Think Tank Quickies (#302)
- Can Washington think tanks be automated?
- Heritage officially welcomes Kay Coles James with 300 guests, including AG Jeff Sessions, HUD Secretary Ben Carson, and Sens. Ted Cruz, Joni Ernst, and Orrin Hatch.
- The tale of two conservatives: Both (Mike Pence and Jeff Flake) ran conservative think tanks in their states in the 1990s.
- ExpertFile builds awareness of think tanks.
- In Sept. 2017, Thea Lee, formerly of the AFL-CIO, became the president of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
- Richard Stengel has been named distinguished fellow at Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab.
- Former Deputy National Security Advsisor Dina Powell named non-resident senior fellow at Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard's Belfer Center.
- AEI Fellow Jonah Goldberg named inaugural holder of the Asness Chair in Applied Liberty.
- RT: Your guide to top anti-Russia think tanks in the US and who funds them; Paul Craig Roberts follows up with "American Think Tanks are Hired Purveyors of Fake News."
- More RT: EU needs "steel tanks, not think tanks" to counter ISIS and Russia" says Polish PM.
- Chatham House event: Why "Post-Truth" Matters to Think Tanks.