Think-Tanks Do the Things Diplomats Cannot Do

... they are not better, they are just different. I think, they will succeed by 2018, they will eradicate polio in Pakistan and in Afghanistan. To me this means that not every problem is a problem for the state diplomats. And this is just an example of how diplomacy changes, and that the expectations that people have for diplomats also change. You now are head of a quite old think-tank. It seems that a lot of people are bit skeptical toward think-tanks as such, especially in Russia. In the U.S. it might be different as the tradition is a little older. What is the mission of a think-tank these days, and are they successful in accomplishing it? RIAC and EastWest Institute Policy Brief “ ...