Think Tank Quickies (#507)
- Knives are out for AFPI's Brooke Rollins. [New NYT article on AFPI: "The Group at the Center of Trump's Planning for a Second Term is One You Haven't Heard of."]
- Pinpoint Policy Institute: "An organization dedicated to promoting and defending the essential pillars of America's economic growth and prosperity."
- Former Project 2025 chief Paul Dans condemning what he sees as "violent rhetoric" from Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts and calling on JD Vance to retract the foreword he wrote for Roberts's book.
- Think Tank American Compass charts path for China tariffs.
- Pakistani think tank, The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), has hired Team Eagle Consulting, a US lobbying firm, for $1.5 million.
- Michael Pettis: The think tanker (American Compass) and former punk-music-club and record-label owner who has gotten the attention of the Trump and Biden camps.
- Fujitsu Future Studies Center (FFSC): "A think tank bolstering the formulation and execution of the Fujitsu Group's medium and long-term strategies."
- Grantham Institute: "A think tank at the London School of Economics."
- Since 2012, a company linked to the UAE government has paid Camstoll Group more than $75 million. In its annual disclosures, the firm says it advises the UAE on issues of illicit financial activity and developing and implementing strategies to combat illicit financial activity. Its most recent filing mentions that it has "conducted outreach to think tanks, business interests, and government officials."
- Flashback: The late Joseph Overton, of Overton Window fame, played a key role in growing the Mackinac Center.