Think Tank Quickies (#413)
- Since Jan. 1, 2020, Ely Ratner, DoD's new point man on China, has made $412,000 as EVP of CNAS. [The president of CNAS made $408,230 in 2017.]
- On FARA and restoring trust in the think tank sector, via Ben Freeman and Eli Clifton.
- Bruegel is looking for a new director.
- Jared Kushner founds Abraham Accords Institute. Others involved include Avi Berkowitz, Haim Saban, Yousef Al Otaiba, and Abdulla R. Al-Khalifa, and Gabi Ashkenazi.
- The ties that Brookings President John Allen has to Qatar.
- RAND and Carnegie reports on responsible space behavior accepted for consideration by UN.
- "There's no such thing as a think tank emergency. It is policy and it is papers. Nobody dies." Christopher Ingraham: "I used to work at Brookings comms department and it was basically think tank emergency 75% of the time."
- Online debate: Think tanks and the media.
- FP's Pacific Power Index: 50 people shaping the future of US-China relations; China Twitter: 100+ accounts you should follow (via SupChina).
- Pic: The various types of MENA think tank papers.