Foreign Policy Research Institute
The Foreign Policy Research Institute is an American think tank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that conducts research on geopolitics, international relations, and international security in the various regions of the world and on ethnic conflict, U.S. national security, terrorism, and on think tanks themselves. It publishes a quarterly journal, Orbis, and 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, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, and the Smith Richardson Foundation. In 1957, FPRI began publishing Orbis, its quarterly journal.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.
Research programs
FPRI manages and sponsors several divisions and programs, including its Program on National Security ; its Asia Program ; its Program on the Middle East ; its Eurasia Program ; its Center for Study of America and the West ; and the Africa Program.Board of trustees
As of 2023, FPRI's board of trustees includes:- Robert L. Freedman, chairman
- Dov S. Zakheim, vice-chair
- Adrian A. Basora
- Larry Ceisler
- Devon Cross, vice-chair
- John Hillen
- Charles A. Ray
- Peter Dachowski
Funding
Publications
- Orbis
- e-notes : a catalyst for ideas
- Foreign Policy Research Institute footnotes
- ''Foreign Policy Research Institute wire''