French-American Foundation
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The French-American Foundation is an organization established to promote bilateral relations between France and the United States on topics of importance to the two countries, with a focus on identifying and creating contact between upcoming leaders from each country. It employs a variety of initiatives that include multi-year policy programs, conferences on issues of French-American interest, and leadership and professional exchanges of decision-makers from France and the United States.
Despite stressing the equal nature of the partnership, the program naturally influences the policy positions of the French leaders much more than their US counterparts. For the American future leaders, the forum is more of an exercise checking out their leadership potential, and a steppingstone.Template:Cf
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History
The idea was born in 1973 between Ambassador James G. Lowenstein, James Chace, editor-in-chief of Foreign Affairs, both members of the [[Council on Foreign Relations], and Nicholas Wahl, a specialist of post-war France at Princeton University.[1].
Also, since old CIA methods to buy foreign leaders were found to be unnecessary compromising, after several embarrassing revelations, this foundation was part of a new tactic, where the influence and vetting happened more openly (see National Endowment for Democracy). Similar grooming programs are in place in among many other countries Australia (see Australian-American Leadership Dialogue) and the UK (see British-American Project).
Since 1976, with more than 3,500 participants in more than 500 programs with leaders in many sectors, including politics; education; immigration; security and defense; business and the economy; energy and the environment; urban development and renewal; health care; and the role of culture, the French-American Foundation has created a rich network of people and ideas for action.[2]
Young Leaders Program
The Young Leaders Program is the flagship program of the French-American Foundation. The program was created in 1981, under the sponsorship of Princeton French-American economist Ezra Suleiman, who remained its president until 2000. It was initially intended as to groom a new generation of young future leaders and give them exposure to their transatlantic counterparts. 38 years later, it still plays a key role in the creation of bonds to the US, with more than 500 leaders in government, business, media, military, culture and the NGO (ie. para-governmental) sector having taken part.
Every year, juries in France and the United States select a small group (around twenty) of French and Americans between 30 and 40, that are destined to hold a leadership position in their field. The selected Young Leaders then participate in two five-day seminars, alternatively in the U.S. and France, with the opportunity to discuss issues of common concern and, more importantly, get to know each other and create durable bonds.
Hillary Rodham Clinton was a Young Leader in 1983, when she was the wife of the Arkansas governor and chair of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee, so she was already then destined/selected by the powers that be as future leader cadre.
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe Lagayette | President of the French-American Foundation - France | 2003 | 2010 | Attended Bilderberg/1982 and Bilderberg/1992 |
Known members
5 of the 21 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Alain Chevalier | Chairman of Moet Hennessy who merged it into luxury goods giant Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH). |
| Olivier Chevrillon | French media CEO and civil servant |
| François Bujon de L'Estang | Diplomatic and defense adviser to Prime Minister Jacques Chirac.Trilateral Commission. French-American Foundation. |
| Felix Rohatyn | Nicknamed 'Felix the Fixer', a Lazard bankster who conspired with the CIA to start the 1973 coup in Chile and later led the French-American Foundation, a recruitment network to control future French leaders. |
| G. Richard Thoman | Triple Bilderberger US business executive. |
Sponsor
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Open Society Foundations | A NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered. |
