Think Tank Quickies (#429)
- Heidi Shierholz named as new president of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
- Open Society Foundation is undergoing restructuring, causing a major shift in partnerships with think tanks.
- Cato Institute demands probe records in suit against FBI, DOJ.
- Georgetown technology security policy think tank CSET received a $42 million grant to self-fund through 2025. Established in 2019, the center's total funding is now over $100 million.
- Simeon Djankov, ex-World Bank official under scrutiny on China, now works at PIIE.
- New report: China bought influence at Indian think tanks.
- Mattathias Schwartz: "I spent 5 years inside DC's foreign policy blob and here's why the experts keep getting the US into unwinnable wars like Afghanistan."
- Sen. Todd Young was a low-level assistant at the Heritage Foundation on Sept. 11, 2001.
- Pacific Forum cancelled webinar on US-Australia relations after receiving backlash for having a "manpanel."
- Parody site Duffel Blog: "National security think tanks launch surprise assault on Kabul."
