Think Tank Quickies (#223)

• Arne Duncan, President Obama's former Education Secretary, joins Brookings.
• Smithsonian's National Zoo has its own Think Tank with some brilliant scholars.
• For Republicans, does Donald Trump mean four more years of working at a think tank?
• Top Chinese think tanker (He Fang of CASS) under fire from watchdog over "hostile views" toward Mao Zedong.
• Think tanks should pitch Trump best idea. 
• Time for Black think tanks.
• Board of Trustees at CSIS decides to make public the rules that guide the think tank.
• "Slanted" CSIS report showcases Saudi influence on US think tanks?
• Micah Zenko: Wisest words one can say working at a think tank is "I don't know."  Most meaningful thing is to then highlight smarter folks who do know.
• Fun think tank fact of the day: Ted Halstead, founding president of New America, started the think tank when he was only 30.