Think Tank Quickies (#207)

• Did former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli spy on think tanks?
• NoMa neighborhood in DC, home of think tanks, has an affinity for nerds?
• Washington region to get professional counseling from Brookings and JPMorgan Chase to boost exports.
• New CSIS study says balance of military power in Asia-Pacific region tilting against US.
• Local Progress, club behind a blitz of new laws in US cities, first met at Center for American Progress.
• AEI scholars weigh in on the 2016 presidential debate.
• CSIS sponsors new commission on violent extremism (CSIS Commission on Countering Violent Extremism) with former British PM Tony Blair and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. 
• CSIS: China may be installing radar system in disputed islands.
• How do free-market think tanks rank on social media?
• Think tanks do government thinking on TPP.