Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Geo-Politics
Subtitle: Pathways to Influence
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781472475855
Subjects: Geopolitics
Description: Questions about the role and influence of think tanks in matters of foreign policy and geopolitics are both timely and important. The reconfiguration of global power, explosion of social media, shifts away from traditional print and oral-based ways of imparting knowledge, and the dramatic increase in the volume of information and ideas clamoring for the attention of policy-makers are changing the landscape of foreign policy-making and the pathways through which influence is achieved. This book explains the impact of think tanks on the framing of domestic and international conversations on matters of foreign policy and geopolitics. An international group of prominent experts examine these issues in specific countries and also across national and regional borders to better understand how governments and actors in civil society are influenced by the activities of think tanks. --