Think Tank Quickies (#144)

• BPC releases new threat assessment report, authored by CNN's Peter Bergen, a member of BPC's Homeland Security Project; examines threat of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and other jihadist groups.
• Think tank study says Taiwan's spying operations in China are the most effective in the world.
• Bitcoin gaining support of cryptography think tank.
• Think tanker Veronica Chiu (CFR) goes on Date Lab date.
• National Security Advisor Susan Rice and HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell speak at Brookings.
• Richard Burt, a member of CFR, is advising Rand Paul.
• AEI President Arthur Brooks to speak at the Bill of Rights Institute on Sept. 30 in Wichita. 
• Research of Guy Ziv (of American University) focuses on influence of think tanks in US foreign policy.
• Politico, WSJ, WAPO give messaging advice to left wing "think tank."
• Ian Livingston, a think tanker by day (Brookings), a forecaster/photographer/information lead for the Capital Weather Gang by night.