The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan,Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973 principally by American banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller,an internationalist who sought to address the challenges posed by the growing economic and political interdependence between the U.S. and its allies in North America,Western Europe,and Japan.
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is the professional public policy school of Syracuse University,a private research university in Syracuse,New York. The school is organized in 11 academic departments and 13 affiliated research centers and offers coursework in the fields of public administration,international relations,foreign policy,political Science,science and technology policy,social sciences,and economics through its undergraduate (BA) degrees,graduate Master of Public Affairs (MPA),Master of Arts (MA),and PhD degrees.
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington,D.C. with campuses in Bologna,Italy and Nanjing,China.
Stanley Fischer is an Israeli-American economist who served as the 20th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017. Fischer previously served as the 8th Governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 to 2013. Born in Northern Rhodesia,he holds dual citizenship in Israel and the United States. He previously served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and as Chief Economist of the World Bank. On January 10,2014,President Barack Obama nominated Fischer to the position of Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve. He is a senior advisor at BlackRock. On September 6,2017,Stanley Fischer announced that he was resigning as Vice-Chair for personal reasons effective October 13,2017,two days before his 74th birthday.
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University,a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York City. It is consistently ranked one of the leading graduate schools for international relations in the world. SIPA offers Master of International Affairs (MIA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA) degrees in a range of fields,as well as the Executive MPA and Ph.D. program in Sustainable Development.
Riordan Roett is an American political scientist specializing in Latin America. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in political science and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was assistant professor (1967–1973) and acting director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University and was the Sarita and Don Johnston Professor of Political Science and Director of the Western Hemisphere Program at the Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington,D.C. until 2018. He is now Professor and Director Emeritus of Latin American Studies Program at Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Membership in the Council on Foreign Relations comes in two types:Individual and Corporate. Individual memberships are further subdivided into two types:Life Membership and Term Membership,the latter of which is for a single period of five years and is available to those between the ages of 30 and 36 at the time of their application. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have applied for U.S. citizenship are eligible. A candidate for life membership must be nominated in writing by one Council member and seconded by a minimum of three others.
The World Affairs Council of Washington,DC,founded in 1980,was a nonprofit,nonpartisan organization in Washington,DC. The group aimed at informing and educating the public about contemporary international affairs. Its corporate sponsors included Aramco Service Company,AIG,Raytheon,and ExxonMobil,and it relied primarily on dues from individual and corporate members. On December 31,2018,after 38 years in the community,the World Affairs Council - Washington,DC ceased operations.
Robert Law Joss is an American businessman,banker,and former university administrator.
The International Relations Council (IRC) is a non-profit non-partisan educational organization in Kansas City,Missouri,and a member of the World Affairs Councils of America. As an educational nonprofit,the IRC works in partnership with a range of businesses,universities,community organizations,K-12 schools,and other interested individuals to grow a global perspective and find international connections within the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The IRC works to foster interest in and understanding of international affairs among the citizens of Kansas City through the development of various programs and events. As a membership organization,the IRC welcomes individuals and families,businesses,universities,and other organizations to join as IRC members in order to help sustain global-affairs education in the Kansas City community and receive various benefits.
Justin Pierre Albert Vaïsse is a French historian and intellectual. Since March 2019,he is the Director General of the Paris Peace Forum organization,an independent NGO he founded in 2018 under the impetus of French President Emmanuel Macron. The Paris Peace Forum is an annual event that aims at promoting new rules and solutions to address the global challenges of our time. Prior to this role,he was Director of Policy Planning at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2019.
John Phillip Lipsky is an American economist. He was the acting managing director of the International Monetary Fund from May to July 2011. He assumed the post of acting managing director after Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in May 2011 accused of sexual assault. After the appointment of Christine Lagarde he returned to his post as the first deputy managing director of the IMF. He retired from the IMF in November 2011 and is currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Mark P. Taylor is the Donald Danforth,Jr. Distinguished Professor of Finance at Olin Business School,Washington University in St. Louis. Previously,he was Dean of Olin Business School after holding the same role at Warwick Business School (WBS) at the University of Warwick. Before that,a managing director of BlackRock.
The Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) is an American research center based at The Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington,D.C.,United States. The Institute,referred to as FPI,is housed in the Benjamin T. Rome building on the Embassy Row in Washington,D.C. FPI organizes research initiatives and study groups,and hosts leaders from around the world as resident or non-resident fellows in fields including international policy,business,journalism,and academia.
The Foreign Affairs Policy Board is an advisory board that provides independent advice and opinion to the Secretary of State,the Deputy Secretary of State,and the Director of Policy Planning on matters concerning U.S. foreign policy. The Board reviews and assesses global threats and opportunities,trends that implicate core national security interests,tools and capacities of the civilian foreign affairs agencies,and priorities and strategic frameworks for U.S. foreign policy. The Board meets in a plenary session several times a year at the U.S. Department of State in the Harry S. Truman Building.
Lisa DeNell Cook is an American economist who has served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since May 23,2022. She is the first African American woman and first woman of color to sit on the Board. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve,she was elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
