Description

Since the signing of the Shanghai Communiqué 35 years ago, American think tanks, NGOs and academic institutions have played pivotal roles in providing a stimulus for policy dialogues and for exchanging views among American and Chinese (as well as other Asians) on international relations and issues of Northeast Asian security.

To ascertain the extent of that role, the National Committee on United States-China Relations conducted a survey in 2003 of programs addressing Sino-American relations and security issues. The report was commissioned by the Ford Foundation and the results provided solely to the Foundation. In 2005 and 2006, the National Committee updated that report, again at the behest of the Ford Foundation; the result is the attached document.