Think Tank, emerged in early 20th century, has become the fifth power on a par with legislation, administration, jurisdiction and media in the United States. Its function can be reflected in the following four aspects...Think Tank, emerged in early 20th century, has become the fifth power on a par with legislation, administration, jurisdiction and media in the United States. Its function can be reflected in the following four aspects: producing policy thoughts; providing policy proposals; reserving and providing talents for the government; and educating public servants as well as the public. It operates mainly through releasing publications, holding conferences, spreading ideas through the media, doing concrete work like formulating bills, giving testimony, expressing opinions and etc. for Congressmen and Congress committees. US Think Tanks have the greatest impact and are the most among Western countries. This mainly because that the Congress and the authority make domestic and foreign policies separately and they both need to rely on the “exterior brains” who could provide special information. But the party organizations in the US are loose and have no policy research sectors. Besides, the open political system provides a wide space for Think Tanks to launch activities. In the past two to three decades, the development of the US Think Tanks presented four tendencies: 1) The number of public policy research organizations increased sharply; 2) The competition among Think Tanks tended to converge on Washington D.C.; 3) Specialized Think Tanks emerged rapidly; 4) Think Tanks with ideology and political inclination were on the rise.展开更多
The American political scenario has undergone important changes since the beginning of the 1990s. The most outstanding of such changes is the return of the wave of conservatism. In the period, there have been three ma...The American political scenario has undergone important changes since the beginning of the 1990s. The most outstanding of such changes is the return of the wave of conservatism. In the period, there have been three major political elections, two presidential and one primary. Their results all point to the renewed rise of conservatism. Such a rise is so drastic that it has profound impacts on the economic and social policies of the American Administration, quickening its change from liberalism to conservatism and exercising important influence on American politics. Based on the analysis of the three elections, the author explores the causes for the rise of conservatism and its impacts on the federal policies partisan politics and ethnic relations.展开更多
在布什政府共和党保守派智库中,"美国新世纪计划"(Project for the New American Century,PNAC)以其不同于传统基金会(HF)、美国企业研究所(AEI)等机构的运作方式而独树一帜.创建至今,该研究机构不断提出对美政府决策具有影...在布什政府共和党保守派智库中,"美国新世纪计划"(Project for the New American Century,PNAC)以其不同于传统基金会(HF)、美国企业研究所(AEI)等机构的运作方式而独树一帜.创建至今,该研究机构不断提出对美政府决策具有影响力的建议,现已成为布什政府外交决策的"左膀右臂".展开更多
文摘Think Tank, emerged in early 20th century, has become the fifth power on a par with legislation, administration, jurisdiction and media in the United States. Its function can be reflected in the following four aspects: producing policy thoughts; providing policy proposals; reserving and providing talents for the government; and educating public servants as well as the public. It operates mainly through releasing publications, holding conferences, spreading ideas through the media, doing concrete work like formulating bills, giving testimony, expressing opinions and etc. for Congressmen and Congress committees. US Think Tanks have the greatest impact and are the most among Western countries. This mainly because that the Congress and the authority make domestic and foreign policies separately and they both need to rely on the “exterior brains” who could provide special information. But the party organizations in the US are loose and have no policy research sectors. Besides, the open political system provides a wide space for Think Tanks to launch activities. In the past two to three decades, the development of the US Think Tanks presented four tendencies: 1) The number of public policy research organizations increased sharply; 2) The competition among Think Tanks tended to converge on Washington D.C.; 3) Specialized Think Tanks emerged rapidly; 4) Think Tanks with ideology and political inclination were on the rise.
文摘The American political scenario has undergone important changes since the beginning of the 1990s. The most outstanding of such changes is the return of the wave of conservatism. In the period, there have been three major political elections, two presidential and one primary. Their results all point to the renewed rise of conservatism. Such a rise is so drastic that it has profound impacts on the economic and social policies of the American Administration, quickening its change from liberalism to conservatism and exercising important influence on American politics. Based on the analysis of the three elections, the author explores the causes for the rise of conservatism and its impacts on the federal policies partisan politics and ethnic relations.
文摘在布什政府共和党保守派智库中,"美国新世纪计划"(Project for the New American Century,PNAC)以其不同于传统基金会(HF)、美国企业研究所(AEI)等机构的运作方式而独树一帜.创建至今,该研究机构不断提出对美政府决策具有影响力的建议,现已成为布什政府外交决策的"左膀右臂".
