Council on Foreign Relations

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Category: Think tanks

The Council on Foreign Relations, which "was founded in 1921 by businessmen, bankers, and lawyers determined to keep the United States engaged in the world.", according to its website, is the most prominent think tank devoted to foreign policy in the United States political scene. Both the chairman of the board and its President are bankers. It describes its 4000 members as evenly divided between New York, Washington and elsewhere. Its publication, Foreign Affairs, is notable because despite its small readership, it routinely obains articles written by current or recent top policy makers. Its political leanings are best characterized as moderately conservative, although it has a bigger tent than many think tanks.