Think Tank Quickies (#343)

• Outgoing AEI President Arthur Brooks joins Washington Post opinions section as a columnist.
• Brookings hosts launch of 2019 think tank rankings.
• The now-defunct Office of Technology assessment, operated as a think tank for Congress, tasked with studying science and technology issues.
• CSIS launches Stephenson Ocean Security Project (SOS).
• CSIS flags increase in number of Chinese fishing vessels in Spratlys
• Global Times: China-US think tanks can promote resilient engagement. 
• Brookings scholar Benjamin Wittes meeting quietly with NYT reporters over Mueller probe.
• Jamie Bartlett of Demos reflects on think tanks.
• The Bank of International Settlements: the "central bankers' think tank."
• Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence: A public health think tank.