IPOL 386: US Foreign and Security Policy

A nonpartisan 'fact tank' that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.

CRS Reports do not become public until a member of Congress releases the report. A number of libraries and non-profit organizations have sought to collect as many of the released reports as possible. The information on this site is compiled and made available as a public service by the Government Documents Department at the UNT Libraries.

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. The website offers news briefs, policy briefs, papers, and more. Programs include: Economic Studies, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, Governance Studies, Metropolitan Policy Program.

Search Engine of think tanks from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government Library. Can limit search to U.S, non-U.S, and think tanks by region.

Celebrated as "Washington’s first progressive multi-issue think tank", the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) policy and research resources related to social justice movements, anti-war and civil rights movements, and peace and global justice movements of the last decade.

The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges. Research initiatives include: national security, terrorism and homeland security, politics and government, and counter-terrorism. More topics available.

The Foreign Policy Research Institute is dedicated to bringing the insights of scholarship to bear on the foreign policy and national security challenges facing the United States. Search under "Program on National Security".

CFR is considered an nonpartisan source of analysis and context on international events and trends. CFR.org publishes backgrounders, interviews, "first-take" analysis, and expert blogs, to name just a few. It also includes the work of CFR's Think Tank, including books, reports, and congressional testimony. It also includes the bimonthly Foreign Affairs magazine, which focuses on the analysis and debate of foreign policy and economics. Its website, ForeignAffairs.com, publishes original daily features and hosts the complete archives going back to 1922.

Site includes analysis and research documents related to defense and security, including acquisition and resources, homeland security, strategy, reconstruction, nuclear issues, and terrorism.