Foreign Policy Research Institute


The Foreign Policy Research Institute is an American think tank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The institute conducts research on geopolitics, international relations, and international security in the various regions of the world as well as on ethnic conflict, U.S. national security, terrorism, and on think tanks themselves. It publishes a quarterly journal, Orbis, as well as a series of monographs, books, and electronic newsletters.

History

FPRI was founded by Ambassador Robert Strausz-Hupé, a Vienna native who immigrated to the United States in 1923. Dissatisfied with the containment strategy of John Foster Dulles and the Eisenhower administration's foreign policy in general, Strausz-Hupé founded FPRI in 1955 with support from the University of Pennsylvania and the Smith Richardson Foundation. In 1957 publication commenced of the institute's quarterly, Orbis.
Since the end of the Cold War the institute has focused on education in international affairs, sponsoring various programs in Philadelphia area schools as well as conferences and seminars for high school and junior college teachers and lectures for the general public. The U.S.-led War on Terrorism is also central topic of FPRI research.

Research programs

Within the FPRI are the following programs: the Program on National Security ; the Asia Program ; the Program on the Middle East ; the Eurasia Program ; the Center for Study of America and the West ; the Center for the Study of Terrorism ; and the Think Tanks and Foreign Policy Program.

Funding

Funding details as of 2017:

Publications