Welcome

The Albuquerque Committee on Foreign Relations (AbqCFR) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization devoted to promoting improved understanding of international affairs through the free exchange of ideas with and among key individuals within the community. We are an affiliate organization of The American Committees on Foreign Relations.

Our Committee has about 150 members, including many who are leaders in business, education, government, military and the professions. We gather each month for dinner and an evening of discussion with a scholar, diplomat, or policymaker of special competence in an aspect of foreign relations. Meetings are small, informal and usually held on a not-for-attribution basis in order to encourage candid presentations, frank answers to members' questions, and open discussion among members and visiting speakers. While most speakers come from outside the community, local experts are utilized on occasion.