彼得森和博格斯滕建立于1988年的私营独立的非营利无党派研究机构，重点研究国际经济政策，主张国际经济交流。机构规模小、研究人员少和研究领域狭窄，但具有较大的社会影响力。关注国际经济重大热点和敏感问题，深度分析经济问题，注重创新、公共导向和媒体利用，影响政策和舆论。在美国1777家智库中，名列第12位。

Peterson and Bergsten were founded in 1988 as a private, independent, nonprofit, non-partisan research institute that focuses on international economic policy and advocates for international economic exchanges. Institutions are small, have few researchers and narrow research areas, but have a large social impact. Pay attention to major hot spots and sensitive issues in the international economy, deeply analyze economic issues, pay attention to innovation, public orientation and media use, and influence policy and public opinion. Among the 1777 think tanks in the United States, it ranks 12th.