The US policy making process for post Cold War China: the role of US think tanks and diplomacy

Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Brief Introduction of U.S. Think Tanks -- 1.1 Think Tank: Concept, Origins and Development -- 1.1.1 The Concept of Think Tank -- 1.1.2 The Origins and Development of Think Tanks -- 1.2 The Current State of Think Tanks -- 1.2.1 Brief Introduction of Contemporary U.S. Think Tanks -- 1.2.2 Types of Think Tanks -- 1.3 Influences of Think Tanks on Foreign Policy -- 1.3.1 Functions of Think Tanks -- 1.3.2 Means of Think Tanks in Exercising Their Influence -- 1.4 Main Think Tanks and Their Tendencies in China Policy -- 1.4.1 American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) -- 1.4.2 Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) -- 1.4.3 Atlantic Council of the United States -- 1.4.4 The Brookings Institution -- 1.4.5 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -- 1.4.6 The Carter Center -- 1.4.7 CATO Institute -- 1.4.8 Center for American Progress (CAP) -- 1.4.9 Center for China-United States Cooperation (CCUSC) -- 1.4.10 Center for Chinese Studies, University of California at Berkeley -- 1.4.11 The Center for Naval Analyses Corporation (CNA) -- 1.4.12 Center for a New American Security (CNAS) -- 1.4.13 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) -- 1.4.14 East-West Center -- 1.4.15 Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University -- 1.4.16 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) -- 1.4.17 Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University -- 1.4.18 Foreign Policy Research Institute -- 1.4.19 Heritage Foundation -- 1.4.20 The Henry L. Stimson Center -- 1.4.21 The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University -- 1.4.22 Hudson Institute -- 1.4.23 The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) -- 1.4.24 The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics -- 1.4.25 Monterey Institute of International Studies