The Council of Councils is a CFR initiative connecting 29 leading foreign policy institutes in a common conversation on issues of global governance and multilateral cooperation. The Council of Councils draws on the best thinking from around the world to find common ground on shared threats, build support for innovative ideas, and introduce remedies into the public debate and policymaking processes of member countries.

In Buenos Aires, Ifri will be represented by Thomas Gomart, Director of Ifri.

The following issues will be addressed at the Tenth Regional Conference:

• The Future of the Bretton Woods Institutions: Governance Challenges and Opportunities
• What Can Be Done to Reverse the Fade of Liberal Democracy?
• Combatting Transnational Organized Crime and Corruption
• How Can the World Adapt to Rapid Technological Innovation, and What Role Should the Multilateral System Play?
• Multilateral Crisis Response in Latin America

Latest publications of the CoC

Founding CoC Member Organizations

Argentina: Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI)

Australia: Lowy Institute for International Policy

Belgium: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Brazil: Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)

Canada: Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

China: Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS)

China: Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)

Egypt: Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

France: French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Germany: German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

India: Observer Research Foundation (ORF)

Indonesia: Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Israel: Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

Italy: Institute of International Affairs (IAI)

Japan: Genron NPO

Japan: Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF)

Mexico: Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI)

Nigeria: Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)

Poland: Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

Russia: Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP)

Russia: Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR)

Saudi Arabia: Gulf Research Center (GRC)

Singapore: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

South Africa: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

South Korea: East Asia Institute (EAI)

Turkey: Global Relations Forum (GIF)

United Kingdom: Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs); International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

United States: Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)