Think Tank

There has been remarkable growth in the number of think-tanks over the past century. In the 1920s, there were a handful. In the 1950s, there were a hundred or so mainly clustered in Western cities. Now, there are over 7,800 located across the world. A series of anniversaries marking the centenaries for some of the original institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom, coinciding with increasing turbulence in international affairs, makes this an apt time to review their role in the 21st century.

They began as ‘study groups’ which brought together academics and government officials to discuss policy issues within a confidential setting—often under the Chatham House Rule. They also hosted lectures, reviewed research papers and reports and kept extensive libraries. But their work focused on influencing specific individuals and communities, rather than the wider public, using a ‘rifle not a shotgun approach’.

Their mission was driven by a commitment to globalism. This encompassed both the Woodrow Wilson brand of internationalism — as was the case for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1910) and the Council of Foreign Relations (1921) — and the liberal imperialism of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House (1920).

They purported to believe that intergovernmental organizations, like the League of Nations, were essential to sustaining peace beyond the post-war period, however the true design has always been world domination. These original think tanks were all opposed to Nationalism.

The same individuals in these think tanks never serve as politicians, however they are always put in unelected positions of power around leaders such as Presidents, Prime Ministers, etc. Edward Mandell House, John Service, Alger Hiss, Henry Kissinger, and many others are examples of globalists who serve the interests of globalism and the New World Order that were trusted advisors to Presidents and top officials.

Following WWII in 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy, at a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia said:

“Six years ago, at the time of the first conference to map out the peace — Dumbarton Oaks — there was within the Soviet orbit 180,000,000 people. Lined up on the anti-totalitarian side there were in the world at that time roughly 1,625,000,000 people. Today, only 6 years later, there are 800,000,000 people under the absolute domination of Soviet Russia–an increase of over 400 percent. On our side, the figure has shrunk to around 500,000,000. In other words, in less than 6 years the odds have changed from 9 to 1 in our favor to 8 to 5 against us (communist / anti-communist). This indicates the swiftness of the tempo of Communist victories and American defeats in the cold war. As one of our outstanding historical figures once said, “When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without, but rather because of enemies from within.”

McCarthy was proven right about communist infiltration of the US when the Venona Intercepts were finally brought to light following a FOIA request and delayed release. In addition, the Vassiliev papers proved him right again, both of which were brought to light in the 1990’s, yet still today McCarthy is demonized as a crazy witch hunter. A well organized smear campaign, directed by the think tanks and their minions worked and continues to work like a charm.

Following WWII, several of the think-tanks of the time played a key role in designing the UN and other post-war organizations. The UN was organized and led my communists in spite of the fact that it was mostly funded and organized in the USA. With the UN in control of the Korean and Vietnam wars, the communist opposition to Western Allies were well aware of every move General MacArthur and other military leaders made before they made them to the point that MacArthur finally quit reporting his plans, as required by the UN, which led to his first wins in the war. They were also handicapped by unfair playing rules set by the UN.

As the Cold War unfolded, more think-tanks began sprouting in European capitals and in cities across the United States. Like the early think-tanks, these think-tanks provided a space for policymakers to debate policy issues and a platform for so-called experts the lies necessary to promote and advance globalist agendas. Superpower competition, and decolonization, led to the creation of think-tanks around the world although these organizations operated more as extensions of government diplomacy — relying on national government funding and maintaining close relationships with incumbent regimes.

Think-tanks began to evolve from informal ‘study groups’ to centers of expertise with full-time staff. Following the Cold War, the areas of research for most think-tanks centered on the competition between the West and the Soviet Union, nuclear deterrence and energy security. They began to develop different tactics to enhance their relevance to, and impact on, policy issues. Their research began to look beyond the short-term horizon of incumbent regimes, towards a medium-term one, to increase their relevance to present and future governments.

The political environment in Washington provided an ideal ecosystem for US think-tanks to dominate the sector post-Cold War— much as US power dominated international affairs. The division of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government, the revolving door through which some 4,000 political appointees were admitted to each new presidential administration, the size and wealth of the US economy and the international impact of the sitting administration’s decisions all provided the ideal ecosystem for US think-tanks to raise funds — from private foundations, companies and individuals as well as through grants from domestic and foreign government agencies — and thereby to dominate the sector throughout this period.

Globalization has radically changed the landscape for think-tanks over the last three decades. The shift in the power balance from the West to ‘the rest’ (by deign) has meant that US think-tanks, in particular, have expanded in size as the demand to understand this process has grown. Non-US organizations, too, seek to understand how US policy might affect their fates. New and expanded top-down programs on global health, climate change, cyber security and international finance reflect the growing level of UN  international control that has come with globalization.

Many of the worlds think tanks are organized and funded by globalists with the goal of a new world order and their research and thought process is regarding how to deceive and manipulate the worlds population into believing lies that will steer them towards accepting it. Most of these believe the population is too large to control so they aim to design ways to depopulate the world. This requires the use of propaganda, indoctrination, and brainwashing techniques which they use to steer us to do things by trusting bureaucratic authority whom they often have under their control.