A Conversation With Jake Sullivan: Common Sense and Strategy in Foreign Policy

This special event is being held to honor the memory of Leslie H. Gelb, CFR’s president from 1993 to 2003 and a dedicated member for forty-six years, who died on August 31, 2019. Gelb modernized the institution to reflect the changing realities of the post-Cold War era, and was a passionate advocate of common sense and strategy in U.S. foreign policy.
Speaker
Jake Sullivan
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Former Intern to Leslie H. Gelb, Council on Foreign Relations (1997)
Presider
George Packer
Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Author, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal and Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
Introductory Remarks
Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens (forthcoming January 2023); @RichardHaass
Winston Lord
Chairman Emeritus, International Rescue Committee; Former President, Council on Foreign Relations (1977-1985)
Closing Remarks
Frank G. Wisner
International Affairs Advisor, Squire Patton Boggs, LLP; CFR Member
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