A private, non-profit public research institute incorporated in 1989 specializing in transatlantic defense and aerospace policy. US-CREST's mission is to promote public understanding of the far reaching interactions between international relations, defense, trade, science and technology. US-CREST's central goal is to provide the United States with perspective and analysis of the European viewpoint and vice-versa. Our interests lie above all in fostering a broad and constructive transatlantic dialogue addressing economic, political, security and aerospace issues of common concern to the United States and Europe.