This report summarizes discussions at a conference of leading officials and specialists on January 17, 2001, entitled "Passing the Baton: The Challenges of Statecraft for a New Administration." Keynote speeches by both the outgoing and the incoming assistants to the president for national security affairs—Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger and Condoleezza Rice, respectively—highlighted the range of insights presented regarding the external and internal challenges of promoting U.S. interests and values around the globe in the twenty-first century.

The conference program was organized around five panel discussions covering two functional topics (organizing for national security and international conflict management) and three geographic regions of special concern to the United States (Russia, the Balkans, and Northeast Asia).

Contents

• Summary
• Preface
   
  1. Managing International Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
     Richard H. Solomon
  2. Foreign Policy in an Era of Globalization
     Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger
  3. Organizing for National Security Policy
     Summarized by Patrick M. Cronin
  4. Making Peace; Making It Stick
     Summarized by Pamela Aall
  5. Why Is Partnership with Russia So Elusive?
     Summarized by Emily Metzgar
  6. Building a Stable Balkans
     Summarized by Kurt Bassuener
  7. Securing Peace in Northeast Asia
     Summarized by William Drennan
  8. National Security Challenges for the New Administration
     Condoleezza Rice
• Conference Participants
• Conference Rapporteurs
• About the Institute