Think Tank Quickies (#498)

• Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) is joining the Hudson Institute as a distinguished fellow; Nikki Halley makes her inaugural appearance as Walter P. Stern Chair at Hudson. 
• Brian Deese (formerly at CAP), Richard Bush (Brookings), Laura Rosenberger (CNAS and GMF), and Richard Armitage (CSIS) sent as delegation to Taiwan's presidential inauguration.
  
• A "startling new study" by RAND that was commissioned by the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment.
  
• Those attending the McCain Institute's annual Sedona Forum include: Antony Blinken, Janet Yellen, Mitt Romney, and Dasha Navalnaya. 
• Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who served as chief of staff to VP Dick Cheney and as senior vice president at the Hudson Institute, is joining the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) as a distinguished fellow.
  
• "The Zachor Legal Institute, a legal think tank representing StopAntisemitism."
• The role of think tanks under China's Xi Jinping, via MERICS.
  
• Why foundations that back progressives are funding a leading conservative think tank.
• Jennifer Gould named VP of Communications and External Affairs at RAND Corp.
• The think tank laying the groundwork for a Labour government in the UK.