International Relations: Policy Institutes

A non-profit public policy organization conducting research on foreign policy, economics, development, governance, and metropolitan policy.

A global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United States publishing journals and policy papers.

The Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy brings together leading policy experts and practitioners from China and around the world to engage in collaborative dialogue and research. From its platform at Tsinghua University, the center works to identify constructive solutions to common global challenges.

Established in Washington, D.C., over 50 years ago, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to providing strategic insights and policy solutions to help decisionmakers chart a course toward a better world.

At Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, "a non-profit research center that engages opinion leaders on contemporary challenges facing Europe and North America. The goal of the Center is to strengthen and reorient transatlantic relations to the dynamics of a globalizing world." Posts articles, policy studies, conference proceedings, and news on the topic.

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.

Organizes events promoting dialogue and publishes policy papers on issues around the globe. The Middle East and North Africa programs focuses on energy security, the refugee crisis, violent extremism, and other topics of regional concern.

Award-winning international think-tank that aims to conduct cutting-edge independent research; provide a safe meeting space for policy-makers, activists and intellectuals to share ideas; offer a media platform to get Europeans talking about their role in the world.

Provides access to all reports by Congress’s think tank, the Congressional Research Service, which provides valuable insight and non-partisan analysis of issues of public debate.

Global Policy Forum is an independent policy watchdog that monitors the work of the United Nations and scrutinizes global policymaking.

Nonprofit, nonpartisan U.S. institution "devoted to enhancing international peace and security through a unique combination of rigorous analysis and outreach." Posts publications in the research areas of transnational threats, regional security, and effective institutions.

U.S. public policy research center at Stanford University, on domestic and international affairs, with ongoing programs of policy-oriented research in economics, political science, history, international relations, law, and other disciplines.

The INSS provides issues research on Israel's national security agenda including government, defense, and the private sector.

A policy research organizaiton providing research, public policy papers on military affairs.

Nonpartisan U.S. research institute aiming to "inform and educate policy makers and the broader policy community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or tactically important to the United States." Main emphasis is on terrorism and the Eurasian region.

An independent, not-for-profit organisation, focused on policy issues relating to the people, the land and the system of governance in the Middle East in general, and Kurdistan and Iraq in particular.

"Independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C. dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide," with much data and analysis online, including country profiles. Note their Migration Information Source for "fresh thought, authoritative data, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends... [and] useful tools, vital data, and essential facts on the movement of people worldwide."

Since its inception under President Truman, the National Security Council's function has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies.

Authoritative data and analysis on world, regional, and national population and demographics trends. Features a large multimedia repository. The data section is very good. Note their Annual Report and their annual World Population Data Sheet for "up-to-date demographic, health, and environment data for all the countries and major regions of the world."

A research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous.

Founded by Congress, the Institute provides project reports, briefings, event summaries, and news items are available online, with archives and extensive links on conflict topics. Note the Publications section. Peace Terms is an "extensive glossary [that] provides short definitions of a wide range of complex and often confusing terms used in the field of conflict resolution."

Researches issues of concern to official policy, hosting seminars and conferences, and producing publications and broadcasts. Site has information about these programs and projects, and many of their publications.

WPI identifies critical emerging global issues in an interdependent world and gives voice to compelling new global perspectives and innovative policy solutions.