Council on Foreign Relations Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Membership== {{stack| [[File:Richard Haass and Steve Coll (3531761594) (cropped).jpg|thumb|President Emeritus [[Richard N. Haass]] (2009, age 57)]] [[File:Dmitry Medvedev with Madeleine Albright-1.jpg|thumb|[[Madeleine Albright]] with Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]]]] [[File:Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks on American Leadership (8433287729).jpg|thumb|Richard N. Haass with [[Hillary Clinton]]]] }} {{Main article|Members of the Council on Foreign Relations}} The CFR has two types of membership: life membership; and term membership, which lasts for 5 years and is available only to those between the ages of 30 and 36. Only U.S. citizens (native born or naturalized) and permanent residents who have applied for U.S. citizenship are eligible. A candidate for life membership must be nominated in writing by one Council member and seconded by a minimum of three others. Visiting fellows are prohibited from applying for membership until they have completed their fellowship tenure.<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/membership/individual-membership "Individual Membership"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917153014/https://www.cfr.org/membership/individual-membership |date=September 17, 2020 }} CFR.org</ref> Corporate membership (250 in total) is divided into "Associates", "Affiliates", "President's Circle", and "Founders". All corporate executive members have opportunities to hear speakers, including foreign heads of state, chairmen and CEOs of multinational corporations, and U.S. officials and Congressmen. President and premium members are also entitled to attend small, private dinners or receptions with senior American officials and world leaders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/content/about/annual_report/ar_2006/11_corporate_044-047.pdf |title=Corporate Program |access-date=February 25, 2007 |archive-date=June 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616100051/http://www.cfr.org/content/about/annual_report/ar_2006/11_corporate_044-047.pdf |url-status=live }} {{small|(330 KB)}} CFR.org</ref> The CFR has a Young Professionals Briefing Series designed for young leaders interested in international relations to be eligible for term membership.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfr.org/event-series/young-professionals-briefing-series |title=Young Professionals Briefing Series |access-date=February 7, 2024 |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129062037/https://www.cfr.org/event-series/young-professionals-briefing-series |url-status=live }} {{small|(330 KB)}} CFR.org</ref> Women were excluded from membership until the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rietzler |first=Katharina |date=2022 |title=U.S. Foreign Policy Think Tanks and Women's Intellectual Labor, 1920β1950 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/dh/dhac015 |journal=Diplomatic History |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=575β601 |doi=10.1093/dh/dhac015 |issn=0145-2096}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page