Center for Strategic and International Studies

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies ( CSIS , German  Center for International and Strategic Studies ) is a politically independent, non-profit foundation and think tank in Washington, DC with a focus on the foreign policy of the United States .

history

The center was founded in 1962 as a non-partisan institution. Originally part of Georgetown University , it became independent in 1987. The CSIS prepares political studies and strategic analyzes on political, economic and foreign and security policy issues. To this end, global and regional trends and long-term effects in regions such as the Middle East and Russia are examined as well as the topics of terrorism, energy, trade, technology and internal security.

organization

Former US Secretary of Defense John Hamre has been President and CEO of CSIS since April 2000 .

The Board of Trustees includes members of the Department of Defense , investment bankers , representatives of business enterprises, former government officials such as Henry Kissinger , Zbigniew Brzeziński , James R. Schlesinger , William Cohen and Brent Scowcroft, as well as academics and representatives from non-profit organizations. Though majority Republican dominated, the body is chaired by former Georgia Democratic Senator and longtime chairman of the US Senate Military Committee , Sam Nunn .

The CSIS has around 220 employees and a budget of almost $ 30 million ( fiscal year 2010), 85% of which is obtained from foundation, private and corporate donations. The remainder came from publication sales and government contracts.

activity

In addition to the Freeman Report , which has been published since 1970 , which deals with global economics and international security, the CSIS finances various chairs for economics, China studies and other projects at universities in the USA, and publishes the foreign and security policy journal The Washington Quarterly .

"Distinguished Statesmen"

In 2002, the CSIS appointed former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak as a Distinguished Statesman . On September 29, 2011 it was announced that Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg would take up an unspecified, unpaid position at CSIS as a Distinguished Statesman "at the head of a new transatlantic dialogue forum".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katherine Elaine Bliss: Key Players in Global Health: How Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are Influencing the Game . CSIS, 2010, ISBN 978-0-89206-612-4 , pp. 2, 61 ( com.ph [accessed June 12, 2018]).
  2. ^ Barak distinguished statesman at CSIS ( English ) UPI. August 9, 2002. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  3. ↑ Guttenberg has a new job . stern.de. September 29, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2012.

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