New Think Tank Rankings Released by ECSSR

The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) has just released a new ranking of think tanks.

ECSSR has ranked what it considers to be the most important research and strategic studies centers in the Arab world.  Here are the rankings:

1. Carnegie Middle East Center (Lebanon)
2. Brookings Doha Center (Qatar)
3. Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Bahrain)
4. Center for Strategic and Future Studies (Kuwait)
5. Middle East Studies Center (Jordan)
6. Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (Egypt)
7. Center for Arab Unity Studies (Lebanon)
8. Dubai School of Government (UAE)
9. King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (Saudi Arabia)
10. The Moroccan Interdisciplinary Center for Strategic and International Studies (Morocco)

ECSSR has also ranked the top most important international research and strategic studies centers in non-Arab countries.  Here are the top 10:

1. Brookings Institution (US)
2. Royal Institute of International Affairs, or Chatham House (UK)
3. Center for Strategic and International Studies (US)
4. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (US)
5. Council on Foreign Relations (US)
6. International Institute for Strategic Studies (UK)
7. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sweden)
8. German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Germany)
9. RAND Corporation (US)
10. Jeju Peace Institute (South Korea)

The University of Pennsylvania recently released its own annual rankings of the world's think tanks.  In that ranking, the Carnegie Middle East Center was also ranked as the #1 think tank in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).  In that ranking, ECSSR was ranked as the 19th best think tank in the Middle East and North Africa.