Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Formed in 1962 by David M. Abshire and ADM Arleigh Burke, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to meet a perceived need for independent opinion in th Cold War, it is a "bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC...[that] "conducts research and analysis and develops policy initiatives that look into the future and anticipate change." While it has international participation, its first focus is the role of the United States.