American think tanks in the twenty-first century

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ID4736697
AuthorsDaniel W Drezner (Tufts University), Daniel Drezner (0000-0001-6347-309X, Tufts University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume70
Issue4
Pages637-644
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0020702015593702
OpenAlexW2252523365
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Think tanks have been a part of the United States' foreign policy establishment for more than a century. They have played a significant role at key junctures in US foreign policy. Two inflection points, however, have dramatically altered the think tank landscape in the last 15 years. The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks caused these organizations to dramatically expand their staff and overhead, as the demand for their services increased. The 2008 financial crisis subsequently left many of these same think tanks financially overextended. This circumstance forced these organizations to seek out more unconventional funding arrangements, imposing new constraints at the exact moment that their competitive environment intensified. In the twenty-first century, US foreign policy think tanks will maintain their relevancy by moving beyond what made them relevant in the last century

Economics · Foreign policy · Overhead (engineering · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Terrorism · Think tanks · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Engineering · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

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