Best New Think Tanks of 2012

Following are the best new think tanks for 2012, established within the past 18 months.  It is based on the University of Pennsylvania's most recent think tank rankings.

1. Google Ideas (US/UK)
2. Institute for New Economic Thinking, or INET (US)
3. China Center for International Economic Exchange, or CCIEE (China)
4. Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, or DICE (Germany)
5. Macdonald-Laurier Institute, or MLI (Canada)
6. Res Publica (UK)
7. Adelphi Berlin (Germany)
8. New Economy Network, or NEN (US)
9. Casablanca Institute (Morocco)
10. African Center for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Nigeria)
11. Econwatch Society of Political Analysis (Germany)
12. Cambridge Winter Center (US)
13. Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Malaysia)
14. Economic Strategies for the 21st Century, or e21 (US)
15. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research (UAE)
16. Institut des Hautes Etudes sur les National Unies, or IHENU (France)
17. Audace Institut Afrique, or AIA (Cote d'Ivoire)
18. Amadeus Center (Morocco)
19. Grattan Institute (Australia)
20. Fundacion Centro de Pensamiento Primero (Colombia)

Click here to see the previous year's top 20 best new think tanks established within the past 18 months.