Commonwealth Institute

The web site of Commonwealth Institute states it is "an independent, non-profit, non-governmental public policy research center doing critical studies in the fields of international security, inequality and poverty" and "an operating program of the Commonwealth Foundation, Inc., a charity registered in Massachusetts, USA."

Other organizations with the same name, but which are not affiliated with it, are Commonwealth Institute, London, UK; and Commonwealth Institute, Boston MA, USA.

Current Institute projects (as of February 26, 2004) are:


 * Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA)
 * Project on Inequality and Poverty (PIP)


 * David French - Former Chief Executive
 * Mike Miller - Director of the Project on Inequality and Poverty

Contact Information

 * The Commonwealth Institute
 * P.O.Box 398105
 * Inman Square Post Office
 * Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
 * Phone 617/547-4474
 * Fax 617/868-1267

Related Sourcewatch

 * Project on Defense Alternatives
 * Sir David Hunt - former chair
 * Comex
 * Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe