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Offering nearly a century of material from the Council on Foreign Relations, one of the world’s leading foreign policy think tanks, this collection makes available reports, correspondence, and records of meetings from high-level statesmen, diplomats, academics, and international figures. This archive provides insight into the United States’ place in the world and global events across the twentieth century through policy-focused conferences, programs, and study groups. Speakers have included Henry Kissinger, Condoleezza Rice, and Joseph R. Biden Jr., as well as appearances from world leaders such as Nelson Mandela, in a unique forum.
About the Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan think tank established in 1921 and continuing to the present day in ist stated goals of furthering understanding of the world and of foreign policy decisions in the United States. The files digitized here are sourced from the CFR Archive’s Records of Groups and Records of Meetings, and cover a vast range of topics, including international relations and U.S. “soft power,” labor relations, economics and monetary policy, international trade, technology and the armed forces, national and international security and defense, and the local politics of areas of key interest to the U.S., including Southeast Asia, China, and the Middle East.
Value of the Collection
- Globally recognized: The collection gathers widely referenced insight on U.S. foreign policy and international relations from this globally recognized institution—which is the U.S. counterpart to Chatham House, thereby making this collection an ideal companion to Chatham House Online Archive.
- Interdisciplinary scope: These materials are crucial for researchers of twentieth-century global and U.S. history, U.S. foreign relations, politics and political science, American studies, and international relations. The
collection also contains unique material on economics, international trade and business, questions of arms control and nuclear nonproliferation, security and defense, food security, environmental management, and
human rights.
- Current research trends: The development of the current political moment can be explored in detail in these papers, through the U.S.’s role in the world throughout the twentieth century, the development and impacts of Cold War ideologies, and the international relations that transformed the global stage.
- Historical relevance: The collection contains material relating to critical foundations to the twentieth-century world order:
– Events: including World War II; the U.S. occupation of Japan; hostilities in Korea and Vietnam; China under Mao Zedong; the rise and fall of the Soviet Union; the first Gulf War; crises in Central America, Eastern Europe, and the Congo
– Transnational institutions: including the UN, NATO, IMF, World Bank, OECD, OAS, SEATO, and others
– Policymakers and globally recognized leaders: including Henry Kissinger, Nelson Mandela, John Foster Dulles, Condoleezza Rice, Joseph R. Biden Jr., Nelson Rockefeller, Jimmy Carter, Dick Cheney, and many more
- Exclusive policy insight: Global events and foreign policy concerns also affected domestic issues, and these materials provide direct insight into the factors linking domestic and international concerns in domestic security and defense, economics, industrial and financial policy, and the public opinion of government and the global position—both in relations with individual countries and as a member of institutions like the United Nations.
Content Highlights
Records of Groups, 1918–1996
- United States Policy toward the Caribbean and Central America, 1924–1925
Seminar on the U.S.S.R. and the Sources of Soviet Policy (First Meeting, April 14, 1978), 1977–1979
Study Group on the Philippines Bases (First Meeting, June 22, 1987), 1986–1989
The United States and China in World Affairs, Parts 1–7, 1962–1965
United States–Canada Trade Negotiations (First Meeting, December 4, 1986), 1986–1987
Studies Department Series Additions, c.1964–2000
- Resolution of Ethnic and Minority Rights in Kosovo (c. 1967–1996)
- Future American Involvement in the Gulf, March 12–13, 1996
- The Middle East Peace Process, Investing in the Future, May 18–19, 1995
Records of Meetings, 1920–1995
- International Agenda for Japan in the 1990s, March 26, 1990 (Speaker: Hisashi Owada)
- Change in the Soviet Union: Implications for United States–Soviet Relations, September 11, 1989 (Speaker: Condoleezza Rice)
- Moscow and Washington: A Mid-Winter Report, April 12, 1984 (Speakers: Joseph R. Biden Jr., W. Cohen)
- “The Cuban Crisis,” February 4, 1963 (Speakers: John J. McCloy, Henry Wriston)
- “Measuring American Public Opinion on Foreign Affairs,” January 1940 (Speakers: Henry P. Fletcher, Philip Guedalla)
- “Vietnam and Aspects of Ist Relations with the United States,” January 26, 1968 (Speakers: Bùi Diêm, Frank Trager)
Meetings Series Additions, 1972–2000
- “Recent Developments in South Asian Security," Transcript, September 22, 1999
- Future Visions for U.S. Defense Policy, May 26, 1999
- Globalization Study Group, including:
– Session I, “Muslim Transitional Institutionalization,” June 18, 1996
– Session II, “Globalized Communications,” June 25, 1996
– Session III, “Globalization of Muslim Issues,” July 1, 1996
Quick Facts
- Source Libraries: Council on Foreign Relations Records, held at Princeton University Library
- Size: Approximately 400,000 pages
- Content Types: Reports, minutes, and correspondence relating to meetings and study groups of the CFR
- Date Range: 1918–2000
- Newly Digitized Materials: 100% new scanning
- Disciplines Supported: International and foreign relations, twentieth-century world history, international studies, public policy, economics, global politics, American studies
- Complementary Gale Archives:
– Chatham House Online Archive
– The Economist Historical Archive
– Financial Times Historical Archive
– U.S. Declassified Documents Online
- Usage Highlights:
– Mine this content within Gale Digital Scholar Lab
– Enhance student instruction with the Learning Center
– Get better results with recent improvements to navigation and the document viewer in Gale Primary Sources
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