Foreign Affairs is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. Founded on 15 September 1922, the print magazine is currently published every two months, while the website publishes articles daily and anthologies every other month.
Cover of the September/October 2023 issue of Foreign Affairs
George F. Kennan published his doctrine of containment in the July 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs.
The article "Who Is Khamenei?" by Akbar Ganji, which was published in the magazine's September/October 2013 issue, emphasized the view that the Supreme Leader is the primary decision maker in Iran.
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international relations. Founded in 1921, it is an independent and nonpartisan nonprofit organization. CFR is based in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. Its membership has included senior politicians, numerous secretaries of state, CIA directors, bankers, lawyers, professors, corporate directors and CEOs, and senior media figures.
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
