It's not in Washington's Foggy Bottom neighborhood, where the gray monolith of the State Department gazes out onto the Potomac, or in the trendy salons of Georgetown or the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City.

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"We cannot face the global terrorist threat or other profound challenges alone, " she told the Council on Foreign Relations in 2006.

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The European Council on Foreign Relations, a newcomer on the scene, employs its fair share of ex or quasi-hacks.

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