Question: William Jay was an American reformer, jurist, and son of  an American statesman who directed U.S. foreign policy for much of what decade?

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John Jay: John Jay (December 23 [O.S. December 12] 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, second Governor of New York, and the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789–1795).  He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788.

James M. Lindsay: James M. Lindsay (born November 29, 1959, Winchester, Massachusetts), is the Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy.  He is also the award-winning coauthor of "America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy" and former Director for Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs at the National Security Council.  In 2008, he was the principal author of a Department of Defense funded $7.6 million Minerva Research Initiative grant entitled "Climate Change, State Stability, and Political Risk in Africa."  He is the author of a CFR blog on American foreign policy, The Water's Edge.

Tim Rieser: Tim Rieser is a senior foreign policy aid to Senator Patrick Leahy.  He is one "of the most powerful staffers in Congress presiding over U.S. foreign policy and U.S. foreign assistance."

Harvey Sicherman: Harvey Sicherman was an American writer and foreign policy expert.  He served as the President and Director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, located in Philadelphia, from 1993 until 2010.  His interests lay in the analysis of U.S. foreign policy and national security, as well as in the areas of Western Europe, the Middle East, and International Economics.  Born in Scranton in 1945, Sicherman died on December 25, 2010.

Foreign Affairs: Foreign Affairs is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.  Founded in 1922, the print magazine is currently published every two months, while the website publishes articles daily and anthologies every other month.

William Jay (jurist): William Jay (16 June 1789 – 14 October 1858) was an American reformer, jurist, and the son of Founding Father and first U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay (1745–1829).

Lawrence F. Kaplan: Lawrence F. Kaplan (born 1969) was editor of "Entanglements: Arguing America and the World", a website of "The New Republic" devoted to foreign policy and featuring David Rieff, Andrew Bacevich, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, and other noted writers.  Kaplan was previously editor of "World Affairs" and executive editor of "The National Interest", both international relations quarterlies.  He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor at the U.S. Army War College.  He was formerly a senior editor at "The New Republic", where he wrote about U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.  From 2005-2007, Kaplan reported for the magazine from Iraq.  He has also written about foreign policy for "The Wall Street Journal", "The Financial Times", "Slate", "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", and numerous other publications.

Foreign Affairs Policy Board: The Foreign Affairs Policy Board is an advisory board that provides independent advice and opinion to the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, and the Director of Policy Planning on matters concerning U.S. foreign policy.  The Board reviews and assesses global threats and opportunities, trends that implicate core national security interests, tools and capacities of the civilian foreign affairs agencies, and priorities and strategic frameworks for U.S. foreign policy.  The Board meets in a plenary session several times a year at the U.S. Department of State in the Harry S Truman Building.

Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy: The Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy is a group of U.S. scholars, policy makers and citizens who oppose the current U.S. foreign policy, which they view as pursuing an American empire.  The coalition questions both the morality and the efficacy of using military force and diplomatic pressure to achieve the aims of political and economic liberalization.  As opposed to the increasingly prevalent geopolitical philosophy of neoconservatism, the coalition advocates foreign policy realism.

James Kurth: James Kurth is the Claude C. Smith Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Swarthmore College, where he taught defense policy, foreign policy, and international politics.  In 2004 Kurth also became the editor of "Orbis", a professional journal on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Supporting paragraphs: William Jay (jurist) John Jay
Answer: 1780s