Council On Foreign Relations is a nonpartisan, independent think tank and membership organization whose mission is to inform U.S. engagement with the world. Council On Foreign Relations's Twitter Score is 36 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #26,550 (top 10%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Council On Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and operates as a national membership organization, educator, and publisher. Its flagship publication is Foreign Affairs, one of the most widely read journals on international relations and foreign policy. The organization's internal David Rockefeller Studies Program serves as its core think tank, with scholars producing analysis spanning U.S. foreign policy, geoeconomics, technology, and national security. Council On Foreign Relations also leads the Council of Councils, an initiative that brings together a consortium of twenty-seven leading global think tanks to address questions of global governance.
Council On Foreign Relations maintains a stated policy of taking no institutional positions on policy matters, positioning its research and commentary as independent analysis rather than advocacy. Michael Froman serves as President of the Council on Foreign Relations. Council On Foreign Relations has accumulated 577,390 followers as of August 2026 on Twitter and has published 86,489 posts. The account has been mentioned by 397 accounts, with 1,833 total mentions.
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