Think Tank Quickies (#317)
- GMU chief: Donor gifts didn't meet standards; Mercatus Center "violated" principles of academic freedom.
- Several think tankers on the board of directors of Diplomacy Center Foundation.
- Do university and think tank rankings favor science over the arts? Either way, China is rising.
- James Wan: Four big challenges facing African think tanks.
- Wonkblog: "They're the think tank pushing for welfare work requirements. Republicans say they're experts. Economists call it 'junk science.'"
- Andrew Quinn, chief speechwriter for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), was formerly Director of the Office of the President at AEI.
- Jim Baker, a top FBI lawyer who was reassigned in late 2017 after being linked to a journalist who wrote about the "Trump dossier," is reportedly looking to join Brookings.
- Amb. Kathleen Stephens becomes KEI's new President and CEO, effective Sept. 1, 2018.
- OMB Director Mick Mulvaney headlines CEI's annual dinner and reception June 18.
- Kirk Wagar, a Distinguished Dellow at Atlantic Council and former US Ambassador to Singapore under Obama, hired by Mercury as a co-chairman of the firm.
