Thursday, August 18, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#450)

  • Alison Markovitz is the new COO of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  • Former national security adviser Robert O'Brien is now a distinguished senior fellow at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy. 
  • NYT columnist Tom Friedman hosted delegation from Chinese think tank Center for China and Globalization. Asia Society also hosted them.
  • RUSI has identified at least 15 financial intelligence information-sharing initiatives globally.
  • China Daily: Think tanks should play a bigger role in global exchanges.
  • Thread on Pottinger/Flynn report in 2009 on war in Afghanistan that was published by CNAS.
  • Abraham Denmark, senior vice president of programs at the Wilson Center, is joining the Pentagon as senior adviser on AUKUS.
  • Fox: Database reveals Department of Education ties to liberal think tanks. 
  • Is Rockbridge Network, a band of secretive donors aligned with Peter Thiel, donating to think tanks?
  • Pics: The world's most beautiful bookshops (no think tank bookshops on list...).