Monday, November 7, 2016

Think Tank Quickies (#242)

  • Heritage Foundation recruiting via email for potential Trump Administration.
  • Hollywood comes to think tank land: TMZ shows up at Brookings.
  • Best think tank project ever (Mowat Centre)!  Maximize candy haul on Halloween.
  • Billionaire David Rubenstein, co-chairman of Brookings and vice-chairman of Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), now chairman of Smithsonian Institution.
  • Think tankers attending Teneo's Washington salons?
  • International think tank watch: Major think tank (China Institute for Urban Governance) set up to help solve China's urban management issues. 
  • Max Abrahms: Obama has been aloof from think tanks; Hillary is the opposite.
  • Think Tank Shark Tank contestants announced at Atlas Network; to compete for $25k.
  • AEI: If an army marches on its stomach, a think tank thinks on its coffee maker.
  • New America on the promise of open think tanks.