Think Tanks and Non-Traditional Security

Dr Erin Zimmerman holds the dual roles of Research Associate at the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Honorary Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA.

1. Introduction 2. A New Focus of Analysis: Discursive Institutionalism and Institutional Change 3. Think Tanks and Non-Traditional Security 4. Association of Southeast Asian Nations -Institutes of Strategic and International Studies 5. Expanding Beyond ASEAN - The Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific 6. The International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Shangri-La Dialogue 7. The MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative 8. Conclusion - From Think Tanks to Governance Entrepreneurs