Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Geo-Politics

Donald E. Abelson is Professor in the Department of Political science at The University of Western Ontario. He specializes in American politics and US foreign policy. His work focuses primarily on the role of think tanks and their efforts to influence public opinion and public policy and he is a widely published author on Canadian and US think tanks and interest groups. Xin Hua is Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for EU Studies, Shanghai International Studies University and Senior Research Fellow and Councillor at Shanghai Institute for European Studies. Stephen Brooks is Professor at the University of Windsor and Director of the Ottawa Internship Program at the University of Michigan.

• 1 Struggling to Be Heard: The Crowded and Complex World of Foreign Policy-Oriented Think Tanks 2 Feulner’s Pendulum: Moving between Policy Research and Political Advocacy 3 Blending Advocacy and Research: The Attributes and Brand Identities of the Foremost Human Rights Advocacy Think Tanks 4 The Governance Turn in EU Foreign Policy: Are EU Think Tanks out of the Picture? 5 Think Tanks American Style 6 Germany: The Think and the Tank 7 Think Tanks and Foreign Policy in the United Kingdom 8 Chinese Think Tanks’ Influence on Foreign Policy Making: A Case Study of the Role of CIIS and SIIS in the Making of China’s Europe Policy 9 Still Lagging Behind? Foreign Policy Think Tanks in Poland: Origins and Contemporary Challenges 10 Foreign Policies in Spain: The Role of Think Tanks in the Battle between the Central State and Catalonia 11 And the Winner Is: Why Measuring Think Tank Performance is Inherently Problematic: Lessons from Canada and Beyond

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