Think Tank Quickies (#226)
- Brexit means that many UK think tanks will lose access to key funding sources?
- Brookings looking to turn itself into more of a digital publisher; plays with Lego's.
- Think tankers don't get Trump. Can their advice change him? (via S.V. Date of HuffPo).
- Ben Scott of New America: Think tanks should become incubators of civic entrepreneurship.
- Nevsun Resources (with Eritrea ops) giving $100,000+ to Atlantic Council to promote Eritrea?
- AEI President Arthur Brooks on how his think tank is working to improve Washington.
- Think tanks and tax status: A note on 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) tax categories. (Alex Chance)
- The role of think tanks: A reply to critics (via Jeremy Sammut)
- How a 1962 Michael Polanyi essay on research funding inspires donations to think tanks.
- AEI event: The world according to Star Wars.
- Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, who just spoke at CSIS, quits amid outcry on spending.