cfr religion and foreign policy initiative

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Religion andForeign Policy

InitiativeConnecting the Religious Communityto CFRs Resources on International Issues


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CFR Mission

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is anindependent, nonpartisan membership organization,think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource

or its members, government ocials, business executives,journalists, educators and students, civic and religiousleaders, and other interested citizens in order to help thembetter understand the world and the oreign policy choices

acing the United States and other countries .

Religion and Foreign Policy InitiativeThe CFR Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative connects religiousand congregational leaders, scholars, and thinkers with CFRsresources on U.S. oreign policy and provides a orum or this com-munity to discuss a broad range o pressing international issues.


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Resources

Religion and Foreign Policy on CFR.orgCFRs award-winning website, CFR.org, eatures dailyanalysis o current events by CFR ellows and a newseditorial team. Content includes interviews with experts,in-depth Backgrounders, and Emmy Awardwinning inter-

active Crisis Guides, as well as downloadable video, audio,and transcripts o CFR meetings and podcasts on timelyglobal topics.

CFRs Religion and Foreign Policy portal, www.cr.org/religion, serves as a gateway to CFRs best materials on inter-national issues or religious leaders. Designed with this com-munity in mind, material on the page is timely, relevant, andeasy to browse by topic and region. Viewers can also send andshare content, as well as sign up to receive alerts through RSSeeds and newsletters.

For more inormation, visit www.cr.org/religion.


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PublicationsCFR Books, Task Force reports, and other special publicationsoer analysis on major topical and regional issues. CFR canprovide materials ree o charge at the request o religiousleaders and scholars.

Foreign AairsAmericas most inuential publication on internationalaairs, published by CFR, oers accessible in-depth analysiso current issues. A discounted subscription is available to

religious and congregational leaders and scholars.To subscribe at the discounted rate, visit www.oreignaairs.com/outreachcr.

Monthly eNewsletterThe CFR Religion and Foreign Policy Bulletinhighlightsresources o particular interest to the religious community,including upcoming sessions o the CFR Religion andForeign Policy Conerence Call series, new publications,and CFR analysis.

To subscribe, visit www.cr.org/about/newsletters.


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Expertise

ScholarsCFR is home to more than f ty scholars. Taken to-gether, their expertise covers a wide range o interna-tional issues.

BriefngsCFR can arrange or a ellow to brie an individualor group o religious leadersin person or viateleconerenceprior to delegations, mission tripsabroad, or other events.

Conerence AppearancesCFR ellows or senior sta members are available tospeak at major religious conerences. CFR expertshave participated in events or organizations suchas the American Academy o Religion, the JewishCouncil or Public Aairs, and the Muslim Public

Aairs Council.For more inormation on expert briengs or invitinga CFR scholar to address your organization, [email protected].

FellowshipsReligious leaders and scholars are encouraged toapply or a CFR International Aairs Fellowship,which oers a year o research and writing or servicein a policy-oriented environment.

For more inormation, visit www.cr.org/about/ellowships.

CFR Senior Fellow Isobel Coleman at the 2007 American

Academy o Religion Annual Convention in San Diego.


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Convening Power

Conerence Call SeriesLed by a CFR scholar and/or religious community leader,the monthly CFR Religion and Foreign Policy ConerenceCall series gives religious and congregational leaders andscholars the opportunity to participate in nonpartisan, cross-denominational conversations on global issues.

Recent speakers and topics include

CFR President Richard N. Haass on the just and unjustwar debate

Michael Cromartie, vice president, Ethics and Public Policy Center, and Felice D. Gaer, director, Blaustein Insti-tute or Human Rights, American Jewish Committee, onthe International Religious Freedom Act

CFR Senior Fellows Daniel Markey and Timothy SamuelShah on the interplay o politics and religion in India andPakistan

CFR Senior Fellow Edward Alden and Richard D. Land,president, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission,Southern Baptist Convention, on U.S. immigration policy.

Audio recordings o calls are posted aterward atwww.cr.org/religion.

CFRs Religion and Foreign

Policy Initiative makes an

extraordinary contribution to

the national conversation on the

role o religion in todays world.

The conerence call series and

meetings provide a unique non-

partisan orum or leaders in thereligious community to discuss

the ull range o international

issues at the top o the agenda in

a cross-denominational environ-

ment, and the website oers a

wealth o timely resources that

are must-reads or anyone who

wants to keep abreast o global

developments.

J. Bryan Hehir, Montgomery Proessoro the Practice in Religion and Public Lie,Harvard Kennedy School


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Summer WorkshopThe annual CFR Religion and Foreign Policy SummerWorkshop brings religious leaders rom across the countryto CFR headquarters in New York to discuss pressing inter-national issues. Past workshops have examined topics such asDarur, conict in the Middle East, democracy and the pro-motion o religious reedom, and the global fnancial crisisand its implications or development.

Opposite top: Islamic Educational Center o Orange County ounder SayedMoustaa al-Qazwini with CFR President Richard N. Haass during the2008 CFR Religion and Foreign Policy Summer Workshop.

Opposite bottom: Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne with InteraithYouth Core ounder Eboo Patel, American Jewish World Service presidentRuth W. Messinger, and National Council o Churches general secretaryRobert Edgar at the 2007 CFR Religion and Foreign Policy SummerWorkshop.


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President o Aghanistan Hamid Karzai on the challengesacing his country

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the uture o theUnited Nations

ormer secretary o state Madeleine K. Albright on herbook, The Mighty and the Almighty: Refections on America,God, and World Aairs

Prime Minister o Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai onpolitical and economic development in Zimbabwe

Top rom let, speaking at CFR: Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair, HamidKarzai, Ban Ki-Moon, Madeleine K. Albright, and Morgan Tsvangirai.

This brochure is printed on 100-percent post-consumer-waste paper certied tothe standards o the Forest Stewardship Council.

Access to Premier Meetings and EventsCFR convenes hundreds o meetings and events each yearin New York, Washington, DC, and around the country,hosting world leaders and policymakers. Members o thereligious community are invited to attend select CFR meet-ings, as well as par ticipate remotely via teleconerence and/orwebcast. Recent speakers include

Secretary o State Condoleezza Rice on diplomacy in theWestern hemisphere

Middle East Quartet Representative and ormer prime

minister o the United Kingdom Tony Blair on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process


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