The World Policy Institute (WPI) at The New School is a research and education policy center that seeks innovative solutions to critical problems facing the United States and the world. WPI has been a source of informed policy leadership for close to 40 years. It is renowned for its cutting-edge analysis on managing the global market economy, constructing a workable system for collective security, and fostering civil society.

The Institute focuses broadly on the preservation of democratic values, the protection of civil rights, the advancement of tolerance, fairness, and the rule of law, and the support of a capitalism tempered by social justice. A roster of more than thirty senior fellows and programs staff, who are among the nation's most accomplished analysts, journalists, and writers in the public policy field, ensures the Institute a distinctive voice in national and international affairs.

Current WPI projects include:

• American Grand Strategy After September 11
• Arms Trade Project
  
• Citizenship & Security Program
• Counterterrorism Project
• Cuba Project
• Eurasia Project
• Global Information Society Project
• Immigrant Voting Project
• The Privatization of Foreign Policy Project
• Russia Project
• Rwanda Project
• World Policy Journal