Foreign Affairs is the journal of the Council on Foreign Relations, a non-partisan member organization dedicated to improving the understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through the free exchange of ideas. The Council was founded in 1921 by academics and diplomats who had advised President Woodrow Wilson on how to deal with the aftermath of World War I. Its 3,400 members include Presidents, Cabinet members, and other high-ranking U.S. government officials, as well as renowned academics, journalists, and major leaders of business, media, human rights, and other non-governmental groups.
Since its inception in 1922, articles and essays published in Foreign Affairs have helped shape political debate and policy on some of the most important issues of the day. Authors who have written for the journal have included influential intellectuals and political leaders ranging from W.E.B. DuBois to Henry Kissinger to Hillary Clinton.
The new Foreign Affairs Web site, developed by Palantir.net, showcases Drupal’s wide variety of capabilities. In addition to leveraging existing modules, the site features a significant amount of new functionality developed specifically for this project. The magazine's management strongly supports the open source development model, and much of the work done for the site has been or will soon be contributed back to the Drupal community.