From AEI to FPRI -- Introduction to Philadelphia and FPRI -- History and background -- Think tanks and foreign policy -- The colleagues -- The central administration -- Work life -- Out and about in Philadelphia -- Foreign travel and the 1988 presidential race -- Conclusion : return visits
Summary
Think tanks have become increasingly important in American politics foreign policy. In the last thirty years think tanks have emerged as major actors on the political stage, comparable in influence to large interest groups, political parties, and government agencies. In the same time span these think tanks have replaced universities as the main source for new policy ideas and the background research and arguments to justify them
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