The Center on Politics and Foreign Relations (CPFR), a part of the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), connects the worlds of politics and foreign policy under one roof. CPFR explores, analyzes and discusses the role domestic politics plays in a country’s foreign policy. CPFR, through conferences, publications, debates, our 2008 presidential speakers series and our Web site columns, will study how politics and domestic issues affect foreign policy decisions. While CPFR will be focusing on the 2008 presidential campaign and the foreign policy views of the potential candidates of both parties, we will also be looking at domestic issues and politics and foreign policy in other countries around the world. CPFR is a non-partisan forum for discussing the key issues of the day in a passionate but fair and reasonable debate through our diverse speakers, in-depth publications and our Web site columns. Our goal is to be the country’s premiere place for discussing, writing about and looking at how domestic political issues often determine how the government makes foreign policy. CPFR will be a lively, unique and informative center that will be involved in the key issues of the day. The leading policymakers, politicians, diplomats, journalists and authors will speak and write for CPFR. We will be addressing the key domestic and foreign policy issues and topics as they are happening. In addition to being an academic center we will be an up-to-date source of news and analysis.
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