Discover our past events

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for our final event of 2025! We will be joined by Lukas Haynes, author of Peace Through Power: FDR’s Military Leaders and the Pragmatism of the UN Charter, to discuss his new book, published by the Foreign Policy Association. He will be joined by Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, former Commander […]

Mark Gabriel award-winning author of Visions for a Sustainable Energy Future. Mark A. Gabriel joined United Power as the cooperative’s President and CEO in March 2021. Under Gabriel’s leadership, United Power was recognized as the 31st cooperative to reach 100,000 meters served, interconnected its 10,000th rooftop solar system, and was named a Solar and Storage Champion […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in New York for a high-level policy forum titled Strengthening the ROK-U.S. Alliance Through Future-Oriented Security and Business Cooperation. The event will take place on Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm at PricewaterhouseCoopers, 300 Madison Avenue, New […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association and the SUNY Global Engagement Program for the Annual FPA/SUNY Global Engagement Speaker Series. This year, we will be joined by Amanda Klasing, National Director of Government Relations and Advocacy at Amnesty International USA. The event will be held on Thursday, November 6th, 2025 from 5:45 pm to 8:00 […]

The single most important force determining U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century is demographic change. For the first 250 years of its history, the United States was roughly 80% European American. From the mid-21st century onward, it will be roughly 50% European American, 25-30% Hispanic American, and 20% African and Asian American. That shift […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for a virtual panel on “War and Peace in the Middle East: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead”. We will be joined by Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow American Statecraft Program Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development University of Maryland. The […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for our annual Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Lecture on National Security and Fiscal Policy on Thursday, October 16th, 2025 at the Harvard Club of New York City. We will be joined by Dr. Caroline Freund, Dean of the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and nonresident […]

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 1:00- 2:00pm Global Classroom at the SUNY Global Center 115 East 55th Street New York City Also available on Zoom About the Topic Garden of the Righteous is Mr. Hurowitz’s latest book about ten stories of rescue, including the stories of circus ringmaster Adolf Althoff and his wife Maria, the Portuguese […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for the inaugural Reed Phillips III Distinguished Lecture on Foreign Policy and the Media on Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 at the SUNY Global Center located at 116 E 55th Street. We will be joined by Jonathan Alter, NBC News Political Analyst and author of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a […]

This is a most cordial invitation to join the Foreign Policy Association for our upcoming World Leadership Forum Luncheon. We will be joined by The Hon. Radosław Sikorski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland.  Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025 Time: 12:00 pm-2:30 pm EST Venue: Dwight Room, The University Club of New York, […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association on Wednesday, September 24th for the annual Elbrun Kimmelman Distinguished Lecture on U.S.-India Relations. We are delighted to be joined by William Dalrymple. Mr. Dalrymple is a historian and author of The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World and The Company Quartet, a series of four publications that covers the rise and […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm for a virtual fireside chat and debate, “Is Deglobalization Inevitable?” The topic of deglobalization has never been more prominent than it is today. The topic has been elevated in importance for some time now as we have seen dramatic changes in country trade […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for our State Dinner on Monday, September 21st, 2025 at the Harvard Club of New York City. We are delighted to be recognizing H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco, who will speak about the important mission of Ocean Conservation and promoting Sustainable Development. We will also be recognizing Kirsty […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for our annual W. Michael Reisman Distinguished Lecture on International Law and Diplomacy on Thursday, September 11th, 2025 at the Harvard Club of New York City in Harvard Hall. We will be joined by Prof. José Enrique Alvarez, Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law at NYU Law […]

Honoree: H.E Fabrizio Di Michele, Consul General of Italy to New York

NOTE: In-person tickets are currently sold out.  Please join the Foreign Policy Association and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations for a lecture on “The 80th Anniversary of the United Nations and the 70th Anniversary of Italy at the UN: the Significance and Future of Multilateralism.” We will hear from Ambassador Maurizio […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for its 2025 Annual Dinner on Thursday, June 5th, at The Harvard Club of New York City.The evening will begin with a reception at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner at 7:00 PM. We are delighted to be recognizing the following honorees: James Daunt, Chief Executive Officer, Barnes & Noble […]

Join the Foreign Policy Association for a special evening with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, renowned economist and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, as he delivers the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Lecture. In this timely address, Professor Sachs will draw on decades of experience advising governments and international institutions to focus on the […]

Energy demand in India is growing rapidly with major implications for the global energy market. With a population of over 1.4 billion people, and a fast-growing economy, India has seen its energy demand increase rapidly as the country continues to urbanize and the manufacturing sector develops. This growing demand is met through various energy sources, […]

Honoree: Hilge Hurford; Head of the Hurford Foundation

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 […]

Honoree: Rhee Chang-Yong, Governor of the Bank of Korea

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 […]

Speaker: Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund