"The wo/men at the top [who] meet and work out together the general direction of policy - the limits of respectable debate. Through a complex network of channels, the content and tone of their discussion reach the policymakers and the leaders of opinion..."
(Adapted from Shoup, Lawrence H. and William Minter. Imperial Brain Trust: The Council on Foreign Relations and United States Foreign Policy. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1977, p. 6)
Canadian Council for the Americas
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
Canadian Foundation of the Americas (FOCAL)
Canadian International Council
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Center for a New American Security
Council for Emerging National Security Affairs (CENSA)
Center for International Governance Innovation
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
CNA (formerly Center for Naval Analyses)
Conference of Defence Associations Institute
Institute for Defense Analyses
Institute for the Study of War
Institute for Research on Public Policy
Partnership for a Secure America
Project on National Security Reform
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)