Monday, July 20, 2015

Think Tank Quickies (#185)

  • USIP hosts Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on July 22.
  • VP Joe Biden gives speech at Truman National Security Project and CEIP.
  • Will these three new Hong Kong think tanks shake things up in Hong Kong?
  • The future of think tanks in Africa, via On Think Tanks.
  • Conservative think tank CEI has a new whiskey (!) project.
  • A complex web of Chilean think tanks, via Alejandro Chafuen.
  • 4th Transatlantic Think Tank Conference held.
  • "Darkode" described as "massive think tank for cybercriminals."
  • CAP to host special presidential envoy John Allen for discussion on countering ISIS; CAP hires former HHS official Joan Lombardi as Senior Fellow focusing on early childhood issues.
  • Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at Atlantic Council. 
  • Henri Barkey named new Director of Wilson Center's Middle East Program; Laura Dawson named new Director of Wilson Center's Canada Institute.