Thursday, June 8, 2017

Think Tank Quickies (#274)

  • US-Colombia Business Partnership and Atlantic Council hold reception and dinner at Library of Congress for Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
  • David Horowitz Freedom Center not a think tank, it's a "battle tank."
  • UAE and its ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, have close ties to small, pro-Israel DC think tank FDD. 
  • David Reaboi: Over the next few weeks, you will be slammed by op-eds and propaganda from Qatari-funded think tanks like Brookings.
  • A trial lawyers think tank. 
  • Former Bush official John Bailey joins AEI as Visiting Fellow. 
  • Former top Obama official Denis McDonough joins Carnegie's Technology and International Affairs Program as a Senior Fellow. 
  • Jake Sullivan, former advisor to Biden and Clinton, joins Carnegie's Geoeconomics and Strategy Program as a Senior Fellow.
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace establishes Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs.
  • Carnegie Europe announces that Tomáš Valášek is its new director.