ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses Security and International Affairs (SIA) think tanks, which can be further subdivided into two categories: defense and national security, and foreign policy and international affairs. States use a variety of methods to maintain security and national interests through diplomacy, military strength, political maneuvering, and economic statecraft. SIA think tanks are dedicated to studying how states achieve security in all of its forms: national, transnational, economic, environmental, cyber, and energy. SIA think tanks also study how states interact to achieve their desired outcomes. Within the realm of SIA, defense and national security think tanks are predominantly concerned with defense and security analyses. Defense and national security think tanks offer strategic advice and political-risk analysis to commercial and government clients, and develop comprehensive analytical approaches to defense and national security issues. The scope of SIA includes foreign policy and international affairs think tanks.
