Council for Foreign and Defense Policy

The Council for Foreign and Defense Policy (CFDP, SVOP) () is a Russian Think Tank. It was formed on February 25, 1992. It has been called the "leading public foreign policy organization" for Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin regularly participates in the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy discussion club "Valdai".

Projects

Ranking

In 2017 the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program's, Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) ranking of think tanks, the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy is in a number of "sub-lists":

• 41st out of 135 under Top Foreign Policy and International Affairs Think Tanks.
• 58th of 110 under Top Think Tank by Area Research.
• 24th out of 75 "Best Government Affiliated Think Tanks"
• 107th out of 150 "Best Independent Think Tanks"

Publications

• U.S. Russian Relations at the Turn of the Century: Reports of the Working Groups Organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington and the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy. 2000.

Chairman of the Presidium

• Alexey Georgievich Arbatov ()
• Tatyana Viktorovna Borisova ()
• Vladimir Sergeevich Velichko ()
• Sergey Alexandrovich Karaganov ()
• Yuri Georgievich Kobaladze ()
• Evgeny Mikhailovich Kozhokin ()
• Fedor Alexandrovich Lukyanov 2014 AKA Fyodor Lukyanov. ()
• Alexander Vyacheslavovich Losev ()
• Viktor Nikolaevich Mironov ()
• Nikolai Vasilievich Mikhailov ()
• Sergei Ashotovich Mndoyants ()
• Alexander Vladimirovich Mordovin ()
• Vyacheslav Alekseevich Nikonov ()
• Alexey Konstantinovich Pushkov ()
• Vladimir Arsentievich Rubanov ()
• Vladimir Alexandrovich Ryzhkov ()
• Garegin Ashotovich Tosunyan ()
• Vitaly Tovievich Tretyakov ()
• Alexander Valeryanovich Tsalko ()
• Igor Yurievich Yurgens ()

Notes

External links

• Russia in Foreign Affairs, funded by Council for Foreign and Defense Policy
• Official page in Russian