The Project on the Advocacy for U.S. Interests Abroad: Equipped for the Future

This program by the Henry L. Stimson Center, the Delavan, Ford and Cox Foundations, addresses the fundamental question of what the aims and goals are for U.S. foreign affairs in the Twenty-first Century. A prestigious Steering Committee chaired by Frank Carlucci and including several former Secretaries of State and prestigious Steering Committee chaired by Frank Carlucci and including several former Secretaries of State and future Secretaries Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice produced two reports in 1998: "Shaping U.S. Engagement Overseas: Future Challenges, Future Opportunities for the Twenty-First Century," and "Managing U.S. Foreign Affairs in the 21st Century." These seminal reports influenced two follow-on reports, the Department of State's Overseas Presence Advisory Panel Report and the Council on Foreign Relations/Center for Strategic and International Studies Task Force Report on Department of State Reform," that together charted the incoming administration's reform. Click here to download the report, "Equipped for the Future: Managing U.S. Foreign Affairs in the 21st Century."