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The '''World Policy Institute''' "Founded in New YorkCity in 1961 as the Fund for Education Concerning World Peace through World Law, the World Policy Institute has its origins in the post-World War II movement of moderate internationalists. Its founders --the banker [[Harry B. Hollins]] and the banker and public servant [[C. Douglas Dillon]], inspired by [[Grenville Clark]] -- sought to develop international policies to prevent future carnage and devastation. In 1963, the Institute’s name was shortened to World Law Fund. In 1972, it merged with the Institute for International Order, founded in 1948 and run by [[Earl D. Osborn]]." <ref>World Policy Institute [http://www.worldpolicy.org/history History], organizational web page, accessed April 22, 2012.</ref> They describe themselves as a non-partisan source of informed policy leadership for more than four decades, develops and champions innovative policies that require a progressive and global point of view. [http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/index.html]
In an increasingly interdependent world, WPI focuses on complex challenges that demand cooperative policy solutions to achieve: an inclusive and sustainable global market economy, engaged global civic participation and effective governance, and collaborative approaches to national and global security.
[[Archibald L. Gillies]] writes:
:"In the spring of 1982 the board of directors of the Institute for World Order asked me to become its President and to expand the organization’s activities into the contemporary public policy arena. " [[David Romeyn Hunter]], "the progressive Director of the [[Stern Fund]], [[Earl Osborn]], a board member, and [[Harry Hollins]], a founder of the Institute, were particularly eager to add a U.S. political focus to the Institute’s international and academic work. Hollins was strongly influenced to consider this new direction by U.S. Senator [[Charles “Mac” Mathias]], a thoughtful “Eisenhower Republican” from Maryland.
:"The staff of the Institute welcomed this change as a way to invigorate its activities and, potentially, to add substantive and financial resources. [[Robert Johansen]], then President, graciously stepped aside to become Senior Fellow and [[Saul Mendlovitz]], the Institute’s principal academic advisor, introduced me and the new initiative to important contributors.
