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The David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's think tank—analyzes pressing global challenges and offers actionable steps that policymakers and citizens can take to address them. The more than eighty full-time and adjunct fellows in Studies cover all the world’s major regions and significant foreign policy issues. In addition to producing books, articles, op-eds, blogs, podcasts, and interactives, the Studies Program administers twelve fellowship programs. 

80+ Full Time, Adjunct, and Visiting Fellows

Expert Spotlight

Ray Takeyh
Ray Takeyh

Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies

Iran Iran Nuclear Agreement Persian Gulf

Hostages and a Nuclear Illusion

Offsite Via The Dispatch September 14, 2023

A. Michael Spence
A. Michael Spence

Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Development Emerging Markets Inequality

Martin S. Indyk
Martin S. Indyk

Lowy Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-Middle East Diplomacy

Middle East and North Africa Israel Egypt

Saudi-Israel Normalization: What's at Stake?

Offsite Via On Point September 22, 2023

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Podcasts
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China

China’s Underground Historians, With Ian Johnson

Podcast
Ian Johnson, the Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Chinese filmmakers, journalists, and artists are challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s version of history. 

Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Ian Johnson September 26, 2023 The President’s Inbox

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The mission is to be a resource and a source of ideas, and to provide analysis and background to help people understand the world. — Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Blogs

Africa in Transition

Michelle Gavin, Ebenezer Obadare, and other experts track political and security developments across sub-Saharan Africa.

Sudan’s Civil Society Laying the Groundwork for Sustained Peace  

September 25, 2023

Asia Unbound

CFR fellows and other experts assess the latest issues emerging in Asia today.

China-Korea Relations: Economic Security Dilemmas

September 25, 2023

Follow the Money

Brad Setser tracks cross-border flows, with a bit of macroeconomics thrown in.

How to Hide Your Foreign Exchange Reserves—A User’s Guide

June 29, 2023

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Contact Us

James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
Phone
1.212.434.9626 (NY) 1.202.509.8405 (DC)
Email [email protected]
Shannon K. O'Neil
Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies
Phone
1.212.434.9772
Email [email protected]

Amy R. Baker

Managing Director, Studies Administration and Fellowship Affairs
Phone
1.212.434.9620
Email [email protected]
Patricia Lee Dorff
Managing Director, Publications
Phone
1.212.434.9514
Email [email protected]

Shira Schwartz

Director, Studies Administration and Diversity Initiatives
Phone
1.212.434.9739
Email [email protected]