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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Mike Pompeo to Join Hudson Institute's New China Center

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Here is more from the Hudson Institute: Hudson Institute launched its new China Center , which will be dedicated to crafting policy respon...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

New AV Startup Leans on Atlantic Council

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Here is more from Politico: Applied Intuition, which specializes in software for autonomous vehicles, is building out its footprint in D.C...
Thursday, May 12, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#445)

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Thomas Wright of Brookings joins the NSC. Amanda Howe, most recently a nominee to be an assistant EPA administrator, will be COO at CAP. M...
Monday, May 9, 2022

Biden Team Conducting Hour-Long Phone Meetings on Russia with Think Tanks

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Here is more from Politico: Another sign that the Blob is regrouping comes in the form of the regular hour-long phone meetings on Ukraine...
Friday, April 29, 2022

Think Tank MEI Promoting Middle East Objectives Without Disclosing Conflicts of Interest

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Here is more from Dr. Ben Freeman , a Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft : Firas Maksad of the Middle East...
Thursday, April 28, 2022

Evelyn Farkas to Become New Executive Director of McCain Institute

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Here is more from a press release: The McCain Institute at Arizona State University and ASU President Michael M. Crow have announced th...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

For 1st Time Africa Programs at US's Top Think Tanks All Being Run by Africans

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Here is more from The Africa Report: Although he could not attend, the informal meeting was a dream come true for Aloysius Ordu, the dir...
Monday, April 25, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#444)

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Lachlan Murdoch helps launch the Centre for the Australian Way of Life at right-leaning Institute of Public Affairs. Heritage Action create...
Friday, April 22, 2022

Carnegie Forced to Close its Moscow Center

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After 28 years, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was forced to close its Moscow Center at the direction of the Russian gover...
Thursday, April 21, 2022

Russia Declares Think Tank Chatham House "Undesirable"

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Here is more from Barron's: Russia said that it will add the UK think tank Chatham House to a blacklist of "undesirable" int...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Why Are Most Think Tanks Awful at Predictions?

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Think tanks and think tank scholars are often criticized for being isolated within a "groupthink" bubble which leads to stale, ins...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Big Tech Increases Funding to Think Tanks

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Here is more from the Financial Times: The world’s largest technology companies are pouring money into the biggest foreign policy think-ta...
Thursday, April 14, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#443)

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene does not like think tanks. A Texas bill signed last year - written by the head of a think tank opposed to clim...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Hoover Inst. Warning: Digital Yuan May Undo Dollar

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The Hoover Institution has published a new report entitled " Digital Currencies: The US, China, and the World at a Crossroads ,"...
Monday, April 11, 2022

Atlantic Council Scholar Leaving to Become CEO of Atlantik-Brücke

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Here is more from an Atlantik-Brücke press release: Julia Friedlander , 37, will take over as CEO of Atlantik-Brücke on June 1, 2022. Fri...
Friday, April 8, 2022

Billionaire Building Community for Think Tankers to Work, Live

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Billionaire Nicolas Berggruen , a German-American investor and philanthropist, is creating a new type of community for the think tank world....
Thursday, April 7, 2022

Google Spots Russian Hacker Group Targeting Think Tanks

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Here is more from Google: In early March, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) published an update on the cyber activity it was tracking...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#442)

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Andrey Batlistsky is leaving his position at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, saying he hopes the institute "will pr...
Friday, April 1, 2022

Hong Kong Think Tank Closes After 16 Years

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Here is more from SCMP: The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre , a Hong Kong think tank set up by a close aide of former chief executive...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Kenya Think Tank Scores $15 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott

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The African Population and and Health Research Center (APHRC), a think tank based in Kenya, has just received a $15 million gift from phil...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Ally of NYC Mayor to Launch New Think Tank

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Here is more from Politico: Tom Allon , publisher of local political website City & State, is raising money for a think tank that will...
Monday, March 28, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#441)

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A Beijing think tank offered a frank review of China's technological weaknesses.  Then the report disappeared .  CSIS launches new site ...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

China Coercing Think Tanks to Alter References to Taiwan

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Here is more from Foreign Policy: Two scholars at the German Marshall Fund (GMF) released a sweeping new report on a massive pressure campa...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

CSIS Scholar to Lead Australian Think Tank

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Dr. Michael Green , a Georgetown University professor and Japan expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), will b...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Mininum Salaries Raised to $48K at CAP After Union Negotiations

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Here is more from the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU): The more than 90 members of the Center of American Progress (CAP) Uni...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#440)

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Kenneth Weinstein, a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute and former president and CEO of the think tank, is now a senior adviser a...
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

AEI Being Ignored by Republicans?

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Here is more from National Review: But one longstanding bastion of mainstream conservative thought, the American Ente...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Competing Think Tank-Led Letters on How to Address No-Fly Zone in Ukraine

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Here is more from Politico: A group of 78 experts signed an open letter opposing a no-fly zone in Ukraine, adding heft to the argument aga...
Monday, March 14, 2022

DoD's Internal Think Tank Violated Federal Rules

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Here is more from Politico: The Pentagon’s internal think tank violated a series of federal rules in awarding contracts, according to an i...
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#439)

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Third Way urging fellow Democrats to respond to Capitol riot with "the size, scope, and seriousness of a presidential campaign." ...
Monday, March 7, 2022

Trump Not Invited to AEI's Annual Meeting

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Here is more from the Washington Times: A private gathering of big Republican Party donors and conservative leaders will include a top Biden...
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Polish Think Tank Opens Washington Office

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Think Tank Watch has learned that the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) has opened an office in Washington, DC.    Here is ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Fmr. Sec. of State Pompeo to Give Speech at Taiwan Think Tank

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Here is more from the South China Morning Post: Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo , a vocal supporter of Taiwan, will visit the self-...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Ukrainian Lobbyists Flood US Think Tanks

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Here is more from Ben Freeman, a Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft: As tensions with Russia reach a boilin...
Friday, February 18, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#438)

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Liberty University president says that getting people elected is the goal of the school's think tank, previously known as the Falkirk C...
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