Think Tank Watch

1. Brookings
2. CEIP
3. CSIS
4. CFR
5. Wilson Center
6. RAND
7. Pew Research Center
8. Cato
9. Heritage
10. CAP
11. NBER
12. AEI
13. PIIE
14. CNAS
15. WRI
16. Atlantic Council
17. Carnegie Council
18. James Baker Inst.
19. Hoover
20. Urban Inst.
21. Belfer Center
22. USIP
23. CBPP
24. Stimson
25. CID
26. Freedom House
27. CGD
28. HRW
29. Acton Inst.
30. NAF
31. Hudson
32. GMF
33. FPRI
34. RFF
35. Worldwatch Inst.
36. Earth Inst.
37. IAD
38. C2ES
39. Manhattan Inst.
40. IFPRI
41. Reason Foundation
42. OSF
43. CFTNI
44. Mercatus Center
45. Aspen Inst.
46. EPI
47. FEE
48. CTR
49. ITIF
50. PRI

Source: UPenn "Global Go To Think Tanks Report"

Top Non-US Think Tanks By Rank: 2019 (UPenn)

1. Chatham House
2. SIPRI
3. Amnesty Int'l
4. Int'l Crisis Group
5. Transparency Int'l
6. CEPS
7. IISS
8. Adam Smith Inst.
9. Bruegel
10. ECFR
11. FES
12. IFRI
13. CMS
14. CASS
15. GIISA
16. Fraser Inst.
17. CER
18. HRW
19. KAS
20. CEPR
21. Carnegie M.E. Center
22. DGAP
23. DIIS
24. Civitas
25. Clingendael
26. Kiel Inst.
27. PRIO
28. CIGI
29. FGV
30. Lowy Inst.
31. Overseas Dev't Inst.
32. EUISS
33. CESD
34. Center for Civil Society
35. Al-Ahram Center
36. European Policy Center
37. CSIS (Indonesia)
38. CASE
39. JIIA
40. NUPI
41. Inst. for Dev't Studies
42. CICIR
43. IFO
44. RUSI
45. Rand Europe
46. Demos
47. RSIS
48. Center for Conflict Res.
49. PISM
50. Friedrich Naumann

Source: UPenn "Global Go To Think Tanks Report"

Top US & Non-US Think Tanks by Rank: 2019 (UPenn)

1. Brookings
2. Chatham House
3. CEIP
4. CFR
5. CSIS
6. Rand
7. Amnesty Int'l
8. Transparency Int'l
9. Int'l Crisis Group
10. PIIE
11. GIISA
12. IISS
13. Heritage
14. Cato
15. Woodrow Wilson Center
16. Bruegel
17. AEI
18. SIPRI
19. CAP
20. Adam Smith Institute
21. Carnegie Moscow Center
22. HRW
23. CEP
24. IMEMO
25. CASE
26. AERC
27. FGC
28. CASS
29. PISM
30. Fraser Institute

Source: UPenn "Global Go To Think Tanks Report"

Top Int'l Economic Policy Think Tanks: 2019 (UPenn)

1. PIIE
2. Brookings
3. Bruegel
4. Chatham House
5. Kiel Institute
6. CFR
7. Heritage
8. Cato
9. AEI
10. CEPS
11. CSIS
12. NBER
13. Rand
14. IMEMO
15. BRIE
16. CIGI
17. WIIW
18. KIEP
19. ECIPE
20. CEBRI
21. Adam Smith Inst.
22. EDAM
23. IDE-JETRO
24. CASE
25. ICRIER
26. CIS
27. BDF
28. IWEP
29. AERC
30. ERIA

Source: UPenn "Global Go To Think Tanks Report"

Top Security/Int'l Affairs Think Tanks: 2019 (UPenn)

1. CSIS (US)
2. Brookings
3. CFR
4. CEIP
5. Chatham House
6. RAND
7. SIPRI
8. IISS
9. Woodrow Wilson Center
10. GIISA
11. ICG
12. Heritage
13. IFRI
14. Hoover
15. ECFR
16. DGAP
17. Belfer Center
18. EUISS
19. CERI
20. RUSI
21. Clingendael
22. CEBRI
23. CICIR
24. East Asia Inst.
25. CAP
26. PRIO
27. CSIS (Indonesia)
28. IRIS
29. GMFUS
30. APSI
31. USIP
32. Transparency Int'l
33. HRW
34. CSBA
35. Cato
36. Hudson
37. AEI
38. CNAS
39. OSW
40. Egmont Inst.
41. NUPI
42. RSIS
43. JIIA
44. Center for Str. Studies
45. SAIIA
46. ECIPE
47. SIIS
48. MGIMO
49. Elcano Royal Inst.
50. INSS

Source: UPenn "Global Go To Think Tanks Report"

Top Science/Technology Think Tanks: 2019 (UPenn)

1. Max Planck Inst.
2. RAND
3. Bertelsmann
4. CSPO
5. Battelle
6. SPRU
7. ITIF
8. SFI
9. Korean Dev't Inst.
10. ZEF
11. CSIR
12. ICT4D
13. IIASA
14. ISIS
15. TPI
16. TERI
17. FANRPAN
18. AIST
19. Bankinter Foundation
20. Eudoxa
21. ACTS
22. Samuel Neaman Inst.
23. TCOE
24. RIA
25. TESEV
26. TED
27. Lisbon Council
28. SIIA
29. Edge Foundation
30. KISS

Source: UPenn "Global Go To Think Tanks Report"

Top Environmental Think Tanks: 2019 (UPenn)

1. Pew Center
2. WRI
3. Chatham House
4. PIK
5. Worldwatch Inst.
6. Ecologic Inst.
7. RFF
8. SEI
9. Earthwatch Inst.
10. CCC
11. Wuppertal Inst.
12. IISD
13. IIED
14. Earth Inst.
15. CGIAR
16. PESD (Stanford)
17. UNEP
18. CEPS
19. ATREE
20. TERI
21. UFZ
22. CEBRI
23. RAND
24. E3G
25. IDDRI
26. Cen2eco
27. CEMDA
28. ACTS
29. Civic Exchange (HK)
30. GDRC

Source: UPenn "Global Go To Think Tanks Report"

Best Gov't Affiliated Think Tanks: 2019 (UPenn)

1. CRS
2. GIISA
3. World Bank Institute
4. NUPI
5. RUSI
6. United Nations University
7. JIIA
8. OSW
9. DIE
10. Asian Dev't Bank Inst.
11. Korea Dev't Inst.
12. CASS
13. Council of P.A. EU
14. IMEMO
15. PISM
16. FUNAG
17. CICIR
18. CIIS
19. IFANS
20. IDSA
21. SIIS
22. FLASCO
23. DAV
24. RIETI
25. SVOP
26. EDRI
27. MIMA
28. CSIS (Indonesia)
29. BDIPSS
30. IDSC

Source: UPenn "Global Go To Think Tanks Report"

Best University-Affiliated Think Tanks: 2019 (UPenn)

1. Belfer Center
2. Hoover
3. Center for Int'l Dev't
4. IDEAS/PPG
5. Earth Institute
6. CTR
7. CISAC
8. Mercatus Center
9. Inst. of Dev't Studies
10. CERI
11. FLASCO
12. Weatherhead Center
13. Ctr. for Defense Stud.
14. Brookings-Tsinghua
15. ZEF
16. Ctr. for Policy Stud.
17. Baker Institute
18. MGIMO
19. YCSG
20. Brics Policy Center
21. Liu Institute
22. RSIS
23. EPRC
24. FSI
25. Institute for IR
26. HSRP
27. SDSC
28. CSS (NZ)
29. ISEAS
30. CSS (Switz.)

Source: UPenn "Global Go To Think Tanks Report"

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