Esther Brimmer
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Esther Diane Brimmer is an American foreign policy expert and former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. In June 2013, she left her post as Assistant Secretary and ret
Brimmer circa 2009
Council on Foreign Relations
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The Council on Foreign Relations is an American think tank focused on U.S. foreign policy and international relations. Founded in 1921, it is an independent and nonpartisan 501 nonprofit organization.
Esther Brimmer
…of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations, and Women in International Security. She left her post at the State Department in June 2013 to resume her position in academia…
Elihu Root (1845–1937) served as the first honorary president (1921–1937) of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Pictured 1902, age 57).
John W. Davis was the first elected CFR president.
David Rockefeller (1915–2017) joined the Council in 1941 and was appointed as a director in 1949.
CFR Headquarters, located in the former Harold Pratt House in New York City