From the Council on Foreign Relations to Congress and from the Brookings Institution to the United Nations, there are a number of institutions important to the creation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy.

• American Enterprise Institute
• Brookings Institution
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Center for American Progress
• Citizens Groups
• Congress
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Defense Department
• Executive Branch
• Heritage Foundation
• NATO
• RAND Corporation
• State and Local Governments
• State Department
• Think Tanks and NGOs
• United Nations
• United Nations Security Council