New brief highlights demographic trends such as: challenges to growth, aging China, social safety nets, youth bulges in the Middle East, urbanization and more. 

The latest brief highlights the foreign policy challenges inherent in the U.S.-Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship. Ambassador Khalilzad speaks with DCFR about the high stakes involved and the consequences of not getting the calculus right in Southwest Asia and the borders of the Greater Middle East.

Our latest Global Themes Series brief features comments about the Doha trade round, climate change and trade, food security, and natural resources as put forth by James Bacchus, former chairman of the appellate body of the World Trade Organization.  

In yesterday’s Financial Times, Dallas was highlighted as a city that was hurt less by the financial crisis and is recovering more rapidly. Member James Oberwetter of the Dallas Regional Chamber suggested that private firms were hiring more. And DCFR founder Phil Montgomery was quoted for his optimistic, pro-Texas, pro-American can-do spirit. Our Dallas globalist’s are a vibrant and vital part of Dallas’ success story.  To continue reading please download the document below.

Our new blog is live. We will be integrating the blog with our home page soon.  To access the blog, click on the headline above.

Recent Chairman of DCFR and former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Robert Jordan, offers insight about Saudi Arabia and Bahrain given developments in the Middle East.  Jordan was the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001-2003, and currently lives and works in the United Arab Emirates.  To see the full release, click on the headline above.

This installment of "DCFR Featured Member" spotlights Pia Orrenius, a senior economist and research officer with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, who recently published Beside the Golden Door: U.S. Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization (AEI Press, 2010). To continue reading please download the document below.

We revive the tradition of spotlighting the global experience and expertise of members with “DCFR Featured Member.”  To read about DCFR chairman Bob Jordan’s new endeavors in Dubai, simply download the document below.  Watch your email and the Web site for additional monthly installments.

On July 14 and 15, eight DCFR members participated in Leaders to Sea embarks aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97).  Established by DCFR member David B. Robinson, former Commander of Naval Surface Force, the Leaders to Sea program provides a rare opportunity for community leaders to observe daily operations on board a Navy warship.  A release by Naval Surface Force describes the recent embarks and quotes DCFR members David Genecov, David Marlow, and Sarah Soong.  To read the full release, click on the headline above.

An essential part of DCFR’s mission is to connect senior business and community leaders who are important to the future of North Texas as a thriving international center. Since January 1, DCFR has enthusiastically welcomed 22 full members and 9 term members. For a complete list, open the attachment below.