This year marked the ninetieth anniversary of the Council on ForeignRelations. As the events of recent months have proven, new challengescan come about at any moment and relationships abroad can transformrapidly. The uprisings across the Arab world, the triple crisis in Japan, the killing of Osama bin Laden, and ongoing eurozone concerns greatly shaped this year’s foreign policy agenda, and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) did considerable workon each.