• $400,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Duration 2 years)

  International Peace & Security

  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Its project, Maintaining Stability at Lower Numbers, will analyze recent trends in the nuclear doctrines and forces of China, France, and the United Kingdom, and develop recommendations on the roles these countries can play in enhancing strategic stability and reducing nuclear weapons over the next five to ten years. Funds will be used for staff salaries, publications, travel, meetings, and outreach and dissemination. The grant fits with MacArthur's approach to effectively address, in a stabilizing manner, the strategic implications of deeper reductions in nuclear arsenals.

• $250,000Active Strategy

  2012 (Duration 1 year)

  International Peace & Security

  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. CFR aims to help its members and the public better understand the world and foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. This project will examine U.S. policy options toward Pakistan as the United States shifts focus from Afghanistan to the Asia-Pacific, and will ultimately recommend implementation of the United States' best approach for dealing with the many challenges posed by Pakistan. Funds will be used for research assistant salaries, research-related convening and travel.

• $400,000Active Strategy

  2010 (Inactive Grant)

  International Peace & Security

  NEW YORK, NEW YORK — To support policy research on security challenges on China's periphery (over two years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Council on Foreign Relations $1,050,000 between 2010 and 2013.