Think Tank Quickies (#438)

• Liberty University president says that getting people elected is the goal of the school's think tank, previously known as the Falkirk Center.
• Taiwanese cash funding think tanks to push for war with China?
• William Gorham, Urban Institute founder, dies at 91.
  
• Silverado Policy Accelerator: "Combines expertise of a traditional think tank with the dynamism of a venture approach."
  
• Sen. Joe Manchin's ties to conservative think tank land.
• New RAND report: A Guide to extreme competition with China.
  
• French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer heads a think tank tasked with combating what the minister calls "US-imported wokeism."
• International Crisis Group: Why the UNSC stumbles in responding to coups.
  
• McGann on how think tanks stay relevant in today's world.
• "I always felt that universities are sometimes better than think tanks because their students, their engagement, their fresh and changing ideas."