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Join the Foreign Policy Association for a special panel discussion commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the emergence of a new global order. This timely event features expert insights from Adam Howard (Historian, U.S. Department of State), Stephen C. Schlesinger (Fellow, The Century Foundation), and Julian E. Zelizer […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for the 2025 Cultural Diplomacy Dinner honoring Peg Breen, President of the New York Landmarks Conservancy; Ghislain d’Humières, Director of the Norton Museum of Art; Peter Miller, President of the American Academy in Rome; The Hon. Dr. Victor Trevino, Mayor of Laredo, Texas; and Damian Woetzel, President of The […]

OTR is delighted to host our second annual benefit and to welcome former Ambassador to Germany, John Emerson, as our speaker. We hope you can join us on the evening of May 6th at the Cosmopolitan Club. Ambassador Emerson is vice chair of Capital Group International and Chairman of the American Council on Germany. Given […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association and the Off-The-Record Lecture Series for the annual Elizabeth French Hitchcock Lecture. The topic of this year’s Lecture is “Tariffs, Trade and The Economy” About the Topic This year’s Hitchcock Lecture brings together leading voices in global finance to explore how tariffs, trade policies, and economic uncertainty are reshaping […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for the second dinner in our Statesman Dinner Series on April 22nd, 2025 at the Harvard Club of New York City. We will be joined by François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France. For information on ticket or table sales, please reach out to President’s Office […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for the first Dinner in our 2025 Statesman Dinner Series on Monday, April 21st at the Harvard Club of New York City.  We will be honoring Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Chang Yong Rhee, Governor of the Bank of Korea.   For […]

Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat held a number of key government positions, including Chief White House Domestic Policy Adviser to President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981); U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton […]

Dr. Courtney B. Smith is the Dean of the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, where he has been a faculty member since 1999. He achieved tenure in 2005 and served as Acting Dean from 2019 to 2022 before his appointment as Dean. Dr. Smith has authored several works on its […]

Susan Thornton is a retired senior U.S. diplomat with almost 30 years of experience with the U.S. State Department in Eurasia and East Asia. She is currently a senior fellow and research scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale University Law School; director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee […]

Dr. Michael O’Hanlon is a Senior fellow and director of research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, where he specializes in U.S. defense strategy, the use of military force, and American national security policy.. He also serves as a member of the Defense Policy Board at the U.S. Department of Defense. O’Hanlon was a […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for our Corporate Event on Power Failure on Thursday, November 7th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at The Harvard Club of New York. We will be joined by Mr. William D. Cohan, New York Times Bestselling Author of “Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon.” […]

About the topic: Global growth is stabilizing for the first time in three years but levels are weak (2.6%)by recent historical standards (3.1%). What should U.S. policymakers do to sustain this “soft landing” and avoid a global economic recession? About the speaker: David Malpass served as U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs in 2017-2019 and […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for our Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Lecture on National Security and Fiscal Policy on Wednesday, October 30th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at The Harvard Club of New York. We will be joined by Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, Senior Fellow for National Security and Managing Director of CEO […]