Council on Foreign Relations Teleconferences

Students of the Colin Powell School benefit from the school's partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations, which enable students to take part in the Council's invitation-only teleconferences with national and international policy experts and leaders on critical issues facing the world today. The list of teleconference opportunities here include suggestions for background reading. 

Spring 2017 Teleconference Schedule

“Germany and the Future of Europe”
Thursday, February 16, 3:00 - 4:00 PM
with Mary Elise Sarotte, Faculty Associate, Center For European Studies, Harvard University; Dean’s Professor of History and Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California

Background Reading: 

• Thorsten Benner, “Germany Can Protect the Liberal Order: Damage Control After Trump’s Election,” ForeignAffairs.com, November 16, 2016.
• Frank-Walter Steinmeier, “Germany’s New Global Role: Berlin Steps Up,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2016.
• Mary Elise Sarotte, Peter Wittig, and Robert B. Zoellick, “Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of German Unification,” Event Video, Council on Foreign Relations, October 28, 2015.
   

“A World in Disarray”
Wednesday, March 8, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
with Richard N. Haass, President, CFR

Background Reading: 

• Richard N. Haass, “World Order 2.0: The Case for Sovereign Obligation,” Foreign Affairs, January/February 2017.
• Richard N. Haass, “America and the World in Transition,” Project Syndicate, November 23, 2016.
• Richard N. Haass, “The Isolationist Temptation,” Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2016.
   

“U.S.–Russia Relations”
Thursday, March 23, 3:00 - 4:00 PM
with Angela E. Stent, Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies and Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Background Reading: 

• Angela E. Stent, “Small Steps or Grand Bargains?” National Interest, November 28, 2016.
• Angela E. Stent, “There Will Be No ‘Reset’ With Russia,” Washington Post, August 18, 2016.
• Timothy Frye, “Why IR Theory Gets Russia Wrong: Moscow’s Predictably Unpredictable Politics,” ForeignAffairs.com, May 23, 2016.
   

“Enviromental Policy and the Amazon”
Wednesday, April 5, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
with Eve Bratman, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Franklin & Marshall College

Background Reading: 

• “InfoGuide: Deforestation in the Amazon,” Interactive, Council on Foreign Relations, July 1, 2016.
• Patricia Nogueira-Neidlinger, “Brazil Cuts Down on Deforestation: How It Became an Environmental Leader,” ForeignAffairs.com, June 29, 2016.
• Eve Bratman, Ken Green, and Emilio La Rovere, “The Real Cost of Brazil’s Dam,” Interview with Anand Naidoo, Video, Al Jazeera English, February 1, 2012.