Think Tank Quickies (#262)
- Daniel D'Aniello named Co-Chairman of AEI; Ryan Streeter becomes AEI's first Director of Domestic Policy Studies.
- Charles Kupchan (who worked in the Obama Administration) and Ely Ratner (who worked for VP Joe Biden) join CFR as Senior Fellows; Jay Winik joins CFR as Historian-in-Residence.
- In 2016 CFR established Lipman Chair to focus on emerging technologies and national security.
- Clarke Murphy, CEO of global executive search firm Russell Reynolds, joins Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Board of Trustees, along with Zhang Yichen, Chair/CEO of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited.
- Dr. Maha Yahya named CEIP's new Director for Middle East Center; journalist Jeffrey Goldberg named Visiting Distinguished Fellow at CEIP.
- Former Treasury offcial Nathan Sheets joins PIIE as Visiting Fellow; others to recently join the think tank include Sherman Robinson, Jeromin Zettelmeyer (German government) and Patrick Honohan (Central Bank of Ireland).
- Law firm partner Clete Johnson joins CSIS as Non-Resident Senior Fellow; former DoD official Alice Hunt Friend joins CSIS; Adam Sieminski (former EIA official) joins think tank; and former Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski joins the think tank.
- CSIS establishes high-level advisory council to the Lillan and Robert D. Stuart Jr. Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies; launches Alliances and American Leadership Project.
- Atlantic Council announces management changes; announces launch of Stockholm office; former British Ambassador to the US Sir Peter Westmacott joins the think tank; Peru's former Finance Minister and Ambassador to US joins the think tank.
- Former Obama official Cecilia Munoz to lead the New America National Network; Elana Broitman named Director of New America NYC.
- New America Fellow Lauren Redniss wins MacArthur Foundatoin "Genius" Grant.
- Dalai Lama leads a prayer for Orlando, urges compassion at USIP visit.
- RAND Corp. chosen to operate new research center for US Department of Homeland Security.
- The late Thomas Schelling was a longtime RAND Corp. consultant.
- RAND Corp. launches Arabic-language website.