An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization (research institution) created to perform investigations in a certain area or it is a Professional body.
The word comes from the Latin word institutum meaning facility or habit, from instituere meaning build, create, raise or educate.
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Research :: Social Sciences
Policy Institutes :: Issues

Brookings Institute for Foreign Policy Studies - A private, independent, nonprofit research organization, Brookings seeks to improve the performance of American institutions, the effectiveness of government programs, and the quality of U.S. public policies.
Meta Description: [ Foreign Policy ]
Canadian Institute of International Affairs - Provides a non-partisan forum for discussion, analysis and debate of international affairs.
Meta Description: [ The CIIA is a non-partisan, nationwide forum for informed discussion, debate and analysis of international affairs. ]
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - The Endowment conducts programs of research, discussion, publication, and education in international affairs and U.S. foreign policy.
Center for Global Security and Democracy - The Center for Global Security and Democracy's web site. Includes a description of the Center's agenda and activities, as well as contact information.
Center for International Studies (CIS) - Research and teaching activities at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Meta Description: [ ETH Zuerich ]
Centre for Russian, Eurasian and Central European Studies (Leeds) - Introducing LUCRECES at the University of Leeds. LUCRECES has more than 100 academic staff across 33 academic departments and 5 research institutes with academic interests in one or more countries in the area of the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.
Meta Description: [ Leeds University Centre for Russian,Eurasian and Central European Studies, teaching and research into Eurasianissues ]
Eric Voegelin Institute - Information and links related to the publications and activities of Eric Voegelin, a leading 20th century philosopher and political scientist at the University of Louisiana.
Foreign Policy Research Institute - Al Haig's favorite U.S. foreign policy Think Tank, near University of Pennsylvania campus, posts calendar of its numerous public briefings around Philadelphia. Large EMail subscriber list. No archives yet posted.
Meta Description: [ FPRI is an independent, nonprofit organization devoted to advanced research and public education on international affairs, headed by Harvey Sicherman and based in Philadelphia. ]
Forum of Federations - A non-governmental organization working for the improved practice of federalism around the world. A source of information and resources on federalism. Also known as Forum des fédérations.
Hoover Institution Homepage - Hoover Institution is a think tank on the campus of Stanford University, dedicated to research in domestic policy and international affairs.
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Institute for the Study of Diplomacy - The Institute focuses on the implementation of foreign policy. It seeks to answer the question how announced policy objectives can best be pursued. It does so by drawing on the concrete experiences of practitioners and the conceptual, comparative, and historical work of academics.
Meta Description: [ The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD), founded in 1978, is part of Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and is the School's primary window on the world of the foreign affairs practitioner. ]
Institute of Conflict Research - The objective is to carry out scientific research in political, social and individual conflicts and their possible solution on an interdisciplinary basis as well as to provide relevant support for decision-making - in the sense of scientific political counselling.
Meta Description: [ Zweck des Instituts für Konfliktforschung
(IKF) ist es, auf interdisziplinärer Ebene politische, gesellschaftliche
und individuelle Konflikte zu erforschen und Lösungsmöglichkeiten
zu entwickeln und im Sinne einer wissenschaftlichen Politikberatung
sachorientierte Entscheidungsgrundla... ]
Institute On Governance - The Institute On Governance (IOG)promotes effective governance through thought and action. The IOG undertakes research, provides advisory services, provides training and organizes conferences and seminars on a variety of issues related to governance, public policy and citizen participation.
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) - An independent center for research, information and debate on the problems of conflict. Includes news, current research, reports, and position papers.
ISPI - Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale - ISPI is one of Italy's oldest and most prestigious Institutes specialising in activities of an international nature.
Istituto Affari Internazionali - Independent study and research centre in the fields of international relations, security issues, Italian foreign policy, world economics. Publishes The International Spectator
RAND Institute - RAND researchers operate on a uniquely broad front, assisting public policymakers at all levels, private sector leaders in many industries, and the public at large in efforts to strengthen the nation's economy,maintain its security, and improve its quality of life.
Meta Description: [ RAND Corporation is the original non-profit think tank helping to improve policy and decision making through objective research and analysis. RAND consults with both the public and private sector and conducts independent research on national and global public policy issues. Expertise includes sci... ]
Royal Institute of International Affairs - The Royal Institute of International Affairs is an independent research and membership organisation working to promote the understanding of key international issues.
Meta Description: [ The Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), also known as Chatham House, is one of the world's leading independent research (free of all government and political interests), and membership organisations, working to promote the understanding of key international issues as well as conducti... ]
The Inter-American Dialogue - The premier U.S. center for policy analysis, communication, and exchange on Western Hemisphere affairs.
Meta Description: [ The Inter-American Dialogue is the premier center for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs. The Dialogue engages public and private leaders from across the Americas in efforts to develop and mobilize support for cooperative responses to key hemisphe... ]
World Policy Institute - Foreign Policy, International Affairs, Culture, Politics, Economics
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