attempts to redress what it considers to be a major weakness of current U.S. policy as embodied in [[Plan Colombia ]] and the Andean Counter-drug Initiative: an overly narrow focus on counternarcotics and security issues, and the relative absence of complementary, comprehensive, regionally-oriented strategies.
:*The Commission puts forth three objectives to rectify current policy. Determined action on these three strategic objectives will, over time, accomplish sustainable progress toward political, economic, and security goals that a policy focused mainly on supply-side counterdrug efforts cannot achieve.
::*I. The need to more equitably distribute political and economic resources and power in each country, with a commitment to strategic rural land reform.
*Scott Sherman, [http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20041227&s=sherman Kissinger's Shadow Over the Council on Foreign Relations], ''The Nation'', December 27, 2004 (print edition), December 6, 2004 (electronic version). Article describes the attempts by Kissinger to censor articles in a CFR's publication, ''Foreign Affairs''. It reveals some of the internal politics, and the relationship between the operators.
*William Fisher, "[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00328.htm Hope For Improving U.S. Communications With The Muslim World?]," ''Scoop'' (New Zealand), May 26, 2005. A [http://www.cfr.org/pub8109/press_release/better_communications_efforts_can_significantly_improve_americas_image_in_the_muslim_world_says_new_council_special_report.php CFR report] titled "A New Beginning: Strategies for a More Fruitful Dialogue with the Muslim World" suggests the U.S. try "listening more, a humbler tone, and focusing on bilateral aid and partnership, while tolerating disagreement on controversial policy issues" when trying to relate to Muslim nations. The report, based on [[Focus group|focus groups]] in [[Morocco]], [[Egypt ]] and [[Indonesia]], found that focus group members "do not take seriously [[Iraqi Media Network|U.S. government media]], such as [[Radio Sawa]], [[Al Hurra|al-Hurra TV]], and Hi magazine, as information sources." Specific recommendations include engaging "local and regional media via press releases, interviews, Op-Eds, press conferences, and site visits," and launching "an [[Shared Values|advertising campaign]] on U.S. aid and support for reform in local and regional media, and acknowledge the U.S. government as the source."
*Jim Lobe, in "[http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=31306 Ignore Africa at Your Peril, Think Tank Warns Bush]" (''IPS News Agency'', December 5, 2005), noted that the CFR's report, "[http://www.cfr.org/publication/9302/more_than_humanitarianism.html More Than Humanitarianism: A Strategic U.S. Approach toward Africa]," urges the Bush administration "to upgrade its diplomatic and intelligence capabilities in the region by appointing an ambassador to the [[African Union]] (AU) and opening more missions in key African cities, particularly in energy-producing countries. It also calls for greater high-level attention to resolving conflicts in the region, particularly those, such as in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (DRC), that threaten the stability of whole sub-regions or involve large-scale atrocities."
*[[Richard N. Foster]]
*[[Ann M. Fudge]]
*[[Helene D. Gayle]], President & CEO, [[CARE]]
*[[Maurice R. Greenberg]]
*[[Richard N. Haas]], President
*[[Joseph S. Nye, Jr.]]
*[[Ronald L. Olson]]
*[[James W. Owens]], Chairman & CEO, [[Caterpillar ]] Inc.*[[Peter G. Peterson]], Chairman; Senior Chairman and Co-Founder, The [[Blackstone Group]]
*[[Thomas R. Pickering]]
*[[Colin L. Powell]], United States Army (Ret.)
*[[Robert E. Rubin]], Vice Chairman; Director/Chairman of the Executive Committee, [[Citigroup]], Inc.*[[David M. Rubenstein]], Co-Founder and Managing Director, The [[Carlyle Group]]
*[[Richard E. Salomon]]
*[[Anne-Marie Slaughter]]
