Foreign Policy Research Institute

The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is an American think tank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that conducts research on geopolitics, international relations, and international security in the various regions of the world and on ethnic conflict, U.S. national security, terrorism, and on think tanks themselves.

It publishes a quarterly journal, Orbis, and a series of monographs, books, and electronic newsletters.

FPRI was founded by Ambassador Robert Strausz-Hupé, a Vienna native who immigrated to the United States in 1923.

[2] Dissatisfied with the containment strategy of John Foster Dulles and the Eisenhower administration's foreign policy in general, Strausz-Hupé founded FPRI in 1955 with support from the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, and the Smith Richardson Foundation.

[8] As of 2023, FPRI's board of trustees includes: Funding report as of 2019 (no specific details about grants or contributions):[1] Revenue and support as of 2018: $2,036,261 Expenses as of 2018: $2,479,874