Curated playlist
Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in the United States
- Council on Foreign RelationsA Council on Foreign Relations member's unsigned 1947 article introduced "containment."
- Kennan InstituteThe Kennan Institute is named for two men, an explorer of Siberia and a Cold War diplomat, who were cousins.
- Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceThe Carnegie Endowment for International Peace began as a $10 million birthday gift.
- Hoover InstitutionIn June 1919, Herbert Hoover sent Stanford a $50,000 telegram to start collecting war documents.
- Center for Strategic and International StudiesIn 1986, Georgetown University cut every tie with the think tank it had chartered.
- Brookings InstitutionA plot to firebomb the Brookings Institution fell through over a fire engine.
- Atlantic CouncilThe Atlantic Council began in 1961 with a handshake between two former American statesmen.
- Center for International PolicyThe Center for International Policy began in 1975 as a watchdog on U.S. foreign policy after Vietnam.
- RAND CorporationIn 1946, the RAND Corporation proposed a satellite for photographing from space, years before Sputnik.
- Jamestown FoundationIn 1978, a top Soviet official at the United Nations defected to the West. His case led to the Jamestown Foundation.
- The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar Security StudiesThe Arctic Institute has made a top 100 list of U.S. think tanks every year since 2016.