Diane Stone is Reader in Politics and International Studies at the University of WarwickAndrew Denham is Reader in Government at the University of Nottingham

• 1. Introduction Think tanks, policy advice and governance – Diane StonePart I The international dimension2. Institutes of International Affairs in foreign policy making, opinion mobilisation and unofficial diplomacy – Inderjeet Parmar3. Think tanks beyond nation states – Diane Stone4. European Union think tanks: Generating ideas, analysis and debate – Heidi UllrichPart II European think tank traditions5. Think tanks in Germany – Martin Thunert6. Italy: Think tanks and the political system – Sonia Lucarelli and Claudio M. Radaelli7. French think tanks in comparative perspective – Catherine Fieschi and John Gaffney8. Think tanks, post communism and democracy in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe – Mark SandlePart III. Think tanks in democratic development and economic transition9. The Chinese tradition of policy research institutes – Ming Chen Shai with Diane Stone10. Think tanks in Japan: A new alternative – Makiko Ueno11. Think tanks and Malaysian development – Su Ming Khoo 12. Think tanks in developing countries: Lessons from Argentina – Miguel Braun, Antonio Cicioni and Nicholas J. DurotePart IV. The Anglo-American tradition13. The business of ideas: A look at the think tank industry in the United States – Don Abelson14. A ‘hollowed out’ tradition? British think tanks in the twenty-first century – Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett15. Australian think tanks – Ian Marsh and Diane Stone16. Three decades of Canadian think tanks: Evolving institutions, conditions and strategies – Evert A. LundqvistAfterword Soft power, global agendas – William Wallace

Diane Stone is Reader in Politics and International Studies at the University of WarwickAndrew Denham is Reader in Government at the University of Nottingham

• 1. Introduction Think tanks, policy advice and governance – Diane StonePart I The international dimension2. Institutes of International Affairs in foreign policy making, opinion mobilisation and unofficial diplomacy – Inderjeet Parmar3. Think tanks beyond nation states – Diane Stone4. European Union think tanks: Generating ideas, analysis and debate – Heidi UllrichPart II European think tank traditions5. Think tanks in Germany – Martin Thunert6. Italy: Think tanks and the political system – Sonia Lucarelli and Claudio M. Radaelli7. French think tanks in comparative perspective – Catherine Fieschi and John Gaffney8. Think tanks, post communism and democracy in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe – Mark SandlePart III. Think tanks in democratic development and economic transition9. The Chinese tradition of policy research institutes – Ming Chen Shai with Diane Stone10. Think tanks in Japan: A new alternative – Makiko Ueno11. Think tanks and Malaysian development – Su Ming Khoo 12. Think tanks in developing countries: Lessons from Argentina – Miguel Braun, Antonio Cicioni and Nicholas J. DurotePart IV. The Anglo-American tradition13. The business of ideas: A look at the think tank industry in the United States – Don Abelson14. A ‘hollowed out’ tradition? British think tanks in the twenty-first century – Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett15. Australian think tanks – Ian Marsh and Diane Stone16. Three decades of Canadian think tanks: Evolving institutions, conditions and strategies – Evert A. LundqvistAfterword Soft power, global agendas – William Wallace