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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

FBI Searched Biden's Think Tank

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If you didn't know about the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement , you probably do now.  Here is the latest from the ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Can Think Tanks Save TikTok?

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TikTok is hoping that meetings with influential DC groups and officials, including think tanks, will help prevent it from being banned in th...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Taiwan's TPP Establishes New Think Tank

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Here is more from the Taipei Times: Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) established the affiliated Taiwan New Homeland Think Tank Association , as...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Think Tank Quickies (#464)

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Shayna Strom to become new president and CEO of Washington Center for Equitable Growth. IISS is searching for a new Director-General and C...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Trump-Aligned Think Tank Buying Up DC Office Space

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Here is more from Axios: An influential conservative nonprofit led by former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows is buying up millions of d...
Friday, January 20, 2023

House Republicans Demand Information From Biden's Think Tank

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House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman J ames Comer (R-KY) is seeking information about who had access to the Penn Biden Cen...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Atlantic Council Caught Promoting Its Own Foreign Donors on World Stage Without Disclosures

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The influential think tank Atlantic Council has been called out yet again for promoting its donors without proper conflict of interest disc...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

WEF: "The Think Tank World's FIFA"

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As the World Economic Forum (WEF), often described as a think tank-like entity, takes place in Davos, Switzerland, Politico has come out wi...
Monday, January 16, 2023

New Study Shows How Nuclear Industry Influences Think Tank Reports

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A new study entitled "No Such Thing as a Free Donation? Research Funding and Conflicts of Interest in Nuclear Weapons Policy Analysis&...
Friday, January 13, 2023

Think Tank Quickies (#463)

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Think tank RUSI collaborated with Reuters and iStories to piece together the global supply trail of Russia's killer drones. Think tanks...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

New Think Tank War Game: US Will Defeat Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

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A new wargame developed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) showed that in most scenarios, the US and its allies w...

Think Tanks Descend on CES

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Here is more from Politico: The floor at CES this year isn’t just full of tech companies hawking their newest wares — it’s also packed wi...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Classified Documents Found at Biden Think Tank

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Here is more from CBS News: Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review documents marked classif...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Prominent Think Tank Journal Shutting Down

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Here is more from Politico: The National Interest , a prominent journal run by a right-leaning foreign policy think tank, is shutting down...
Friday, January 6, 2023

Trump-Aligned Think Tank Helping Block McCarthy Speaker Bid?

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Here is more from Yahoo: Several Republican House members fighting to stop Rep. Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker of the House met Frid...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023

New Leader at One of China's Most Powerful Think Tanks

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Here is more from the South China Morning Post: Beijing has appointed historian Gao Xiang , a specialist on the Qing dynasty, to head the i...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#462)

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Increasing number of Taiwanese and foreign think tanks signing MOUs to engage in collaborative research and policy dialogues.  Chinese and ...
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Think Tank President to Become Australian Ambassador to US

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Here is more from the Asia Society: The government of Australia announced yesterday its nomination of Asia Society President and CEO Kevin...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#461)

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RAND is leading a new multi-year Global Strategic Partnership with the UK's Ministry of Defense. Jobs in think tanks are attractive cov...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Jason Grumet Stepping Down as Chief of Bipartisan Policy Center

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Mr. Jason Grumet is stepping down as President and CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) in January 2023 after being named as the new...
Thursday, December 15, 2022

Meet "Double Helix Methodology": China's New Approach to Think Tank Research

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Here is more from a press release: This fall, "Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences" (BCAS, in Chinese) journal discussed the...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

North Korea Tricking Think Tankers Into Writing Research for Them

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Here is more from Josh Smith of Reuters: When Daniel DePetris , a U.S.-based foreign affairs analyst, received an email in October from t...
Monday, December 5, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#460)

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The American Growth Project by the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, a business policy think tank, says the center of gravity for US e...
Thursday, December 1, 2022

Dimitri Simes to Retire as President of Center for the National Interest

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Mr. Dimitri Simes will retire as president of the Center for the National Interest (CFTNI) and publisher of The National Interest on Dec. ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

CAP President is Friends With New House Democratic Leader

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Mr. Patrick Gaspard , President and CEO of the Center for American Progress (CAP), is a close ally of new House Democratic leader Hakeem Je...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Can Back-Channel Diplomacy by Think Tanks Boost US-China Ties?

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Think tanks and think tankers have been playing a quiet role in helping keep the US-China relationship afloat.  Here is more from the Wall ...
Monday, November 28, 2022

Heritage Working to Sink Same-Sex Marriage Bill

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Here is more from Politico: The Heritage Foundation will drop seven figures on a new ad campaign opposing legislation to codify same-sex ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#459)

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Off-the-record, invitation-only talk by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis leader James Bullard at Citigroup event similar to 2017 Stanley F...
Thursday, November 17, 2022

Think Tanks Bolstered FTX, But Funding Now Endangered

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The now-collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX received lots of support from outside groups along the way, including think tanks. Here is ...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

UAE Funding of Think Tanks Comes Under More Scrutiny Amid New US Intel Report

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Here is more from the Washington Post: U.S. intelligence officials have compiled a classified report detailing extensive efforts to manipu...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#458)

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Daniel Bunn will be the next president and CEO of the Tax Foundation. Jon Huntsman has joined CNAS's board of directors.  He was previ...
Friday, November 11, 2022

Viktor Orban-funded Think Tank Aims to Shake Things Up

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Here is more from Politico: A think tank funded by illiberal Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is set to disrupt the Brussels chin-st...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Think Tank Third Way Warns Democrats on Flaws

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Here is more from Axios: Third Way — a center-left think tank backed by some of the biggest names in Democratic politics — is sounding th...
Monday, November 7, 2022

RAND Corporation Used Heavily by Intelligence Community

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Daniel Golden's book Spy Schools highlights a few interesting anecdotes about how think tanks are often used by foreign and domestic i...
Friday, November 4, 2022

Think Tank Quickies (#457)

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New Carnegie report : How we would know when China is preparing to invade Taiwan.  New think tank launched by Michael Wear: The Center for ...
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