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:
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
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
Cato Institute
Washington, D.C.
202-842-0200
e-mail: cato@cato.org
web: www.cato.org
Issues: National security.
Experts: Charles Pena
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
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.
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
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.
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
Claremont Institute
Claremont, Calif.
909-621-6825
e-mail: info@claremont.org
web: www.claremont.org
Issues: Ballastic missile defense.
Experts:
Discovery Institute
Seattle, Wash.
206-292-0401
e-mail: discovery@discovery.org
web: www.discovery.org
Issues: defense, technology
Experts:
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:
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.
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
Independent Institute
Oakland, CA
510-632-1366
e-mail: info@independent.org
web: www.independent.org
Issues: defense policy, terrorism
Experts: Ivan Eland
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:
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:
Lexington Institute
Arlington, VA
703-522-5828
e-mail: carey@lexingtoninstitute.org
web: www.lexingtoninstitute.org
Issues: National security
Experts: Loren Thompson.
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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