Think Tank Watch

Knives are out for AFPI's Brooke Rollins.  [New NYT article on AFPI: "The Group at the Center of Trump's Planning for a Secon...

President Donald Trump just fired his own former top Iran envoy, Brian Hook , from the board of directors of the Wilson Center . Members of...

Trump's transition operation compiled lists of names of people deemed unworthy of serving in a 2nd Trump Administration, including cons...

The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft has a new report on think tank funding in America.  Here is more from Politico: Among ot...

Trump-aligned think tank AFPI merges with Senate Working Group. CAP's answer to Project 2025. How Sue Mi Terry became the poster child...

Here is more from Politico: Board members of the Brookings Institution recently received an anonymous email titled “Brookings Leadership ...

Here is more from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: A Russian national, Nomma Zarubina , has been arrested on possible charges of providing...

Russian hackers targeted former US Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer, a senior fellow at Brookings. Hidden camera video shows Project 202...

Here is more from The Hill: Georgian government officials raided the homes of local staff of an American think tank who work on tracking R...

More than 200 people appear on JD Vance's Venmo "friends" list.  Among them is Amalia Halikias, government relations director...

Here is more from the Wall Street Journal: A prominent economist at one of China’s top think tanks was placed under investigation, detain...

Here is more from Politico: Internal discontent is brewing at the Atlantic Council over the Washington think tank's decision to honor ...

Heritage Foundation suggests Biden may try to hold the White House "by force" if he loses the November election; says "zero...

Here is more from Reuters: The leader of a U.S. think tank who was indicted last year on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of Chin...

Here is more from the Wall Street Journal: Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond with conspiring with her ...

Here is more: Agents of the FBI have raided and searched the Virginia home of Dmitri Simes , a prominent political commentator and author ...

Trump 2024 vs. Project 2025, via NY Mag. Heritage Foundation signs on as RNC convention sponsor. 4 think tanks influencing Trump's en...

Here is more from the Associated Press: The director of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the fed...

Here is more from the New York Times: Sue Mi Terry , a prominent voice on American foreign policy, had a refined palate, a love for top-sh...

CFR launches new China program.  It will pore through Chinese-language material for better-informed policy. Joshua Wright, a law professor...

Here is more from Newsweek: TikTokers are urging people to report the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 to the Internal Revenue ...

Here is more from Newsweek: A group of "gay furry hackers" has targeted right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation —which is ...

Here is more from the New York Times: The Claremont Institute has been located in Southern California since its founding in the late 197...

President Joe Biden's biggest ally as he tries to remain the Democratic presidential nominee after an abysmal debate performance may su...

Here is more from Bloomberg: Over the past decade, business figures led by hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer have poured nearly $200 mil...

New report from ETZ Zurich's Center for Security Studies: China is targeting the US with hacking contests. The Chinese Embassy in Washi...

Here is more from Time: Marlene Engelhorn , an Austrian heiress who inherited tens of millions of euros from her grandmother, opted to let...

Here is more from Punchbowl News: A prominent D.C. crypto advocate and one-time Republican House candidate in New York is launching a think...

Here is more from Politico: When Justin Trudeau meets Joe Biden at the G7 summit in Italy this week, Trudeau will probably not ask whethe...

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) is joining the Hudson Institute as a distinguished fellow; Nikki Halley makes her inaugural appearance as Walter...

Here is more from the New York Times: The Conservative Partnership Institute , a nonprofit whose funding skyrocketed after it became a ner...

Here is more from UPI: North Korean hackers are exploiting an email security flaw in attacks used to gather sensitive intelligence and inf...

Here is more from the Washington Free Beacon: The right-wing group that leads a recruitment effort for Capitol Hill offices and allied non...

Eric Schmidt-backed pro-America "think tank" (America's Frontier Fund) has launched a VC firm. New report from Special Compe...

Here is more from NBC: Once upon a time, before the multimillion-dollar negative campaigns and allegations of running “a conspiracy to com...