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The Tocqueville Connection

 

U.S.-CREST (Center for Research and Education on Strategy and Technology) is a private, non-profit public policy research institute incorporated in 1989. U.S.-CREST central goal is to promote public understanding of the far reaching interactions between international relations, defense, and science and technology. The Center's interests lie above all in the impact of these interactions on transatlantic relations. Within this framework, U.S.-CREST also seeks to foster a broader French/European-American dialogue addressing various economic, political, and security policy issues of common concern to the United States and Europe. U.S.-CREST activities include:

• Independent research on topics of public interest;
• Publication of reports, articles and books;
• Transatlantic exchanges of scholars; and
• Organization of conferences and seminars.

In furtherance of these objectives and activities, U.S.-CREST cooperates with the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), Paris, France, and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in the United Kingdom.

U.S.-CREST is funded by tax-deductible contributions from U.S. and European foundations, corporations, and individuals, as well as French and U.S. Government grants.