Center for Preventive Action

The Center for Preventive Action (CPA) "was established by the Council on Foreign Relations in 1994 to help prevent, defuse, or resolve deadly conflicts around the world and to expand the body of knowledge on conflict prevention."


 * Director - Paul B. Stares (as of November 2007)

Leadership and Staff
Accessed January 2014:


 * Paul B. Stares - General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
 * Micah Zenko - Douglas Dillon Fellow
 * Anna Feuer - Research Associate, Center for Preventive Action
 * Helia Ighani - Research Associate, Center for Preventive Action
 * Amelia Wolf - Research Associate, Center for Preventive Action

Advisory Committee
Accessed January 2014:


 * Chairman - George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.), One Team, Inc.
 * Chairman Emeritus - John W. Vessey, USA (Ret.)
 * Deputy Chair - Peter Ackerman, Rockport Capital, Inc.


 * Richard K. Betts, Council on Foreign Relations
 * Patrick M. Byrne, overstock.com
 * Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
 * Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason University
 * Sherri W. Goodman, CAN
 * Robert S. Litwak, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 * Thomas G. Mahnken, The Johns Hopkins University
 * Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
 * Susan Patricof, Mailman School of Public Health
 * David Shuman, Northwoods Capital Management, L.L.C.
 * Nancy E. Soderberg, University of North Florida
 * Steven D. Winch, Ripplewood Holdings, L.L.C.
 * James D. Zirin, Sidley Austin LLP

Advisory Board (2010)
Accessed May 2010:


 * Peter Ackerman - Managing Director, Rockport Capital, Inc.
 * Richard K. Betts - Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
 * Patrick M. Byrne - Overstock.com
 * Aaron L. Friedberg - Princeton University
 * Leslie H. Gelb - President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
 * Sherri W. Goodman - CNA
 * David A. Hamburg - Cornell University Medical College
 * Matthew L. Hodes - Ascent Strategies LLC
 * General George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.) - One Team, Inc.
 * Marc E. Leland - Marc E. Leland & Associates, Inc.
 * Robert S. Litwak - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 * Carol Melton - Time Warner Inc.
 * Barnett R. Rubin - New York University
 * Nancy E. Soderberg - University of North Florida
 * General John W. Vessey, USA (Ret.)
 * Steven D. Winch - Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
 * James D. Zirin - Sidley Austin, LLP

Advisory Board (2008)
Accessed January 2008:


 * Peter Ackerman
 * Patrick M. Byrne
 * Antonia Handler Chayes
 * Joachim Gfoeller, Jr.
 * Richard N. Haass
 * David A. Hamburg
 * John G. Heimann
 * General George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.)
 * Jane E. Holl Lute
 * Vincent A. Mai
 * Margaret F. Mudd
 * William L. Nash
 * Kenneth Roth
 * Barnett R. Rubin
 * Julia Vadala Taft
 * General John W. Vessey, USA (Ret.)
 * Robert G. Wilmers
 * James D. Zirin

Advisory Board (2002)

 * John W. Vessey
 * Morton I. Abramowitz - The Century Foundation
 * Antonia Handler Chayes - Conflict Management Group
 * Leslie H. Gelb - Council on Foreign Relations
 * Joachim Gfoeller, Jr.
 * David A. Hamburg
 * Reynold Levy - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
 * John G. Heimann
 * General George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.)
 * Jane E. Holl Lute
 * Vincent A. Mai
 * Margaret F. Mudd
 * Kenneth Roth
 * Barnett R. Rubin
 * Julia Vadala Taft
 * Strobe Talbott - Brookings Institution
 * Robert G. Wilmers

Select Reports

 * Afghanistan After the Drawdown (November 2013) - Authors: Seth G. Jones, Associate Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation, and Keith Crane, Director, Environment, Energy, and Economic Development program, RAND Corporation
 * Congo: Securing Peace, Sustaining Progress (Council on Foreign Relations, 2008). Criticism

Contact

 * Web: http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/cpa/

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