The Foreign Affairs Institute (FAINST) is an independent, nonpartisan, non profit membership organization, think tank, and publishing mechanism, based in Athens, Greece. Its purpose is to being a useful resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens, in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing Greece and other countries. The Foreign Affairs Institute does not endorse institutional positions on matters of policy. Our goal is a sustained conversation which will inform peoples need for a better understanding of the world.