Talk:Center for Strategic and International Studies

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The previous version of this article was crippled by not mentioning than many controversies surrounding this think-tank.

This sad little article appears to become more information starved with each reversion by those who seem (please note the polite qualification) to want to defend the CSIS against factual information about CSIS.

It's not that I want to "defend" CSIS; in fact, you'll note that I left your information in. I simply don't trust your edits to have a neutral point of view. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 15:14, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Meelar your edits appear to consistently defend conservatives and conservative institutions. You hardly have room to complain about anyone else's edits not being neutral.

If you choose to interpret them that way, that's of course your choice. Have a nice day. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 17:10, 2004 Aug 1 (UTC)

read this removed link :[1]

This think tank is making the news for advocating the use of nuclear weapons against state of Iran. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100326/wl_nm/us_nuclear_iran_israel_nukes I think such radical policy prescriptions deserve mention 97.91.173.20 (talk) 15:36, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Political Leanings

What are the Center's political leanings? It seems that this issue (as well as the exact identity of its funders) is avoided in this article. Badagnani 20:37, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Answer: The political orientation of the CSIS is US world political, economic, and military dominance. You can read this off easily from the "Board of Trustees" section of the article --- especially the first two subsections on "CSIS Leadership" (Sam Nunn, etc) and "National Security" (Henry A. Kissinger, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS and former United States Secretary of State and United States National Security Advisor Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS and former United States National Security Advisor Richard L. Armitage, President, Armitage International and former United States Deputy Secretary of State Brent Scowcroft, President, the Scowcroft Group, United States Air Force Lieutenant General (ret.) and former United States National Security Advisor James L. Jones, United States Marine Corps General (ret.) and former United States National Security Advisor William S. Cohen, former United States Secretary of Defense and United States Senator from Maine Harold Brown, Former United States Secretary of Defense).

Unfortunately, the article does not discuss or even explicitly metnion this political orientation, but it is discussed in an article at http://www.voltairenet.org/article30064.html, whose link was previously removed by some CSIS enthusiast who was unfortunately also a Wikipedia editor. ---Dagme (talk) 18:47, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dagme, according to this article in the New York Times, the Center is not political at all. They merely advocate policies that serve the greater good of the U.S. and the world as a whole. Naturally, in serving the greater good, these policies will sometimes also serve the good of their corporate contributors. The Center sometimes shares its expertise with legislators. This is not lobbying. The Center does not lobby. They are not required to register as lobbyists, or disclose their contributors. Contributions are tax-deductible.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/us/politics/think-tanks-research-and-corporate-lobbying.html

Researchers or Corporate Allies?

Think Tanks Blur the Line

Think tanks are seen as independent, but their scholars often push donors’ agendas, amplifying a culture of corporate influence in Washington.

By ERIC LIPTON and BROOKE WILLIAMS

AUG. 7, 2016

--Nbauman (talk) 15:14, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:01, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]