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Join us for a special installment of Foreign Affairs LIVE in partnership with Great Decisions in Foreign Policy on PBS. On March 20th at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Foreign Affairs Editor Gideon Rose will introduce a 30-minute screening of “After the Arab Spring.” The episode, produced by the Foreign Policy Association […]

Advice for careers in finance & banking, from the public sector, multi-lateral lending agencies, ratings agencies, commercial & investment banking to hedge funds and private equity. In this course, we will explore: •    Key spheres of finance and banking: what are they & what are the career paths? •    Advice for development in finance, including […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 for a dinner recognizing the Honorable Masaaki Shirakawa, Governer of the Bank of Japan.  Governor Shirakawa will speak on “Central Banking and the Good Society.” Reception:  6:30 pm Dinner:  7:30 pm 1186 Waldorf=Astoria 3 2013-01-24 14:59:52 322992

As African economies experience unprecedented growth, no foreign country has been as active in improving its presence across the continent than China.  Please join us for a screening of the first film to document this compelling relationship, “When China Met Africa.”  A Q&A will be held with Writer, Director and Producer Nick Francis immediately following […]

Dr. Sheila Smith, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow and Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Chairman of The Korea Society, address the political, security, and economic challenges confronting Japan-Korea relations. The two assess recent developments and opportunities in this significant Northeast Asia bilateral relationship.   1039 The Korea Society 4 2013-01-24 14:59:52 178527

Author and journalist Blaine Harden speaks about his remarkable and harrowing account of refugee Shin Dong-hyuk’s birth into and eventual escape from the North Korean gulag. A monumental and moving book, Harden reveals the hardships of prison life and provides a lasting testimony to the endurance of the human spirit. This literary event features a […]

Affordable World Security Conference to Convene Leaders on Defense Policy, Environment, Foreign Policy on March 27–28 in Washington Defense Cuts, Foreign Policy, China Relations, Environment on Agenda The W. P. Carey Foundation and the EastWest Institute will host top world leaders and distinguished guests at the Affordable World Security Conference March 27-28 at the Newseum […]

Danny Lopez, Her Majesty’s Consul-General, New York and Director General, UK Trade & Investment USA, will join us to share his views on: • How trade and investment are leading the UK’s recovery • What 2012 means for the future of the UK economy • The UK’s economic outlook after the Olympic Games and Her […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for the New York premiere of The Golden Pen, which documents the amazing journey of an early Bollywood scriptwriter, Aghajani Kashmeri, who ran away from his hometown of Lucknow to become a hero in a 1930’s movie and ended up becoming a celebrated scriptwriter, who wrote about 50 flicks. […]

The energy markets have been shaken by the instability of Middle East oil and the vulnerability of nuclear power. Moreover, developing countries like China are becoming bigger energy consumers, while energy producers like Russia see the opportunity to widen their influence. In this changed landscape, how will the U.S.’s energy needs affect its relations with […]

The inside track on international career opportunities.  In this boot camp, you will learn: •    What career options are available? Where are the jobs? How can I leverage my degree? •    What internships are most valuable? Is persuing another degree worthwhile? •    What are international employers currently recruiting for? •    What salary […]

Get the inside track on international career opportunities.  In this boot camp, you will learn: •    What career options are available? Where are the jobs? How can I leverage my degree? •    What internships are most valuable? Is persuing another degree worthwhile? •    What are international employers currently recruiting for? •    What […]

From multilateral actors to non-governmental organizations, careers in international development offer excitement and the chance to work toward the greater good. In this course, we will explore: •   How much can you expect to earn •   What organizations are hiring today •   Who is being hired and what skills do they have •   What training […]

Presider: Marie-Jeanne Gwertzman, OTR Board of Governors Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2001 Location: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Registration: 11:45am- 1:00pm Lecture and Discussion: 1:00pm – 2:00pm OTR is a midday lecture series offering current insights and analyses of critical foreign affairs issues. A continuing roster of distinguished experts […]

The Foreign Policy Association invites you to attend a luncheon with H.E. José Maria Aznar Lopez, President of the Government of Spain. In June, President Aznar greeted President Bush in Spain by saying: “We share with the United States confidence in the values of freedom, democracy and respect for human rights, which we believe are […]

American Foreign Policy: The Next 25 Years Philip Morris International 2 2013-01-24 14:59:52 178527

Presider: Anne Sitrick, OTR Board of Governors Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2001 Location: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Registration: 11:45am- 1:00pm Lecture and Discussion: 1:00pm – 2:00pm OTR is a midday lecture series offering current insights and analyses of critical foreign affairs issues. A continuing roster of distinguished experts […]

“On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir” with Henry Kaufman Credit Suisse First Boston 2 2013-01-24 14:59:52 178527

Presider: Jackie Adams, OTR Board of Governors Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 Location: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Registration: 11:45am- 1:00pm Lecture and Discussion: 1:00pm – 2:00pm OTR is a midday lecture series offering current insights and analyses of critical foreign affairs issues. A continuing roster of distinguished experts […]

Join us for our second annual World Leadership Forum and engage with top business leaders, policy makers, media leaders and leading academics in a discussion on the most important trends in the world economy. The goal of the World Leadership Forum is to stimulate an open debate among world leaders in business and government that […]

The FPA will honor American business leaders for their commitment to global corporate social responsibility at the 2001 Annual Dinner on June 4. Honorees include Philip M. Condit, CEO of Boeing, Dennis Kozlowski, CEO of Tyco International, Henry McKinnel, CEO of Pfizer, Joseph F. Beradino, Managing Partner and CEO of Arthur Andersen and Co., Louis […]

The Foreign Policy Association and the American Turkish Society, Inc. invite you to attend a luncheon with Kemal Dervis, Economy Minister of the Republic of Turkey. Prior to being named the Turkish Economy Minister earlier this year, Mr. Dervis oversaw the World Bank’s poverty reduction programs worldwide and was also global network head for economic […]

FPA is proud to present Eason Jordan, President, Newsgathering and International Networks, CNN, as part of the Cyrus Vance Lecture Series. The Prevention of Deadly Conflict series seeks to Address the looming threats to world peace of intergroup violence and advance new ideas for the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict. The series will examine […]

FPA Business Leader of the Year: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company New York 3 2013-01-24 14:59:52 178527

Dinner honoring the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. New York 3 2013-01-24 14:59:52 178527

Nicholas Thompson, Senior Editor of Wired Magazine discusses new book The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War. New York 2 2013-01-24 14:59:52 178527

The IMF recently projected economic growth in Africa to reach 5.8 percent in 2012, well above that of most western economies. Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow at a faster clip than Brazil and India, boasting six of the 10 fastest growing economies over the last 10 years and projected to have seven of the […]

From multilateral actors to non-governmental organizations, careers in international development offer excitement and the chance to work toward the greater good. In this course, we will explore: •   How much can you expect to earn •   What organizations are hiring today •   Who is being hired and what skills do they have •   What training […]

The UK Ambassador to the UN, Sir Mark Lyall Grant (bio), will join us to share his views on: -The UN’s response to the Arab Spring and the rise of Political Islam   -Supporting the demands from across the region for more open societies and politics   -Distinguishing between the situations in Libya and Syria […]

— Author Series Event — What the US Can Learn from China Ann Lee Demos Senior Fellow While America is still reeling from the financial crisis, high unemployment, and debt, China’s economy continues to strengthen and is predicted by some to surpass the US by 2020. In her new book, Ann Lee asks what lessons […]