ALMAN DÜŞÜNCE KURULUŞU BİLİM VE SİYASET VAKFI’NIN (STİFTUNG WİSSENSCHAFT UND POLİTİK) DIŞ POLİTİKADAKİ ETKİNLİĞİ / Effectiveness Of The German Think Tank Science And Politics Foundation (Stiftung Wissenschaft Und Politik) In Foreign Policy

Abstract

Think tanks that operate globally, prepare guidelines for states or various international structures with their intellectual activities, or act by creating policy recommendations. This study aims to evaluate the role of think tanks on foreign policy with the case of Science and Politics Foundation, a German think tank. In this context, the effect of the Science and Politics Foundation, which has an active role in foreign policy, on foreign policy of the European Union was analyzed. In the study, the effect of the relevant think tank on foreign policy was tried to be revealed and analyzed through the descriptive analysis method over the available resources. It has been concluded that the Science and Politics Foundation, which is a think tank, has a very high impact the European Union in the context of foreign policy and that Germany has reinforced its leadership in the foreign policy of the European Union.