Thursday, September 12, 2013

Think Tank Quickies #81

  • Stanley Fischer, former Bank of Israel Governor, joins CFR as Distinguished Fellow.
  • Does Ghana need a diaspora think tank?
  • Cato Institute: Free trade makes you fat.
  • Hong Kong think tank used experts' names without consent
  • Think tanks and public policy in the Arab world. 
  • LSE flashback - Getting research into policy: the role of think tanks and other mediators.
  • The launch of Peru's first national awards for think tanks. (subscription/registration needed)
  • LSE: BBC News does not really have as much left-of-center bias towards think tanks as previously suggested.
  • Harold Trinkunas named Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign Policy at Brookings Latin America Initiative.
  • AEI releases new book on college costs.