Think Tank Quickies (#525)

• The seven think tanks reshaping America. 
• Foreign agents look to influence think tanks in Trump's Washington. 
• Australian think tank Lowy Institute proposes new intelligence-sharing alliance: "Pacific Eyes."
• Book trilogy promotes construction of new think tanks with Chinese characteristics. 
• Will left-leaning think tanks to be investigated by the Trump Administration? 
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy: What we know and don't know about the nonprofit layoff crisis. 
• Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, director of the Hoover Institution, is launching a Substack venture from Hoover, "Freedom Frequency: A New Chapter for Ideas Advancing Freedom."
• The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) hosted its leadership awards dinner at the Conrad Washington, where Howard Buffett and others were honored. 
• Center for Asia Pacific Strategy (CAPS) held Potomac Dialogue 2025 on Oct. 16-17. 
• Witherspoon Institute: "A low-profile conservative think tank with Princeton ties."