Military Reporters Think Tanks

Think Tanks

This is an incomplete list of significant think tanks that have experts and analysts who might be useful sources for journalists covering the military.

American Enterprise Institute
Washington, D.C.
202-862-5800
e-mail: info@aei.org
web: www.aei.org
Issues: National security, international policy Experts:
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Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C.
202-797-6000
e-mail: communications@brookings.edu
web: www.brookings.edu
Issues: Defense, national security, homeland defense, military organization, military technology, regional defense issues Experts: Michael O'Hanlon
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, D.C.
202-483-7600
e-mail: info@ceip.org
web: www.ceip.org
Issues: Chemical and biological warfare, non-proliferation issues.
Experts: Robert Kagan
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Cato Institute Washington, D.C.
202-842-0200
e-mail: cato@cato.org
web: www.cato.org
Issues: National security.
Experts: Charles Pena
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Center for Defense Information
Washington, D.C. 202-232-0600
e-mail: info@cdi.org
web: www.cdi.org
Issues: Arms trade, military reform, missile defense, nuclear issues, terrorism.
Experts: Rachel Stohl, Philip Coyle, Marcus Corbin
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Council on Foreign Relations
New York, NY
212-434-9400
e-mail: communications@cfr.org
web: www.cfr.org
Issues: Defense, homeland security, Middle East
Experts: Lawrence Korb, James Lindsay, Stephen Flynn, William Nash, Michael Peters, Bernard Trainor.
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Center for Strategic and International Studies
Washington, D.C.
202-887-0200
e-mail: jvondra@csis.org
web: www.csis.org
Issues: National security
Experts: Anthony Cordesman, Kenneth Allard
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Center for Security Policy
Washington, D.C.
202-835-9077
e-mail: info@security-policy.org
web: www.security-policy.org
Issues: Homeland security, U.S. military, ballistic missile defense, arms control, NATO expansion, Mideast peace process
Experts: Frank Gaffney.
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Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Washington, D.C.
202-331-7990
e-mail: info@csbaonline.org
web: www.csbaonline.org
Issues: Pentagon budgets, personnel, readiness, homeland security
Experts: Andrew Krepinevich
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Claremont Institute
Claremont, Calif.
909-621-6825
e-mail: info@claremont.org
web: www.claremont.org
Issues: Ballastic missile defense.
Experts:
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Discovery Institute
Seattle, Wash.
206-292-0401
e-mail: discovery@discovery.org
web: www.discovery.org
Issues: defense, technology
Experts:
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Foreign Policy Research Institute
Philadelphia, PA
215-732-3774
e-mail: fpri@fpri.org
web: www.fpri.org
Issues: Defense policy, terrorism, homeland security
Experts:
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GlobalSecurity.org
Alexandria, VA
703-
e-mail: info@globalsecurity.org
web: www.globalsecurity.org
Issues: military, intelligence, weapons.
Experts: John Pike, Patrick Garrett, Francois Boo.
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The Heritage Foundation
Washington, DC
202-546-4400
e-mail: info@heritage.org
web: www.heritage.org
Issues: Homeland security, ballastic missile defense, national security.
Experts: Baker Spring, Jack Spencer, Michael Scardaville
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Independent Institute
Oakland, CA
510-632-1366
e-mail: info@independent.org
web: www.independent.org
Issues: defense policy, terrorism
Experts: Ivan Eland
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Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
Cambridge, MA
202-371-1400
e-mail: mail@ifpa.org
web: www.ifpa.org
Issues: National security strategy, ballastic missile defense, Mideast and Persian Gulf security.
Experts:
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Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
650-723-1754
e-mail: info@hoover.stanford.edu
web: www.hoover.org
Issues: National security, former communist states.
Experts:
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Lexington Institute
Arlington, VA
703-522-5828
e-mail: carey@lexingtoninstitute.org
web: www.lexingtoninstitute.org
Issues: National security
Experts: Loren Thompson.
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Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
310-451-6913
e-mail: oec@rand.org
web: www.rand.org Issues: National security, defense
Experts:
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