National Committee on American Foreign Policy

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The National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) is a non-partisan foreign policy think tank based in New York City. It was founded in 1974 by Hans J. Morgenthau, George D. Schwab, and others.

It is a non-profit, activist organization dedicated to the resolution of conflicts that threaten U.S. interests. Toward that end, the National Committee identifies, articulates, and helps advance American foreign policy interests from a non-partisan perspective within the framework of political realism.

1 Mission
2 Publications
- 2.1 American Foreign Policy Interests
- 2.2 Books and Booklets
3 Awards

[edit] Mission

American foreign policy interests include:

Preserving and strengthening national security
Supporting countries committed to the values and practice of political, religious, and cultural pluralism
Improving U.S. relations with the developed and developing worlds
Advancing human rights
Encouraging realist arms control agreements
Curbing the proliferation of nuclear and other unconventional weapons
Promoting an open and global economy

The National Committee believes that an informed public is vital to a democratic society. To promote this, it offers educational programs that address security challenges facing the United States and publishes a variety of publications, including the bimonthly journal, American Foreign Policy Interests.

[edit] Task Forces

Long-term National Committee Task Forces bring together U.S. and foreign scholars, foreign policy practitioners, and others to off-the-record and sometimes closed-door forums where adversaries can, over a period of years, air their views unencumbered by official rhetoric.

Shorter-term Task Forces deal with immediate foreign policy challenges facing the U.S.

[edit] Meetings

The Meetings Program offers members and guests the opportunity to share their thoughts on American foreign policy with influential policymakers, diplomats, renowned scholars, and foreign policy specialists. Each year, the National Committee convenes a series of programs, including single speaker events, panels, and roundtables addressing immediate and long-term issues of national security.

[edit] Special Initiatives

In May 2004, the National Committee launched its Forum on Northeast Asian Security. Projects chaired by Henry Kissinger and Paul Volcker include exploring the potential for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, a Northeast Asian Security Forum composed of the United States, Japan, China, Russia, South Korea, and North Korea, and breaking the impasse between China and Taiwan.

[edit] Publications

A distinguishing activity of the National Committee is the publication and dissemination of firm, reasoned positions designed to help formulate U.S. foreign policy. When, after study and discussion, the National Committee or one of its Task Forces reaches a consensus on an aspect of foreign policy that affects American national interests, the National Committee makes that judgment known to the Administration, Congress, the media, and the general public.

[edit] American Foreign Policy Interests

A cornerstone of the National Committee's publication series is its bimonthly journal, American Foreign Policy Interests. It presents authoritative and provocative articles on critical questions of foreign policy written by leading scholars and policy experts.

[edit] Books and Booklets

The National Committee on American Foreign Policy publishes hardcover, book-length analyses of foreign policy issues that affect the national interests of the U.S. as National Committee on American Foreign Policy Studies.

The National Committee also publishes short booklets of policy reports and recommendations. Additionally, it publishes speeches and summaries of discussions that have been the hallmarks of its foreign policy briefings, lecture series, and award ceremonies.