But David Albright, president of the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security, said the report was just the beginning of a long process.

The old arguments for protective tariffs retain some intellectual currency, said Gary Hufbauer of the Washington-based Institute for International Economics.

"I don't know if I'll live one year or two years," he said at a meeting with the Washington-based Institute of Near East Policy.

She is the chair of the Washington-based Institute for Inclusive Security (including the Women Waging Peace Network) which advocates integrating women into peace processes.

"The day of reckoning is drawing closer," said Clint Bolick, a lawyer for the Washington-based Institute for Justice, which helped defend the voucher program.

The Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF), representing global bond holders, released a statement shortly after the breakdown saying the discussions had "paused for reflection".

When the slowdown starts to radiate across the globe, said Catherine L. Mann, senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for International Economics.

In 1963, along with Sears heir, Philip Stern, he helped to found the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies.

"This means you can no longer afford all those inefficiencies," said C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Washington-based Institute for International Economics.

Many American think-tanks, such as the Washington-based Institute for International Economics, still cling to an aura of academic detachment.