Those that seek to influence foreign-policy outcomes can be typecast, perhaps unkindly, as “thinkers,” “talkers,” or “doers.” In other words, they tend to be pure think tanks, research institutions, or policy forums (like London’s Chatham House, the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, or the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC); overwhelmingly campaign-focused advocacy organizations (like Human Rights Watch, Enough, Kony 2012, or Global Zero); or field-based, on-the-ground operational organizations engaged in activities like mediation, capacity-building, and confidence-building (like Search for Common Ground, the Community of Sant’Egidio, or Independent Diplomat).
寻求影响对外政策的NGO总是被不太友好地称为“思想者”（thinker）、“谈话者”（talker）和“实干者”（doer）。换句话说，他们总是纯粹的智库、研究机构和政策论坛（比如伦敦的漆咸楼（Chatham House）、纽约的对外关系委员会（Council on Foreign Relations）和华盛顿的布鲁金斯研究所）；几乎完全专注于倡议活动的组织（比如人权观察组织、“够了”（Enough）组织、科尼2012（Kony 2012）组织、全球无核（Global Zero）组织）；以及基于实地的有理有据有节地运作的组织，它们向调停人那样活动，参与能力和信心建设（比如圣艾志德（Sant’Egidio）的寻找共同基础（Search for Common Ground）组织和独立外交（Independent Diplomat）组织）。