Think Tank Quickies (#412)
- Former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) joins Center for American Progress (CAP) as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow, focusing on criminal justice, democracy reform, and racial equity and justice.
- "Our (think tank's) sole purpose will be to transparently and independently peer review the output of other think tanks, rate their output, and shame cranks."
- Harvard Institute of Politics (IOP) marred by tensions, turnover.
- Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) Technology Council (ATC) launches new think tank groups.
- Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), a trustee of the German Marshall Fund (GMF), is joining the board of OpenAI.
- Williams Institute: "A sexual orientation and gender identity think tank at UCLA School of Law."
- David Rothkopf, a former member of the US Institute of Peace's (USIP) advisory board, has a Twitter bromance with Ron Klain.
- Steven Simon, a senior research analyst at the Quincy Institute, lost his position as a paid consultant with the Middle East Institute after visiting Bashar al-Assad in Damascus in 2015.
- Reshoring Institute: "A manufacturing policy think tank."
- Institute for National Defense and Security Research: "A think tank co-founded by Taiwan's defense ministry."
