The Center for International Relations (CIR) is a

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and nonprofit, tax exempt

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that publishes various materials about international relations and current affairs. The organization is based in the

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, though its staff operates in various countries throughout the world.

Activities

The CIR's core activities include publication of its online journal, publication of special reports, hosting special events and awarding annual prizes for outstanding essays submitted by students.

Outlets

International Affairs Forum

The International Affairs Forum is CIR's online journal, which publishes articles, opinion pieces and interviews. It also maintains databases of organizations, blogs and institutions active in the sphere of international relations and economic policy studies. The forum's stated mission is to present ‘information in an unbiased manner, regardless of political creed to provide our readers an all-encompassing view of subjects’ as well as to present ‘content from a global perspective.’

Cultural Affairs Forum

The Cultural Affairs Forum is the sister site of the International Affairs Forum and covers ‘

cultural diplomacy Cultural diplomacy is a type of public diplomacy and soft power that includes the "exchange of ideas, information, art, language and other aspects of culture among nations and their peoples in order to foster mutual understanding". The purpose ...

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It publishes articles, editorials and links, in this case on topics such as classical music and politics, and culture as propaganda.

Boards

Board of directors

* John J. Tierney, Jr., Former executive director of the Congressional Caucus on National Defense,

U.S. House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

; faculty chairman,

The Institute of World Politics The Institute of World Politics (IWP) is a private graduate school of national security, intelligence, and international affairs in Washington DC, and Reston, Virginia. Founded in 1990, it offers courses related to intelligence, national secu ...

* James Stockmal, director, BearingPoint * Dimitri Neos, executive director, Center for International Relations

Editorial board

* Steven Clemons, New America Foundation * Ross H. Munro, Center for Security Studies * Robert R. Reilly, former director Voice of America

Resource board

* Terrence R. Guay, professor of international business,

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ...

* Muhiuddin Haider, associate professor, Department of Global Health & International Affairs, George Washington University * John C. King, adjunct professor of international affairs,

American University The American University (AU or American) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, mostly in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. AU was charte ...

(Washington, D.C.) * Christos N. Kyrou, assistant professor, School of International Service (SIS) at

; director of the Environmental Peacemaking Program at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland, College Park * Ghada Gomaa A. Mohamed, lecturer in economics, Carleton University (Canada) * Sahar Khamis, assistant professor of communications, Affiliate Faculty of Women's Studies, and Affiliate Faculty in the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, University of Maryland * Madhav Das Nalapat, UNESCO Peace Chair and director of the Department of Geopolitics at Manipal University

References

External links

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International Affairs Forum

Cultural Affairs Forum

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