Thursday, September 19, 2013

Think Tank Quickies #83

  • WSJ Review has reaction from five think tankers on the Syria situation.
  • Wilson Center: Approx. 1.5 billion people live in conflict-affected, post-conflict, or fragile countries.
  • Heritage President Jim DeMint makes Townhall's 25 most influential people on the right list.
  • US's top climate negotiator Todd Stern to speak at Chatham House climate change event in October.
  • PIIE studies to form the core reading list for a MOOC on globalization.
  • Video: NAF scholar Philip Mudd interviewed on the Colbert Report.
  • Richard Bush named Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies at Brookings.
  • How Australian think tanks turned the electoral tide in favor of Tony Abbott.
  • Ratan Tata nominated as member of the board of trustees at CEIP.
  • Jersey Shore's Snooki inspired Hudson think tank wonk's new book.  (no joke)