Reagan Institute | The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute

Our Mission

The Ronald Reagan Institute (RRI) promotes our 40th President’s ideals, vision, and leadership example through substantive, issue-driven forums, academic and young professional programming, and scholarly work.

The Reagan Institute is the Washington, DC arm of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, headquartered in Simi Valley, CA. RRI is the first of any Presidential Library operating in of our nation’s capital and, as such, RRI moves beyond the preservation of President Reagan’s legacy and proactively promotes the 40th President’s vision, principles, and leadership example.

The Latest

2024 Reagan National Defense Survey

The new administration taking office in 2025 will inherit a world fraught with uncertainty, instability, and conflict. Conducted just days after the 2024 elections, the 7th annual Reagan National Defense Survey reveals that Americans who cast their votes for different candidates share an unshakable core set of beliefs: the United States must lead on the world stage, backed by a strong military that can secure the peace through its strength.

Featured Programs & Policy Work

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III

Peace Through Strength

Reagan National Defense Forum

RNDF is a bipartisan annual event held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Key stakeholders come together to address the health of our national defense and to promote policies to strengthen the U.S. military.

Peace Through Strength

Reagan National Defense Survey

The Reagan National Defense Survey is a public opinion poll that assists elected officials, policymakers, and key stakeholders with understanding how Americans view a wide array of defense, foreign policy, and national security matters.

Panelists at the National Security Innovation Base Summit

Peace Through Strength

Program On The National Security Innovation Base

The Ronald Reagan Institute’s program on the National Security Innovation Base is a new project dedicated to assessing the health of the national security-innovation ecosystem. The foundation for the program is the Institute’s 2019 Task Force on 21st-Century National Security Technology and Workforce, which was an ambitious project designed to help the United States achieve long-lasting competitive advantage in technology and innovation.

Freedom & Democracy

Reagan Institute Strategy Group

The Reagan Institute Strategy Group (RISG) is dedicated to studying, developing, and promoting U.S. foreign policy and national security principles and priorities for the 21st century.

Civics, Education & Opportunity

Reagan Institute Summit On Education (RISE)

The Reagan Institute Summit on Education (RISE) Collaboratives are colloquiums to explore education policy topics in-depth and convene intimate and diverse groups of experts to reach shared understandings, findings, and recommendations on their particular area of work. By surfacing best practices and solutions, RISE Collaboratives move quality policy solutions to the forefront of the conversation.

Scholarly Initiatives

Academy For Civic Education And Democracy

ACED is RRI’s in-person 8-week summer program in Washington, DC. Classes will be held at the Ronald Reagan Institute building and accredited by George Washington University.