Think Tank Quickies (#296)
- Tax think tanks are having a moment.
- Vice President Mike Pence gives remarks at Hudson Institute's Herman Kahn Award Dinner.
- Victor Cha of CSIS finally nominated to be US Ambassador to South Korea.
- FAIR: Think tank-addicted media turn to regime change enthusiasts for Iran protest commentary.
- Debate in Vegas convened by Brookings and the Charles Koch Institute.
- Police report says former Putin aide who came to DC to attend Wilson Center fundraiser drank heavily before his body was found.
- Aspen Institute selects Dan Portenfield, the president of Franklin & Marshall College, as its new leader to replace Walter Isaacson.
- On Jan. 8, Charles Murray will celebrate his 75th birthday and retire as W.H. Brady Scholar, shifting to an emeritus role at AEI.
- Well-respected China hawk Randall Schriver, who runs a think tank called Project 2049 Institute, to become assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs.
