Nixon Center

Nixon Center

The Nixon Center, also known as the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom, is a policy think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded by Richard Nixon on January 20, 1994, [ [http://www.nixoncenter.org/index.cfm?action=showpage&page=missionstatement The Nixon Center: Mission statement] ] the center has a staff of approximately a dozen people supporting six main programs: an Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Strategic Studies, US-Russia Relations, Immigration and National Security Studies, China Studies, and Regional Strategies (Middle East, Caspian Basin and South Asia). [Abelson 2006, p. 89; The Nixon Center 2008, [http://www.nixoncenter.org/index.cfm?action=showpage&page=programs Nixon Center programs] . Accessed 9-29-2008.] In 2006 it had an annual budget of $1,600,000.000 [Abelson 2006, p. 238 (Appendix One, Table AI.2).] . The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the Foreign Policy Research Institute ranked it as one of the top 30 think tanks in the United States in 2007. [McGann 2007, p. 18.]

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References

* Abelson, Donald E. (2006). "A Capitol Idea: Think Tanks and US Foreign Policy". Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 0773531157
* McGann, James G. (2007). "The Global "Go-To Think Tanks": The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations in the World, 2007". [http://www.fpri.org/research/thinktanks/mcgann.globalgotothinktanks.pdf (PDF)] . Accessed 9-29-2008.

External Links

* [http://www.nixoncenter.org The Nixon Center, Washington, D.C.]


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