Think Tank Quickies (#170)

• Why you should never listen to a foreign affairs think tank expert again. 
• Smithsonian (!?) starts holding think tank panels.
• The death of the think tank (and the firing of Russ Whitehurst at Brookings), by Jay P. Greene.
• Kojo Nnamdi Show on think tanks and transparency.
• An opportune time for new think tanks in Saudi Arabia? 
• CIGI President on building bridges from knowledge to power.
• Charles Beckett: Happiness for a think tank director is a full conference.
• Are TED talks better than think tank talks?
• Cool map: The impact of UK research.
• New America Foundation (NAF) brings us some April Fools' Day delights: Party Nap Like a Pro & Are We Flirting or Networking? & Polizibo - The New Social Startup for Policy.