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Mission Statement
http://www.cfr.org/about/mission.html Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, national membership organization and a nonpartisan center for scholars dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that individual and corporate members, as well as policymakers, journalists, students, and interested citizens in the United States and other countries, can better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other governments. The Council, which is headquartered in New York with an office in Washington, DC, does this by:
Convening meetings in New York, Washington, DC, and in other select American cities where senior government officials, global leaders, and prominent thinkers come together with Council members to debate and discuss the major foreign policy issues of our time;
Conducting a wide-ranging Studies Program where Council fellows produce articles and books that analyze foreign policy issues and make concrete policy recommendations;
Publishing Foreign Affairs, the preeminent journal covering international affairs and U.S. foreign policy;
Maintaining a diverse membership, including special programs to foster interest and expertise in the next generation of foreign policy leaders;
Sponsoring Independent Task Forces whose reports help set the public foreign policy agenda; and
Providing up-to-date information about the world and U.S. foreign policy on the Council’s website, www.cfr.org.