Think Tank Watch

It looks like 2017 is shaping up to be the a major year for turnover of think tank presidents. New presidents are expected at both the Bro...

Congratulations to the Happiness Research Institute (HRI) for being the coolest think tank of the month.  HRI, a think tank based in Copenh...

A variety of think tank scholars are friends with people in high places, allowing them to gain access to secrets about the internal workings...

USIP chief Nancy Lindborg featured in Washington Life Magazine. CNAS has launched a new Transatlantic Security Program and a new project...

With all the turmoil in the White House, some Trump Administration officials are starting to look for employment elsewhere, including in thi...

Here is more from Amanda Terkel in HuffPost: White House chief strategist Steve Bannon withdrew from a planned appearance at one of Wash...

Turkish President Recep Erdogan visited Washington, DC on Tuesday and while there was no riot on "Think Tank Row" like last ye...

Reproducibility crisis in research studies. Former director of research at the Heritage Foundation, James Wallner (now an adjunct profess...

The legitimacy of think tanks has eroded over the years for numerous reasons, any many continue to view think tanks with deep skepticism. ...

Casinos are not what first comes to mind when thinking about the establishment of think tanks, but that notion may be changing. MGM Resort...

The much-anticipated Ideas Conference - what Politico is calling the Center for American Progress's (CAP) response to the Conservative P...

Pete Peterson: Journalists have to question expertise of think tanks. Reporter Alex Emmons removed from AIPAC talk featuring Stephen Sec...

Could a think tanker become the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve?  Here is more from Pedro Nicolaci da Costa (formerly of the Peterson ...

Top defense think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has just announced that James Clapper, former Director of National Intelli...

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has just released its third annual Report Card on International Cooperation, and things are not look...

Heritage Foundation pushing US into war with North Korea? Hungary does US think tank scene. Small tornado almost hits World Resources ...

Here is a new piece from Adam Johnson of Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR): As tensions between the United States and North Ko...

Some interesting tidbits about the Bradley Foundation's funding of think tanks from PRWatch: Documents examined by the Center for Me...

Since news broke on Friday that Jim DeMint will likely be ousted as head of the Heritage Foundation, the situation at the think tank has bee...

Think tank land is alive and well . The serious role of gaming at RAND Corp. Impact of institutions on foreign policy think tanks in F...

With Jim DeMint being forced out as head of the Heritage Foundation, there is lots of speculation about a possible long-term replacement.  ...

After the shocking news that Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint is being forced out of the influential think tank, things are startin...

A coup engineered by powerful voices on the Heritage Foundation's Board of Trustees has led to a decision to fire Jim DeMint as the thi...

The May edition of the Washingtonian has its 2017 list of "Tech Titans" - top technology talent in the Washington, DC area - and t...

Here is more from The Washington Post: Leading up to the 2016 presidential election, Andrew Bowen, like many scholars in Washington, pr...

Will Jared Kushner get eaten by the think tank "Blob." Foundations, which pay out at least 5% of their total assets each year t...

Think tanks both in the US and elsewhere continue to be big targets for cyber attackers trying to steal information or influence electio...

The typically calm world of think tanks received a bit of excitement yesterday after a mob of protestors stormed the Heritage Foundation, an...

Here is what Reuters is reporting: A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 ...

Former AEI President Christopher DeMuth (now a Distinguished Fellow at Hudson Institute) in defense of think tanks.  CIA Director Mike Po...