Friday, October 25, 2019

Think Tank Quickies (#363)

  • US State Dept. now requiring Chinese diplomats to notify US authorities before meetings at US research institutions. 
  • Vice President Mike Pence headlines first-ever Heritage Honors gala; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks at Heritage Foundation.
  • The Koch Foundation is influencing foreign policy with think tanks.
  • Think tank CEI compiles decades worth of dire climate predictions.
  • Inside Aspen Institute's Executive Seminar: the mountain retreat for the liberal elite.
  • Washingtonian piece on Open Markets Institute. 
  • Leslie Gelb, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), dies.
  • LSE IDEAS event: Think tanks and their role in the age of digital and political disruption. 
  • Think tank writer temporarily suspended by Twitter because of Turkish troll campaign?
  • Hybrid Analytica: Pro-Kremlin expert propaganda in Russia, Europe, and the US - a case study of think tanks and universities.