Think Tanks and Power in Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study of the Role and Influence of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Royal Institure of International Affairs, 1939-1945

what Is The Role Of Elites In Shaping Foreign Policy? Did Unaccountable Foreign Policy Elites Shape The Post-1945 World Order? Chatham House And The Council On Foreign Relations Were Vital In America's Shift From Isolationism To Globalism, And In Britain's Shift From Empire To Its Current Pro-american Orientation And Were Also Fundamental In Engineering Public Backing For A New World Order. Inderjeet Parmar Presents New Evidence To Show How Well-organized And Well-connected Elite Think Tanks Helped To Change The World. "What is the role of elites in shaping foreign policy? Did unaccountable foreign policy elites shape the post-1945 world order? As Britain and the United States draw ever closer in global affairs, Think Tanks and Power in Foreign Policy examines the intellectual and political forces that constructed a resilient Anglo-American alliance during the Second World War. Chattam House and the Council on Foreign Relations were vital in America's shift from isolationism to globalism, and in Britain's shift from Empire to its current pro-American orientation and were also fundamental in engineering public backing for a new world order. This study locates the think tanks within their respective foreign policy establishments and also considers their numerous transatlantic interconnections - social, political and economic. Finally, the historical evidence is tested against important theories of power, including Gramscian, pluralist, corporatist and statist. Inderjeet Parmar presents new evidence to show how well-organised and well-connected elite think tanks helped to change the world."--BOOK JACKET. What is the role of elites in shaping foreign policy? Did unaccountable foreign policy elites shape the post-1945 world order? As Britain and the United States draw ever closer in global affairs, Think Tanks and Power in Foreign Policy examines the intellectual and political forces that constructed a resilient Anglo-American alliance during WWII. Chatham House and the Council on Foreign Relations were vital in America's shift from isolationism to globalism, and in Britain's shift from Empire to its current pro-American orientation and were also fundamental in engineering public backing for a new world order. This study locates the think tanks within their respective foreign policy establishments and also considers their numerous transatlantic interconnections - social, political and economic. Finally, the historical evidence is tested against important theories of power, including Gramscian, pluralist, corporatist and statist. Inderjeet Parmar presents new evidence to show how well-organized and well-connected elite think tanks helped to change the world Contents 6 Acknowledgements 7 Part 1 10 1 Introduction 12 2 Sociology of the CFR and RIIA 33 3 The World-view of Chatham House and the CFR 57 Part 2 84 4 The Role and Influence of Chatham House in the Making of British Foreign Policy 86 5 The Role and Influence of the CFR in the Making of American Foreign Policy 117 Part 3 142 6 The Role of the CFR in the Mobilisation of American Public Opinion 144 7 The Role of Chatham House in the Mobilisation of British Public Opinion 175 Part 4 196 8 CFR–RIIA Interconnections: A Transnational Ruling Class, Liberal Atlantic Community or Anglo-American Establishment? 198 9 Conclusion 224 Notes 233 Bibliography 258 Index 268