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Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in the United States
- Council on Foreign RelationsThe Council on Foreign Relations has shaped American foreign policy from its earliest days in ways that most citizens never see.
- Kennan InstituteThe Kennan Institute carries a name that belongs to two very different men, separated by nearly a century and connected by blood.
- Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceOn the 25th of November 1910, Andrew Carnegie stood before a crowd to announce the creation of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Hoover InstitutionIn June 1919, Herbert Hoover sent a telegram to Stanford president Ray Lyman Wilbur offering $50,000 to collect primary materials related to World War I.
- Center for Strategic and International StudiesThe Center for Strategic and International Studies opened its doors on the 4th of September 1962. This date arrived just days before the Cuban Missile Crisis…
- Brookings InstitutionThe Institute for Government Research opened its doors on the 1st of October 1916. Robert S. Brookings established the organization just weeks after his…
- Atlantic CouncilChristian Herter and William L. Clayton established the Atlantic Council in 1961 to foster cooperation between North America and Europe after World War II.
- Center for International PolicyActivists Bill Goodfellow and retired foreign service official Donald Ranard established the Center for International Policy in 1975.
- RAND CorporationThe RAND Corporation was born from a single urgent conversation in September 1945, weeks after the end of World War II. General Henry H.
- Jamestown FoundationWilliam Geimer established the Jamestown Foundation in 1984. This Washington, D.C., based think tank emerged from a specific moment of Cold War history.
- The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar Security StudiesThe Arctic Institute opened its doors in Washington, D.C. during 2011. Malte Humpert established the organization as a 501(c)3 think tank focused on…