Origins and formation -- From results to process -- Organization, leadership, and funding -- Commission membership and the transition in the US foreign policy elite -- The report program, or, How to formulate policy -- Access to and relationship with decision-makers -- Informal diplomacy --...

"This book gives provocative responses to recent debates in International Political Economy. It provides a much needed and timely intervention to the current anodyne discussions about the evolution of the discipline and prompts wider reflection on the nature of enquiry itself"--