Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program
The Lauder Institute
The University of Pennsylvania
2014 Global Go To Think Tank
Index Report
James G. McGann, Ph.D.
Director
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
The Lauder Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA USA
Versione italiana a cura dell’ISPI
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James G. McGann, Ph.D.
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University of Pennsylvania
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Riconoscimenti
Vorrei anzitutto esprimere il mio vivo apprezzamento agli oltre 3.572 responsabili di facoltà
universitarie, giornalisti, personaggi politici, studiosi, direttori di think tank e finanziatori che, da
tutto il mondo, hanno partecipato al Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) del 2014. Vorrei
ringraziare anche gli oltre 1.950 esperti regionali e tematici che si sono dimostrati valutatori
capaci e hanno fornito preziose indicazioni e assistenza nella compilazione di questo Report.
Ringrazio anche i miei assistenti di ricerca Jennifer Crino, Yusi Du e Coco Wang per il loro aiuto
nel compilare e nell’analizzare i dati per l’Index del 2014. Vorrei inoltre estendere un
ringraziamento particolare al capo progetto William Nathaniel Rose, che ha compilato e curato il
Report di quest’anno. In aggiunta, una parola di ringraziamento va ai presenti e passati assistenti,
che si sono impegnati varie notti e fine settimana per contribuire alla compilazione del Report, ad
analizzare i dati e a sviluppare i grafici per l’edizione di quest’anno. A questo proposito, un
ringraziamento speciale va a Travis Taylor, Andrew Metrick e Hillian Rafferty che, insieme al
team di ricerca, hanno speso svariate ore per migliorare la qualità del Report e la sua
presentazione.
Vorrei altresì mostrare la mia gratitudine alle Nazioni Unite e al Carnegie Council for Ethics in
International Affairs per avere ospitato la presentazione del Global Go To Think Tank Index del
2014 a New York. Ringrazio anche il Center for International and Strategic Studies per aver
ospitato la presentazione a Washington D.C. e le oltre 60 istituzioni nel mondo che si sono
offerte di ospitare gli eventi in 55 diverse città.
Grazie infine a voi tutti per il sostegno dato a questa iniziativa negli anni e per il vostro
contributo nel rendere il Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program dell’Università della
Pennsylvania un continuo successo.
James G. McGann
Senior Lecturer, International Studies
Director Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
Lauder Institute
University of Pennsylvania
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Sommario
Introduzione
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Trend globali e cambiamenti nei Think Tank e nelle raccomandazioni di policy
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Panorama dei cambiamenti e dei miglioramenti del Global Go To Think Tank Index
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Metodologia e tempistiche
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Le statistiche dei Think Tank del 2014
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Le categorie di selezione del 2014
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I risultati finali del Global Go To Rankings del 2014
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Classifica dei think tank nel mondo
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Classifica dei think tank per regione
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Classifica dei think tank per area di ricerca
86
Classifica dei think tank per risultati specifici
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Appendici
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Background sul Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
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Il Team di ricerca
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Introduzione
Il Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) del 2014 segna l’ottavo anno di continui sforzi da parte
del Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program dell’Università della Pennsylvania (TTCSP) nel dare
il giusto riconoscimento all’importante contribuito dei think tank di tutto il mondo ai trend
emergenti a livello globale. Nel 2006, il nostro progetto iniziale riguardante la creazione di una
classifica dei migliori think tank esistenti rappresentava una risposta alle richieste provenienti da
enti finanziatori, rappresentanti di governo, giornalisti e studiosi che chiedevano una comparazione
su scala regionale e globale dei think tank più conosciuti. Fin dalla sua ideazione, il nostro costante
obiettivo è stato quello di aumentare la consapevolezza del ruolo che i think tank giocano nei
confronti dei governi e della società civile. Sulla base di tale conoscenza, è nostro auspicio fornire
un supporto per migliorare la capacità e la performance dei think tank di tutto il mondo.
A partire dal 2006 il processo di classificazione è stato raffinato e snellito, mentre è aumentato il
numero e la portata degli enti e delle personalità coinvolte nel progetto, anche se il numero dei think
tank nel mondo è diminuito dall’ultimo Report. Il processo, come negli anni passati, si basa su una
definizione condivisa da parte della ricerca, dell’analisi politica e delle organizzazioni che ne sono
interessate, su un insieme dettagliato di criteri di selezione e su un procedimento sempre più aperto
e trasparente di selezione e scelta degli istituti. Una parte del processo di candidatura è consistita nel
contattare tutti i 6.618 think tank catalogati nel Global Think Tank Database del TTCSP e
nell’incoraggiarli a partecipare insieme a oltre 9.000 giornalisti, personalità politiche, finanziatori
pubblici e privati, think tank e specialisti regionali o di specifiche aree tematiche. A questo gruppo
di colleghi ed esperti è stato chiesto sia di indicare sia di valutare gli istituti che si sono
contraddistinti nel corso del 2014.
Al fine di perfezionare e convalidare le classifiche che si sono così venute a creare, il TTCSP ha
istituito alcuni Expert Panel comprensivi di centinaia di membri provenienti da diversi percorsi e
discipline. In aggiunta, i nuovi media – il nostro sito web e i social media – ci hanno aiutato a
comunicare e a diffondere informazioni sui criteri dell’Index di quest’anno a un pubblico molto più
vasto rispetto al passato (a questo proposito, si veda la sezione “Metodologia e tempistiche” per
valutare l’insieme dei criteri di selezione e classificazione e le “Appendici” per una spiegazione
dettagliata del processo di ranking). Dato il rigore e l’ampiezza del processo di selezione e di
classificazione, le classifiche finora prodotte sono state descritte come una guida “da insider” per il
mercato globale delle idee.
Come annotazione finale, vorremmo ricordare che la raccolta di dati, l’attività di ricerca e le analisi
per questo progetto, come negli anni passati, sono state condotte senza il beneficio della ricerca sul
campo, di un budget e di uno staff. Confidiamo che il processo di selezione, con il contributo degli
stessi istituti coinvolti, nonché di quello degli Expert Panel internazionali, ci abbia permesso di
redigere la lista più autorevole possibile dei migliori think tank al mondo. Cerchiamo
continuamente di migliorare tali procedure e saremo grati di accettare i vostri commenti e
suggerimenti. Vi incoraggiamo inoltre a inoltrarci i nomi e i contatti degli esperti per i panel delle
aree regionali e delle categorie tematiche coperte dall’Index.
Grazie per il vostro continuo sostegno al Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (Università della
Pennsylvania) e all’annuale Global Go To Think Tank Index. Ci auguriamo che i nostri sforzi per
evidenziare gli importanti contributi e i trend emergenti dei think tank mondiali favoriscano
discussioni approfondite e dibattiti circa il ruolo attuale e futuro di queste vitali istituzioni.
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Trend globali e cambiamenti nei Think Tank e nelle
raccomandazioni di policy
Introduzione e Sommario
Durante il ventesimo e tutto il ventunesimo secolo si è registrata una crescita globale dei think tank.
Ci sono molti fattori chiave che hanno guidato questa crescita: la rivoluzione tecnologica e
dell’informazione, il declino del monopolio governativo dell’informazione, la crescente complessità
e natura tecnica delle questioni politiche, la crescente dimensione dei governi, la crisi della fiducia
nei governi eletti, la crescente globalizzazione e la crescita degli attori non statali oltre che la
necessità di un’informazione e analisi puntuale e concisa1. Ma, negli ultimi anni, è anche diminuito
il numero di nuovi think tank che nascono. Ci sono molti fattori che contribuiscono a questo declino,
ma sicuramente alcuni sono fondamentali: la crescente ostilità politica e regolatoria verso i think
tank e le Ong in molti paesi, la riduzione dei finanziamenti pubblici e privati per la ricerca in campo
politico, la crescente tendenza a finanziare progetti a breve termine, l’inadeguatezza dimensionale e
l’incapacità di adattamento e infine il fatto che alcune istituzioni, dopo aver conseguito il loro scopo,
hanno smesso di operare.
Nonostante questo declino, i think tank continuano a espandere il loro ruolo e la loro influenza in
diversi paesi del mondo. Sia nei paesi sviluppati sia in quelli in via di sviluppo, governi e
personalità politiche si trovano di fronte al problema di come inserire una conoscenza “tecnica” nei
processi decisionali dei governi. I politici hanno bisogno di un’informazione affidabile, accessibile
e utile sulle società che governano. Hanno anche bisogno di sapere come stanno andando le
politiche attuali, così come quali possono essere le eventuali alternative, i loro costi e le loro
conseguenze. Malgrado questo bisogno sia sempre stato una dinamica intrinseca del processo di
policy making, le forze della globalizzazione hanno accelerato la crescita dei think tank
indipendenti data la loro capacità di rafforzare la ricerca in ambito politico e di innalzare la qualità e
l’efficacia del processo di policy making. Questo crescente bisogno ha incoraggiato la crescita di
organizzazioni di ricerca indipendenti in materia di politiche pubbliche in 182 paesi del mondo2.
Anche se la dimensione e l’impatto del lavoro dei think tank sono cresciuti, il loro potenziale al fine
di supportare e sostenere i governi democratici e la società civile è tutt’altro che esaurito. La sfida
per il nuovo millennio è sfruttare questa vasta riserva di conoscenza, informazione ed energia che si
trova nelle organizzazioni di ricerca sulle politiche pubbliche per supportare il progresso economico,
sociale e politico.
L’obiettivo di questo Report è di sottolineare le minacce e le opportunità che i think tank si trovano
ad affrontare a livello mondiale. Le minacce sono espresse dai cosiddetti “quattro più”: più temi,
più attori, più competizione e più conflitto. Sono delle sfide che tutti i think tank dovranno
affrontare: sfide competitive, sfide di risorse, sfide tecnologiche e sfide politiche. Risposte efficaci a
queste minacce e opportunità si dovranno focalizzare sulle “quattro emme”: missione, mercato,
staff (in inglese “manpower”) e soldi (in inglese “money”). In un mercato delle idee globale, i think
tank devono sviluppare una partnership nazionale, regionale e globale e creare nuove e innovative
piattaforme per fornire prodotti e servizi a un’audience di cittadini e politici in continua espansione
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Vedi James McGann 2007.
Vedi James G. McGann, “2013 Global Go To Think s Index Report”, Think Tanks and Civil Societies
Program, University of Pennsylvania.
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in tutto il mondo. Segue una lista dei trend attuali e di temi emergenti che i think tank si trovano di
fronte.
Temi emergenti per i Think Tank
1. Cambiamento nei modelli di
finanziamento
2. Aumento della specializzazione
3. Influenza e indipendenza
4. Outputs vs. inputs
5. Il fantasma delle ONG
6. Organizzazioni ibride
7. Impatto di internet, dei nuovi
media, del social networking e del
Cloud
8. Azione vs. idee
9. Maggior attenzione alle relazioni
esterne e alle strategie di mercato
10. Diventare globali
11. Leadership e gestione delle
tensioni
12. Decentralizzazione del potere
13. Differenze sempre più sfumate tra
think tank e giornalismo
14. Stallo globale
15. Affaticamento dato dalla crisi
Attuali trend dei Think tank
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Globalizzazione
Crescita degli attori internazionali
Democratizzazione
Richiesta di informazioni e analisi
indipendenti
5. Big data and supercomputers
6. Crescente complessità dei
temi politici
7. L’Era dell’informazione e
il cambiamento tecnologico
8. Dibattito sempre più aperto
sul processo decisionale governativo
9. Attivisti globali, anarchici e
movimenti populisti
10. Cambiamenti strutturali globali
11. Crisi economica e paralisi politica
12. Tsumani politici
13. Crescita della polarizzazione politica
14. Politica del breve termine
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Conclusioni
La sfida attuale per i think tank è quella di produrre ricerche puntuali e accessibili che coinvolgano
efficacemente i politici, la stampa e il pubblico su alcuni temi cruciali per ogni paese. Sono finiti i
tempi in cui i think tank potevano seguire il motto “fai la ricerca, scrivila e poi gli altri la
troveranno”. Oggi i think tank devono essere “macchine” di policy snelle e capaci. The Economist
descrive come “buoni think tank” quelle organizzazioni che sono in grado di combinare “profondità
intellettuale, influenza politica, predisposizione alla diffusione dell’informazione e all’accesso ai
processi decisionali e una punta di eccentricità”. Quelli che non riescono a organizzare e integrare
le nuove tecnologie e le strategie di comunicazione sono destinati a essere conosciuti per la loro
pedanteria e per null’altro.
Per le ragioni sottolineate in questo Report, il ruolo e l’importanza dei think tank indipendenti
continueranno a crescere. Infatti non si può dire ci sia una carenza di sfide politiche a livello
nazionale, regionale e globale. Negli ultimi 10-15 anni i governi e la società civile hanno fatto
affidamento sui think tank per idee e consigli e io credo che questo trend sarà in crescita in futuro.
I Think Tank e la transnazionalizzazione delle idee e dell’influenza
La crescita delle organizzazioni di ricerca sulle politiche pubbliche, o think tank, è stata negli ultimi
dieci anni esplosiva. Queste organizzazioni sono cresciute e si sono espanse a dismisura, con un
totale di circa 6.618 think tank operativi al momento nel mondo. 3 Anche l’estensione e l’impatto
dei loro lavori sono cresciuti. Negli ultimi dieci anni, però, si è registrato anche un rallentamento
nel tasso di crescita dei nuovi think tank. Malgrado questo trend recente, i think tank continuano ad
accrescere il loro ruolo e la loro influenza in molti paesi nel mondo, facendo da ponte tra la politica
e le comunità accademiche e tra i cittadini e i rispettivi governi.
L’ampiezza e la portata di questa riserva di conoscenza è aumentata notevolmente dagli anni ’90,
dal momento che i think tank hanno risposto alla richiesta da parte delle personalità politiche e del
pubblico di un’informazione che risultasse utile, affidabile e accessibile. Anche se questa necessità
è sempre stata una dinamica interna al processo di policy making, le forze della globalizzazione
hanno accelerato evidentemente la crescita dei think tank indipendenti grazie alla loro unica
capacità di rafforzare la ricerca in ambito politico, migliorando così la qualità e l’efficacia del
processo di policy making. La conseguenza è che adesso i thinks tank sono presenti in 182 paesi del
mondo. 4 Sviluppando e rafforzando i legami con le altre organizzazioni non governative e di
ricerca attraverso network statali, regionali e internazionali, i think tank hanno rafforzato il loro
ruolo e il loro contributo al processo decisionale politico.
Questo Report si focalizza sul ruolo di queste istituzioni all’interno di network regionali e globali,
per illustrare il valore e l’utilità dei think tank per le personalità politiche e per il pubblico a livello
regionale e globale. Questo è anche un riconoscimento della crescita del ruolo e del numero dei
think tank e sottolinea anche il fatto che i think tank hanno ricevuto meno attenzione dagli studiosi
rispetto alle Ong che si occupano di ambiente, sviluppo, formazione e servizi sociali.
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McGann, James G. “2013 Global Go To Think Tanks Index Report”. (2013). Pag. 7
Ibid., pag 12.
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Che cos’è un Think Tank?
I think tank sono organizzazioni di ricerca e analisi sulle politiche pubbliche che producono
ricerche, analisi e raccomandazioni sui temi di politica nazionale e internazionale, permettendo così
ai politici e al pubblico di prendere delle decisioni essendo opportunamente informati. I Think tank
possono essere affiliati ad altre istituzioni o risultare indipendenti, con strutture permanenti e non
commissioni ad hoc. Queste istituzioni fanno spesso da ponte tra le comunità accademiche e i
decisori politici e tra gli stati e la società civile, servendo l’interesse pubblico quali voci
indipendenti che traducono ricerche complesse in un linguaggio comprensibile, affidabile e
accessibile per i politici e per il pubblico (Think Tanks and Policy Advice in the US, Routledge
2007 and in The Fifth Estate: The Role of Think Tanks in Domestic and Foreign Policy in the US
forthcoming University of Pennsylvania Press).
Nello sforzo di collegare questi problemi concettuali e di creare una tipologia che tenesse in
considerazione le differenze nel comparare i sistemi politici e le società civili, abbiamo sviluppato
diverse categorie per classificare i think tank. I Think tank possono svolgere ruoli diversi nelle
società che li ospitano – c’è infatti una certa differenza riguardo al tipo di lavoro svolto dai think
tank. Negli ultimi 85 anni, svariate forme organizzative dei think tank sono emerse e si
differenziano in termini di stili operativi, schema di reclutamento e aspirazioni a uno standard
accademico di oggettività e completezza nella ricerca. Bisogna sottolineare che categorizzazioni
alternative delle tipologie di think tank sono state proposte da altri analisti. 5 Nel contesto globale,
la maggior parte dei think tank possono essere raggruppati nelle ampie categorie sotto indicate.
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Un’altra tipologia di categorizzazione distingue i think tank in tre tipologie: “università senza studenti”,
ricercatori a contratto e tank con patrocini. Weaver (1989).
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Figura 1: Categorie di Think Tank
CATEGORIA
DEFINIZIONE
AUTONOMO E
INDIPENDENTE
Significativa indipendenza da qualsiasi gruppo di interesse o
da finanziatori e autonomia nella sue operazioni e da
finanziamenti governativi
QUASI INDIPENDENTE
Autonomo dal governo ma controllato da un gruppo di
interesse, da un finanziatore o da un’agenzia appaltante che
fornisce la maggior parte dei finanziamenti e ha un’influenza
significativa sulle operazioni del think tank
AFFILIATO AL GOVERNO
Parte della struttura formale governativa
QUASI GOVERNATIVO
Finanziato esclusivamente dal governo ma non parte della
struttura formale del governo
AFFILIATO A
UN’UNIVERSITÀ
Un centro di ricerca all’interno di un’università
AFFILIATO A UN PARTITO
POLITICO
Affiliato formalmente a un partito politico
ORGANIZZAZIONE A
SCOPO DI LUCRO
Un’organizzazione di ricerca for profit, affiliata a un’azienda o
che opera semplicemente a scopo di lucro
Nord America ed Europa
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Ci sono 1.989 think tank nel Nord America (Messico, Canada e USA) di cui 1.830 solo
negli Stati Uniti
Ci sono 1.822 think tank in Europa
Circa il 60% di tutti i think tank si trovano nel Nord America e in Europa
Il 90,5% dei think tank sono stati creati a partire dal 1951
Il numero dei think tank negli USA si è più che duplicato dal 1980
Il 31% dei think tank è stato fondato tra il 1981 e il 1990
La fine del consensus post Seconda Guerra Mondiale e la sfida al “welfare state” hanno
contribuito alla crescita dei think tank sia a sinistra sia a destra dello spettro politico
La maggior parte dei think tank che sono nati negli Stati Uniti a partire dagli anni ’70 sono
specializzati in una particolare area regionale o funzionale
Circa un quarto dei think tank statunitensi (più o meno 400 istituzioni) hanno sede a
Washington DC
Più della metà dei think tank sono affiliati a delle università
Il tasso di nascita dei think tank è decresciuto negli ultimi 11 anni negli Stati Uniti e in
Europa
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Asia, America Latina, Africa e Medio Oriente
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In Asia, America Latina, Africa, Medio Oriente e Nord Africa continua ad aumentare il
numero dei think tank e le loro tipologie
L’Asia ha sperimentato una crescita lampo dei think tank dalla metà degli anni 2000
Molti think tank in queste regioni continuano a essere dipendenti dai finanziamenti
governativi, insieme a donazioni da parte di finanziatori internazionali, sia pubblici sia
privati
I think tank affiliati alle università, con il governo o comunque finanziati rimangono il
modello dominante in queste regioni
C’è una crescente varietà nelle tipologie di think tank creati in queste regioni, di cui la
maggior parte sono indipendenti, affiliati a un partito politico e ad aziende
Nello sforzo di diversificare la loro fonte di finanziamento, i think tank hanno concentrato la
loro attenzione su soggetti abbienti che supportino le loro operazioni e i loro programmi
Le cause della crescita dei Think Tank nel ventesimo e ventunesimo secolo
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Rivoluzione dell’informazione e tecnologica
Fine del monopolio governativo dell’informazione
Crescente complessità e natura tecnica dei problemi politici
Crescita delle dimensioni governative
Crisi di fiducia nei governi e nei suoi rappresentanti eletti
Globalizzazione e crescita degli stati e degli attori non statali
Necessità di un’informazione puntuale e concisa e di un’analisi che sia “nella giusta forma,
nelle giuste mani, al momento giusto”6.
Le cause del recente declino nel numero di nuovi Think Tank nel mondo
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Ambiente politico e regolatorio ostile ai think tank e alle Ong in molti paesi
Stanziamenti minori per la ricerca in ambito politico da parte di finanziatori, sia pubblici sia
privati
La tendenza dei finanziatori, sia pubblici sia privati, a investire su progetti a breve termine
invece che sulle istituzioni
Dimensioni relativamente ridotte e incapacità di adattarsi al cambiamento
Alcune istituzioni, dopo aver raggiunto il loro scopo, hanno smesso di agire
Quando ho aiutato a organizzare il primo meeting internazionale dei think tank, uno dei maggiori
dibattiti è stato sul fatto che il termine “think tanks” non potesse funzionare ed essere compreso in
tutte le culture e oltre tutti i confini. Ora non si corre assolutamente più questo rischio, dato che il
termine è accettato in tutto il mondo per descrivere “organizzazioni di ricerca e di analisi sulle
politiche pubbliche che producono ricerche, analisi e raccomandazioni di policy sui temi nazionali e
internazionali, permettendo così alle personalità politiche e al pubblico più ampio di prendere delle
decisioni con adeguata informazione al riguardo”7.
I think tank sono sempre più un fenomeno globale perché giocano un ruolo cruciale per i governi e
le società civili del mondo, agendo come ponte tra la conoscenza e il potere.
6
McGann, James G., ed. Think tanks and policy advice in the US: Academics, advisors and advocates.
Routledge, 20007.
7 McGann, 2007.
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I governi e i decisori politici, sia nel mondo sviluppato che in quello in via di sviluppo, hanno di
fronte il problema comune di inserire una conoscenza “tecnica” all’interno del processo decisionale
governativo. I decisori politici hanno bisogno di un’informazione comprensibile, affidabile,
accessibile e utile sulle società che governano. Hanno anche bisogno di sapere come stanno
andando le politiche attuali, così come di programmare delle possibili alternative e di pensare ai
loro costi e alle loro conseguenze. Questo sempre maggiore bisogno ha favorito la crescita di
organizzazioni di ricerca indipendenti: la comunità dei think tank così come la conosciamo oggi.
I Think tank sono cresciuti di numero, ma anche la dimensione e l’impatto del loro lavoro sono
aumentati considerevolmente. La capacità dei think tank di supportare e sostenere i governi
democratici e le società civili nel mondo si è dunque tutt’altro che esaurita. La sfida per il nuovo
millennio è quella di sfruttare questa vasta riserva di conoscenza, informazione ed energia, che si
trova nelle organizzazioni di ricerca sulle politiche pubbliche, al fine di sostenere e incoraggiare
un’economia sostenibile e il progresso sociale e politico in tutte le regioni del mondo.
Uno degli scopi di questo Report è di quello di raccogliere alcune delle sfide e delle opportunità che
la comunità dei think tank ha di fronte. Le sfide sono espresse al meglio nei “quattro di più”:
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Più temi
Più attori
Più competizione
Più conflitti
Siamo perciò di fronte a differenti tipologie di sfide che tutti i think tank devono affrontare:
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Sfide competitive
Sfide riguardo alle risorse
Sfide tecnologiche
Sfide politiche
Per rispondere a queste sfide, poste da questo nuovo ambiente, i think tank si devono focalizzare
sulle “quattro emme”:
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Missione
Staff (in inglese “manpower”)
Mercato
Soldi (“money “in inglese)
Infine, in un mercato delle idee globale, i think tank hanno bisogno di sviluppare partnership
nazionali, regionali e globali e di creare nuove piattaforme innovative per fornire i loro prodotti e
servizi a un’audience in continua espansione, composta da cittadini e politici di tutto il mondo.
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Panorama delle modifiche e dei miglioramenti al Global Go To Think
Tanks Index
Ogni anno proviamo a rispondere sistematicamente ai commenti e ai suggerimenti per migliorare il
processo di candidatura e classificazione del Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI). A partire
dal Report inaugurale del 2006, i processi di scelta e selezione hanno subito significativi
cambiamenti. Sebbene il Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) cerchi continuamente
di migliorare i processi di candidatura e selezione, vi sono diversi punti fermi che vale la pena
evidenziare. In primo luogo, anche se facciamo del nostro meglio per trovare ed eliminare quanti
più errori possibile, non è nostra pretesa produrre classifiche annuali esenti da errori. Come accade
anche per altri sistemi simili, il GGTTI ha i suoi limiti, che noi tentiamo costantemente di superare.
In secondo luogo, i critici che si focalizzano sul problema di come venga definito lo spettro dei
think tank analizzati non comprendono l’obiettivo finale, che consiste nello studiare quale sia il
contributo e l’impatto dei think tank in tutto il mondo. Lo scopo dell’Index è produrre un Report
inclusivo e lungimirante sui think tank internazionali. Inoltre, ci auguriamo di estendere questo
lavoro al maggior numero possibile di istituti in tutto il mondo.
Modifiche degli ultimi anni
TTCSP si impegna ad aumentare la qualità e la rappresentatività dell’Index anno dopo anno. Dal
2010 centinaia di esperti hanno partecipato alla valutazione dei criteri di classificazione e dei
processi di selezione e indicizzazione. Il risultato ha portato a profondi mutamenti dell’Index volti a
limitarne la parzialità, espandere la rappresentatività delle classificazioni e migliorare la qualità e
integrità complessiva dei processi di selezione. Le seguenti modifiche sono state apportate all’Index
nel corso degli ultimi anni:
2010
Nel 2010 è stata creata una categoria riguardante i think tank con un budget annuale
inferiore ai cinque milioni di dollari. Questa categoria aiuta a riconoscere il lavoro svolto da
think tank relativamente piccoli che producono comunque studi di qualità; lavoro che
potrebbe essere offuscato da quello di think tank ben più ampi in termini di budget e di
personale.
I think tank statunitensi sono stati rimossi dalla classifica globale nello sforzo di migliorare
la visibilità delle organizzazioni che operano a livello globale e mettere in rilievo i vantaggi
intrinseci dei think tank americani.
La metodologia è stata rinnovata per comprendere un processo di candidatura aperto in cui
tutti i 6.480 think tank individuati da TTCSP in quel dato momento sono stati invitati a
inviare proprie candidature. Questo meccanismo ha sostituito un sistema in cui gli Expert
Panel si occupavano della rosa iniziale delle istituzioni da prendere in esame. Il
cambiamento ha accresciuto notevolmente il livello di partecipazione e ha migliorato
enormemente la qualità e la rappresentatività delle istituzioni considerate.
Uno sforzo di sensibilizzazione è stato diretto verso Africa, Asia, America Latina, Medio
Oriente e Nord Africa (MENA) per una più ampia inclusività dell’Index.
2011
La categoria relativa all’America Latina è stata suddivisa in due categorie: “Migliori think
tank in Messico, Canada e nei Caraibi” e “Migliori think tank in America centrale e del sud”.
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2012
Un’ulteriore sistemazione della categoria dell’America Latina ha portato alla creazione di
“Migliori think tank in Messico e Canada” e “Migliori think tank in America centrale e del
sud”.
La categoria relativa all’Asia ha subito alcune revisioni volte a prevenire un’eccessiva
attenzione verso Cina, India, Giappone e Repubblica di Corea. Di conseguenza, la sezione
relativa all’Asia è stata divisa in due categorie: “Migliori think tank in Cina, India,
Giappone e Repubblica di Corea” e “Migliori think tank in Asia (a esclusione di Cina, India,
Giappone e Repubblica di Corea)”.
Sono state create cinque nuove categorie legate ai risultati conseguiti: “Miglior campagna di
advocacy”, “Miglior politica prodotta da un think tank nel 2011-2012”, “Migliori think tank
con scopo di lucro”, “Miglior think tank sull’energia e risorse” e “Migliori think tank per
l’istruzione”. Queste categorie riguardano sia i risultati specifici conseguiti sia i casi di
eccellenza in particolari ambiti di studio. Questa aggiunta è volta a riconoscere l’ampiezza
delle problematiche affrontate dai think tank, nonché i nuovi modelli organizzativi che sono
emersi negli ultimi cinque anni.
La categoria “Migliori nuovi think tank” include organizzazioni nate negli ultimi 24 mesi e
non più negli ultimi 18.
2013
Al fine di creare maggiore inclusività, la categoria Asia è stata ulteriormente suddivisa in tre
categorie: “Migliori Think Tanks in Asia e nel Pacifico (a esclusione di Cina, India,
Giappone e della Repubblica di Corea)”, “Migliori Think Tanks in Cina, India, Giappone e
nella Repubblica di Corea” e “Migliori Think Tank in Asia centrale”.
La categoria “Migliori Think Tank per la sicurezza e gli affari internazionali” è stata divisa
in “Migliori Think Tank per la sicurezza e la difesa nazionale” e in “Migliori Think Tank
per la politica estera e gli affari internazionali”.
Sono state create otto nuove categorie legate ai risultati conseguiti: “Think Tank da
monitorare”, “Miglior utilizzo dei Social Networks”, “Miglior collaborazione istituzionale
tra due o più Think Tank”, “Miglior network tra Think Tank”, “Miglior conferenza
organizzata da un Think Tank”, “Miglior Think Tank per gestione”, “Miglior nuova idea o
paradigma sviluppato da un Think Tank” e “Miglior programma di ricerca interdisciplinare
di un Think Tank”.
Procedimento e metodologia per il 2014
Come già successo negli anni scorsi, l’Index di quest’anno si è basato su un processo di candidatura
aperta, seguita da una revisione delle candidature da parte dell’Expert Panel. Ulteriori cambiamenti
sono stati fatti al fine di migliorare la qualità del Report e per aumentarne la chiarezza. Tra questi
cambiamenti, centrale è stata la riorganizzazione delle categorie di alcune aree regionali (discusse
in precedenza) e una divisione della categoria della Sanità in “Migliori Think Tank sulla sanità
globale” e “Miglior Think Tank sulla sanità nazionale”; categorie che verranno spiegate in seguito.
In aggiunta, i parametri per la classificazione del “Miglior nuovo Think Tank” sono stati modificati
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nuovamente. Il periodo di tempo considerato è stato esteso al fine di includere tutti i think tank
fondati negli ultimi 48 mesi, cioè a partire da gennaio 2011.
Modifiche nella classificazione geografica
In seguito a segnalazioni sui Report degli scorsi anni e al fine di migliorare ancora la qualità del
Global Go To Index, in termini di chiarezza e trasparenza, sono state aggiornate e modificate le
regole sulla classificazione geografica.
Sfortunatamente non tutti i continenti hanno confini geografici definiti e questo rende complesso
definire dei confini regionali netti. Per ora non c’è un consenso internazionale chiaro su come
considerare e dove collocare quei paesi che stanno sulla linea di confine tra diverse regioni. Le
Nazioni Unite per esempio includono Armenia, Azerbaigian, Cipro, Georgia e Turchia nell’Asia
occidentale e collocano la Russia nell’Europa dell’est 8 . D’altra parte il Fondo Monetario
Internazionale include invece Cipro e la Turchia in Europa, così come la Russia 9. Per l’Unione
Europea, la Turchia – che sta negoziando l’ingresso nell’Unione dal 2005 - può essere considerata
potenzialmente parte dell’Europa, ma non vale lo stesso per la Russia. Anche per il Governo degli
Stati Uniti non c’è accordo sui confini regionali. Il Dipartimento statunitense per gli affari europei
ed eurasiatici include Armenia, Azerbaigian, Cipro, Georgia, Russia e Turchia nelle nazioni che
guardano a ovest verso l’Islanda. Mentre invece la Cia colloca solo Cipro in Europa, relegando la
Russia in Asia centrale e posizionando Armenia, Azerbaigian, Georgia e Turchia in Medio
Oriente10.
Il tentativo di classificare i paesi attraverso le loro somiglianze politiche e culturali non risolve certo
il problema e anzi espone ancora di più a interpretazioni soggettive. Per esempio dove andrebbe
posizionato un paese vasto e multietnico come la Russia? Anche il suggerimento di creare una
categoria per i think tank dell’Unione Europea potrebbe presentare dei problemi, lasciando i think
tank della Svizzera, della Norvegia e dei Balcani senza una collocazione precisa.
Dal momento che non possiamo rifarci a classificazioni già stabilite dalle organizzazioni
governative, e allo stesso tempo non vogliamo utilizzare classificazioni basate su caratteristiche
politiche e culturali, il modo di operare più logico è secondo noi quello di dividere il mondo in
regioni su base geografica. Per questa ragione le categorie dell’Europa centrale e dell’est rimangono
- malgrado le obiezioni di chi, ingiustamente, separa i paesi dell’ex Unione Sovietica dai loro vicini
dell’ovest. Considerando lo stato avanzato in cui si trova la società civile in Europa e il grande
numero di think tank presenti in questo continente, le categorie dell’Europa centrale e dell’est
permettono una rappresentazione più dettagliata dei think tank europei rispetto a quella che si
potrebbe ottenere considerando una sola categoria regionale per tutta l’Europa.
Il Report di quest’anno corregge anche delle anomalie che erano apparse nelle classifiche regionali
degli anni passati. Nel Global Go To Index del 2013 per esempio i think tank dell’Armenia,
dell’Azerbaigian e della Georgia erano stati inclusi nella lista dei migliori think tank dell’Europa
centrale e dell’est e anche nella lista dei migliori think tank dell’Asia centrale. Nel Report di
quest’anno e in quelli futuri i think tank di questi paesi appariranno invece solo nella lista dei
migliori think tank dell’Asia centrale.
8
World Population Prospects. New York: Unite Nations Population Division, Department of Economic and
Social Affairs. 2012. http://esa.un.org/wpp/excel-Data/country-Classification.pdf.
9 The IMF and Europe,” http://www.imf.org/external/region/eur/index.aspx.
10 The World Factbook. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency. Continually updated.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/.
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Un’altra svista del Global Go To Index del 2013 era l’inclusione dei think tank del Bangladesh, del
Kirghizistan, del Pakistan e dell’Uzbekistan sia nella lista dei migliori think tank dell’Asia centrale
sia in quella dei migliori think tank dell’Asia e del Pacifico (a esclusione di Cina, India, Giappone e
della Repubblica di Corea). Nel Report di quest’anno e in quelli futuri i think tanks del Bangladesh
e del Pakistan verranno inclusi solo nella regione dell’Asia e del Pacifico, mentre quelli del
Kirghizistan e dell’Uzbekistan verranno inclusi solo nella regione dell’Asia centrale. Ancora, i
think tank del Bhutan e del Nepal, che prima erano raggruppati nella categoria dell’Asia centrale,
saranno spostati nella categoria dell’Asia e del Pacifico.
La Russia rappresenta probabilmente il caso più spinoso, dal momento che geograficamente
potrebbe plausibilmente essere considerata parte delle categorie dell’Europa centrale e dell’est,
dell’Asia centrale, e dell’Asia e del Pacifico. Al fine di evitare confusione e di rispettare il fatto che
la maggior parte dei think tank russi hanno sede nella parte occidentale del paese, la Russia rimarrà
perciò parte della categoria dell’Europa centrale e dell’est.
In conclusione, la categoria dell’Asia centrale raggrupperà solo i think tank dell’Afghanistan,
dell’Armenia, dell’Azerbaigian, della Georgia, del Kazakhstan, del Kirghizistan, del Tagikistan, del
Turkmenistan e dell’Uzbekistan. I think tank turchi rimarranno compresi nella categoria del Medio
Oriente e Nord Africa così come quelli di Cipro – malgrado l’appartenenza di Cipro all’Unione
Europea. I think tank del Bangladesh, del Bhutan, del Nepal e del Pakistan saranno inseriti nella
categoria dell’Asia e del Pacifico. La categoria dell’Europa centrale e dell’est includerà i think tank
russi e anche quelli di quei paesi che stanno tra la Turchia e la Russia ad est e tra la Svezia, la
Germania, l’Austria e l’Italia a ovest.
Divisioni della categoria della sanità
La categoria dei “migliori Think Tank per la politica sanitaria” è stata suddivisa nelle categorie di
“migliori Think Tank per la politica sanitaria globale” e di “migliori Think Tank per la politica
sanitaria nazionale”, per sottolineare e rendere evidente che ci sono due distinte aree da considerare
nel campo della politica sanitaria. I think tank che si focalizzano sulla sanità nazionale centrano la
loro ricerca sulle soluzioni per migliorare il sistema sanitario all’interno di singoli paesi o regioni. I
think tank per la sanità globale invece si focalizzano spesso sul miglioramento della qualità
dell’assistenza e dell’accesso all’assistenza, in particolare nei paesi in via di sviluppo. Questi think
tank studiano anche il processo di prevenzione e come fermare il contagio delle malattie a livello
internazionale – un esempio è fornito dal fenomeno Ebola in Africa occidentale.
Anche se il Report di quest’anno ha registrato i miglioramenti sottolineati sopra, saremmo
negligenti se non menzionassimo qualche limitazione. Malgrado gli sforzi per migliorare
l’inclusività dell’Index, in particolare all’interno della categoria “migliori Think Tank nel mondo”,
alcune regioni continuano a essere sotto rappresentate. Gli ostacoli continui alla crescita e al
miglioramento della rappresentazione delle regioni in via di sviluppo all’interno dell’Index sono
probabilmente collegate al contenuto numero di think tank nei paesi in via di sviluppo e alle varie
sfide a cui queste istituzioni devono far fronte. Il continuo dominio dei think tank dell’Europa e del
Nord America nelle classifiche dipende da diversi fattori tra cui: il fatto che più del 60% dei think
tank del mondo hanno sede in Europa e nel Nord America; i finanziamenti e le risorse a
disposizione di queste organizzazioni; il ruolo storicamente dominante che queste regioni hanno
giocato nella politica mondiale e l’influenza che hanno tradizionalmente esercitato sul pensiero
politico, economico e sociale internazionale.
Detto questo, vorremmo attrarre la vostra attenzione sulla creazione di categorie regionali e
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funzionali, che potrebbero fornire una descrizione più scrupolosa del lavoro dei think tank a livello
globale. Speriamo di includere il più possibile le regioni sotto rappresentante nell’Index tramite le
seguenti migliorie: un aumento del numero di voci per ogni categoria; la divisione dell’Asia in tre
differenti categorie; la creazione di una categoria separata per il Messico e il Canada; la creazione
di una categoria per le organizzazioni con un budget inferiore a 5 milioni di dollari. Vorremmo
anche sottolineare l’esclusione dei think tank con sede negli Stati Uniti dalla principale classifica
globale. In questo modo le classifiche possono mettere in luce i think tank meno conosciuti nelle
regioni al di fuori degli Stati Uniti. Considerando la straordinaria preminenza e il rilievo dei think
tank statunitensi, includerli nella principale classifica globale avrebbe distorto i risultati
eccessivamente a loro favore.
Ogni anno i nostri più ardui sforzi sono stati indirizzati verso la creazione di un processo di
selezione rigoroso, inclusivo e oggettivo. Allo stesso tempo riconosciamo l’impossibilità di
eliminare tutti gli errori dall’Index. Inevitabilmente errori personali, ideologici, disciplinari e
regionali di coloro che vengono consultati durante il processo di selezione possono aver influenzato
le classifiche. Alcuni ci hanno suggerito di orientarci verso un piccolo gruppi di esperti e giornalisti
che procedano alle selezioni, ma noi siamo fermi nella nostra preferenza verso un processo il più
possibile aperto e democratico. Considerando queste garanzie – il processo trasparente, le misure
messe in campo attraverso un criterio di candidatura e selezione dettagliato e la partecipazione
sempre crescente negli anni dei think tank e degli esperti da ogni regione del mondo - abbiamo
fiducia nella qualità e nell’integrità dell’Index. In più, con il crescente coinvolgimento degli esperti,
il processo di candidatura e di selezione è molto migliorato. Perciò crediamo che queste misure
preservino il processo di candidatura e di selezione da ogni significativo tipo di errore e di
rappresentazione fuorviante.
Infine vorremmo sottolineare che il GGTTI è solo uno dei modi per misurare la performance e
l’impatto di un think tank ed è stato pensato per essere utilizzato insieme ad altri metodi di
misurazione, per aiutare a valutare e identificare le organizzazione di ricerca sulle politiche
pubbliche nel mondo. L’inclusione di un’organizzazione nell’Index non è un sigillo di approvazione
o il sostegno a quell’istituzione, alle sue pubblicazioni o ai suoi progetti di ricerca da parte del
TTCSP. Dall’altro lato, l’esclusione di un’organizzazione dalle classifiche non indica
necessariamente una scarsa qualità, efficacia o performance. Ci sono 6.618 think tank nel mondo
che fanno un lavoro eccezionale per contribuire a colmare il gap tra la conoscenza e la politica.
Questo Report non è niente più che uno sforzo per evidenziare il lavoro di alcuni dei think tank
migliori del mondo.
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Metodologia e tempistiche
Prima di iniziare il processo di candidatura e selezione del 2014, il team ha condotto una ricerca
dettagliata per aggiornare e verificare il Think Tank and Civil Societies Program’s (TTCSP) Global
Think Tank Database. Attraverso questo processo molti altri think tank sono stati individuati quali
possibili candidati all’inserimento nello studio di quest’anno. Un mese prima del lancio del
processo di candidatura e selezione è stata inviata a tutte le organizzazioni catalogate una lettera che
annunciava l’avvio del Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) del 2014. Ai think tank sono stati
richiesti suggerimenti per migliorare il processo, nonché indicazioni sui potenziali candidati per
l’Expert Panel. Agli studiosi selezionati negli anni precedenti è stata parimenti inviata una lettera di
valutazione dell’efficacia e della validità dei criteri di classificazione e del processo di candidatura e
selezione adottati per il 2014.
Tempistica del processo di selezione e ranking
Candidature: Gruppo di esperti – dal 15 marzo al 31 maggio 2014
Prima del processo di selezione per il Global Go To Think Tank Index 2014, un invito è stato
mandato ad alcuni personaggi qualificati, chiedendo un aiuto per quanto riguarda le aree regionali,
funzionali e speciali.
Fase I: Candidature – da agosto a settembre 2014
Inviti a presentare le candidature sono stati fatti recapitare a più di 6.500 think tank e ad
approssimativamente 7.500 giornalisti, finanziatori pubblici e privati e politici di tutto il mondo.
Successivamente le organizzazioni con dieci o più candidature presentate sono state incluse nel
successivo step del processo di selezione del Think Tanks Index del 2014. Tutti i think tank in cima
alla classifica del 2013 sono stati inclusi automaticamente nel sondaggio del 2014.
Fase II: Classificazione di esperti e colleghi – da ottobre a novembre 2014
I think tank con più di dieci candidature sono stati inclusi in un sondaggio elettronico.
L’avvio della seconda fase è stato comunicato tramite lettera a tutti i think tank, giornalisti,
finanziatori pubblici e privati e politici che hanno accettato di partecipare al processo di selezione.
In seguito al completamento del sondaggio, le classifiche sono state impaginate ed è stata compilata
una lista di finalisti per l’approvazione finale da parte dell’Expert Panel. Quest’anno è stato creato
un Panel di esperti regionali e funzionali per ogni categoria. Questi specialisti sono stati consultati
per assicurare la qualità e l’accuratezza delle candidature, prima che queste venissero inserite nel
sondaggio finale.
Fase III: Selezione dell’Expert Panel del Go To Think Tanks 2014 – da novembre a dicembre
2014
I membri dell’Expert Panel hanno ricevuto per e-mail un pacchetto di informazioni per facilitare il
processo di selezione finale. Gli esperti dello scorso anno così come quelli nominati quest’anno
sono stati invitati all’Expert Panel del 2014. Esperti da ogni regione e area funzionale sono stati
rappresentati nel Panel. I panelist hanno inviato le loro classifiche e commenti prima del 15
novembre 2014.
Presentazione del Global Go-To Think Tank Index del 2014, annunciato a gennaio 2015
Il GGTTI del 2014 è stato presentato presso le Nazioni Unite a New York, presso il Center for
International and Strategic Studies di Washington D.C., oltre che attraverso organizzazioni
selezionate in tutte le regioni del mondo.
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Criteri di candidatura e classifica del Global Go To Think Tank Index del 2014
Colleghi ed esperti che hanno partecipato nel processo di indicizzazione sono stati esortati a
impiegare i seguenti criteri nel considerare candidature e classifiche. Quest’anno, i criteri di
candidatura e classifica del GGTTI hanno compreso, ma non si sono limitati, ai seguenti parametri:
La qualità e l’impegno della leadership dei think tank (direttore generale e organi di
governo). Questo include la capacità effettiva di gestire la mission e i progetti del think tank,
di mobilitare le risorse umane e finanziare necessarie a completare la mission e a monitorare
l’andamento qualitativo, l’indipendenza e l’impatto effettivo del think tank;
La qualità e la reputazione dello staff del think tank. L’abilità nel creare un gruppo decisivo
di studiosi e analisti altamente qualificati, produttivi e con esperienza nel campo, che siano
riconosciuti come esperti affermati o emergenti nelle rispettive aree di ricerca;
La qualità e la reputazione delle ricerche e delle analisi prodotte. L’abilità nel produrre
ricerca orientata alla politica, rigorosa e di alta qualità, che sia accessibile a politici, media e
opinione pubblica;
Capacità di coinvolgere in maniera costante studiosi e analisti di eccellenza;
Performance e reputazione accademica. Questo include il rigore accademico a cui è
improntata la ricerca condotta, l’affiliazione di studiosi e analisti del think tank, il numero e
la qualità delle pubblicazioni specialistiche prodotte (libri, riviste e paper presentati presso
conferenze), il numero di presentazioni in occasione di incontri di studio e altri eventi in
ambito specialistico, il numero e il tipo di citazioni in riviste specializzate delle ricerche
degli studiosi appartenenti a ciascun think tank;
La qualità, il numero e la diffusione delle pubblicazioni del think tank;
L’impatto delle ricerche del think tank e dei suoi progetti sui decisori politici e su altri attori
rilevanti nel processo di policy making. Le indicazioni di policy prese in considerazione o
effettivamente adottate di fatto da politici, società civile o altri attori;
Reputazione presso i decisori politici: il riconoscimento della reputazione dell’istituto in
relazione a specifiche problematiche e progetti, il numero di briefing e incontri ufficiali, il
numero di policy brief e white paper prodotti o di studi sui possibili effetti di iniziative
legislative presentati;
Un documentato impegno nella produzione di ricerche e analisi indipendenti. Questo
include gli standard e le procedure per la realizzazione di ricerche e analisi rigorose e basate
su evidenze empiriche, che siano pubblicate e monitorate dall’organizzazione, dal team di
ricerca e dai ricercatori individualmente; la dichiarazione esplicita di eventuali conflitti di
interesse (finanziari, istituzionali o personali) e un impegno a non essere di parte e
all’istituzione di standard professionali per la ricerca nelle scienze sociali;
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Accesso a istituzioni chiave: la capacità di raggiungere e entrare in contatto con pubblici
addetti ai lavori, personale chiave come funzionari governativi (eletti e nominati),
rappresentati della società civile, media nuovi e tradizionali;
Capacità di riunire attori politici chiave e di sviluppare reti e partenariati efficaci con altri
think tank e attori politici;
Output complessivo dell’organizzazione: proposte di iniziative politiche, visite del sito web,
briefing, pubblicazioni, interviste, conferenze, membri dello staff chiamati a ricoprire
cariche ufficiali
Utilizzo di ricerche, proposte di policy e altri prodotti dell’organizzazione: l’efficace
circolazione e utilizzo di policy brief, report, raccomandazioni di policy e altri prodotti
dell’istituto da parte di decisori e della comunità politica, il numero di membri dello staff,
attuali e passati, che ricoprono ruoli consultivi presso rappresentanti politici, commissioni
consultive, ecc., il numero di premi conseguiti dagli studiosi per i risultati scientifici
conseguiti o per il servizio pubblico prestato;
Utilità delle informazioni fornite dall’organizzazione in termini di impegno pubblico,
advocacy, produzione di proposte di legge o scenari sugli effetti di determinate iniziative, di
paper o presentazioni accademiche, di conduzione di attività di ricerca e formazione;
Capacità di utilizzo dei nuovi media, in forma cartacea o elettronica, per diffondere le
proprie ricerche e raggiungere destinatari chiave del pubblico più ampio;
Reputazione nell’ambito dei media: numero di apparizioni su media, interviste e citazioni;
Capacità di utilizzare internet, compresi gli strumenti offerti dai social media, coinvolgendo
decisori politici, giornalisti e il pubblico più ampio;
Sito web e digital presence: la qualità, l’accessibilità e l’efficace gestione della presenza sul
web dell’istituto, la qualità e il livello del traffico e del coinvolgimento digitale (qualità,
accessibilità e navigabilità del sito web, numero di follower, numero di visualizzazioni delle
pagine, tempo speso su ogni pagina, “like”);
Livello, diversificazione e stabilità dei finanziamenti: la capacità di mobilitare le risorse
necessarie a sostenere le attività del think tank nel tempo (patrimonio, quote associative,
donazioni annuali, contratti governativi e privati, redditi percepiti);
Gestione e allocazione efficace delle risorse finanziarie e umane: la capacità di gestire
efficacemente i fondi e il personale in modo da produrre risultati di alta qualità che
raggiungano il massimo impatto;
Capacità degli istituti di rispettare pienamente i termini delle donazioni, delle borse di studio
e dei contratti stipulati con il governo (o coi governi), individui, imprese e fondazioni che
hanno fornito supporto finanziario al think tank (gestione finanziaria);
La capacità dell’istituto di produrre nuova conoscenza, proposte politiche innovative o idee
alternative sulla politica;
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La capacità di colmare il divario esistente tra comunità accademica e classe politica;
La capacità di colmare il divario fra la classe politica e l’opinione pubblica;
La capacità di includere nuove voci all’interno del processo politico;
La capacità dell’istituto di inserirsi all’interno delle problematiche e dei network politici;
Capacità di successo nello sfidare le tradizionali conoscenze diffuse tra i rappresentanti
politici e nel generare idee e programmi politici innovativi;
Impatto sulla società: relazione diretta esistente tra gli sforzi dell'organizzazione in un’area
particolare e i cambiamenti positivi effettivamente conseguiti, come i cambiamenti
significativi in termini di qualità della vita all’interno di ciascun paese (quantità di beni e
servizi a disposizione dei cittadini, benessere fisico e mentale, qualità dell'ambiente, qualità
del rispetto dei diritti politici, accesso alle istituzioni).
Schema di valutazione di impatto dei Think Tank
Chiaramente valutare l'impatto di un think tank non è un compito semplice dati i diversi attori
(spesso in conflitto tra di loro), gli eventi e le questioni politiche coinvolte nel processo di policy
making. Nonostante la notevole difficoltà nello stabilire un nesso causale tra conoscenza e iniziativa
politica, è necessario per i think tank capire e rispondere in maniera efficace al crescente numero di
richieste sollevate da finanziatori, giornalisti e opinione pubblica sul ruolo e l’influenza dei think
tank nella società civile e all’interno delle strutture governative di tutto il mondo.
I think tank possono usare criteri diversi per valutare il loro impatto e il valore del loro contributo
negli ambienti politici e nella società civile. Gran parte della recente ricerca di McGann (2008) si è
concentrata sullo sviluppo di uno strumento di valutazione completo dell'impatto dei think tank.
L’impulso a questa ricerca derivava in parte dall’apparente confusione riguardante la differenza tra
produzione e impatto. In diversi studi e sondaggi del TTCSP i ricercatori e i think tank hanno
risposto in modo curioso quando interrogati sul loro impatto sulle politiche pubbliche e sul modo di
misurarlo. La maggior parte ha fornito elenchi dei loro prodotti e delle loro ricerche (come libri,
conferenze, visite web, apparizioni sui media, ecc). La produzione scientifica, tuttavia, non
costituisce l'unica maniera per misurare l'impatto.
Il sistema di misurazione fornito qui di seguito è stato progettato al fine di catalizzare la discussione
su come misurare efficacemente l'impatto dei think tank. Questo sistema funge da background per il
processo di classificazione dei think tank; noi ci auguriamo che chiarisca la distinzione tra risultati e
impatto, in modo da fornire uno strumento utile per la preparazione delle vostre classifiche.
Chiediamo ai nostri colleghi e membri dell’Expert Panel di tenere in considerazione anche i
seguenti indicatori quando valuteranno l'impatto dei think tank:
Indicatori di risorse: capacità di assumere e tenere legati a sè importanti studiosi e analisti;
il livello, la qualità e la stabilità del sostegno finanziario; la vicinanza a decisori politici e ad
altre élite politiche; uno staff capace nel condurre ricerche rigorose e produrre analisi
incisive e puntuali; la qualità e l'affidabilità dei network; contatti chiave all’interno di
comunità accademiche di studi politici e nei media.
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Indicatori d'impiego: reputazione dell’organizzazione in quanto punto di riferimento per i
media e le élite politiche del paese; quantità e qualità delle apparizioni e delle citazioni sui
media, visite sul web; attività consultive presso organi legislativi o esecutivi; briefing,
appuntamenti ufficiali, consulenze per funzionari o dipartimenti/agenzie; libri venduti,
relazioni distribuite, riferimenti a ricerche e analisi in pubblicazioni, partecipazioni
scientifiche e divulgative in occasione di conferenze e seminari.
Indicatori di output: numero e qualità delle proposte di iniziative politiche e delle idee
prodotte; pubblicazioni (libri, articoli in riviste specializzate, policy brief, ecc); interviste
condotte; briefing, conferenze e seminari organizzati; membri dello staff nominati a
incarichi di consulenza e di governo.
Indicatori di impatto: indicazioni prese in considerazione o adottate dai decisori politici e da
organizzazioni della società civile; la centralità dei network tematici; ruolo consultivo a
favore di partiti politici, candidati; premi conseguiti; pubblicazioni o citazioni di proprie
pubblicazioni all’interno di riviste specialistiche, di pareri ufficiali e di media che
influenzano il dibattito politico e i processi di decision-making; posizione avanzata
nell’ambito di mailing list sito web; capacità di mettere in discussione le conoscenze
tradizionali e le procedure standard di funzionari e rappresentanti politici nel paese.
Al di là di questa valutazione qualitativa, un’efficace valutazione dell’impatto dovrebbe coinvolgere
anche le ONG, i membri del governo e il personale politico per accertare in che misura ciò che
viene prodotto dai think tank venga effettivamente utilizzato. Questo coinvolgimento può essere
ottenuto attraverso interviste, sondaggi, questionari, focus group e incontri, utilizzando la Outcome
Mapping che “si distanzia dalla valutazione dell’attività o del progetto per focalizzarsi sui
cambiamenti nelle relazioni e nei comportamenti”. L’impatto può essere considerato positivo se
“cambiano l’atteggiamento, le relazioni, le attività, o le azioni delle persone, di gruppi e di
organizzazioni con cui si lavora direttamente”.
Nonostante tale giudizio qualitativo sia essenziale, poiché evidenzia come l’impatto nelle politiche
possa essere conseguito con successo anche se le raccomandazioni non sono immediatamente
tradotte in iniziative politiche, noi riteniamo opportuno che tale giudizio diventi un effettivo indice
dei think tank: in tal modo sarà possibile effettuare un confronto dei dati per un efficace
monitoraggio e per una migliore valutazione futura.
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Statistiche sui Think Tank del 2014
Numero di Think Tank nel mondo nel 2014
Questa tabella presenta il numero dei think tank nel mondo sulla base dei dati raccolti fino a
dicembre 2014.
Distribuzione globale dei Think Tank per regione
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Paesi con il più alto numero di Think Tank11
Rank
Country
Number of Think Tanks
1
United States
1830
2
China
429
3
United Kingdom
287
4
Germany
194
5
India
192
6
France
177
7
Argentina
137
8
Russia
122
9
Japan
108
10
Canada
99
11
Italy
92
12
South Africa
87
13
Brazil
82
14
Sweden
77
15
Switzerland
71
16
Mexico
60
17
Egypt
57
17
Netherlands
57
18
Israel
56
19
Spain
55
20
Romania
54
21
Belgium
52
21
Taiwan
52
22
Bolivia
50
23
Ukraine
47
24
Nigeria
46
25
Palestine
44
11
Non siamo stati in grado di individuare nessun think tank nei seguenti paesi: Isole Comore, Kiribati, Isole
Marshall, Micronesia, Narau, Palau, Sao Tome e Principe, Isole Solomon, Tonga e Tuvalu.
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Distribuzione globale dei Think Tank per paese
SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African
Republic
Chad
Congo
Congo, Democratic
Republic of
Cote d'Ivoire
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
4
10
9
14
2
21
2
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
6
14
14
23
1
1
10
CENTRAL AND
EASTERN EUROPE
Albania
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
2
China
429
Finland
28
Iceland
7
3
3
Georgia
Hong Kong
14
30
Hungary
Kosovo
41
3
Ireland
Italy
14
92
7
India
192
Latvia
11
Liechtenstein
2
12
5
13
2
6
37
2
1
23
2
3
5
15
9
2
9
4
11
4
46
4
16
3
1
6
87
2
4
4
4
11
9
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Indonesia
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macao
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
North Korea
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
27
108
7
8
3
1
18
6
7
8
2
19
20
6
35
14
52
4
8
1
8
10
Lithuania
Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine
19
16
9
4
41
54
122
24
18
19
47
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Vatican City
6
4
1
57
15
21
1
55
77
71
287
1
ASIA
25
10
12
13
33
10
27
17
WESTERN
EUROPE
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
1
40
52
34
177
194
35
CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AMERICA
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
1
2
137
MIDDLE EAST AND
NORTH AFRICA
Algeria
Bahrain
Cyprus
12
7
11
Aruba
1
Egypt
57
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States Virgin
Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
2
9
4
3
50
82
1
1
42
40
37
18
3
29
18
14
1
1
4
12
3
2
10
6
2
1
10
12
27
32
5
1
2
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
34
42
56
40
11
27
4
33
3
44
9
7
5
6
38
31
14
30
1
2
10
1
1
17
17
26
NORTH
AMERICA
Canada
Mexico
United States
OCEANIA
99
60
1830
Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Papua New
Guinea
Samoa
Vanuatu
29
1
5
2
1
1
Think Tank degli USA per stato
State
D.C.
Massachusetts
California
New York
Virginia
Illinois
Maryland
Texas
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Colorado
Florida
Michigan
Georgia
Ohio
Minnesota
North Carolina
Washington
Wisconsin
Arizona
Indiana
Maine
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Missouri
Alabama
Kansas
Oregon
New Hampshire
Hawaii
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Montana
Nebraska
Number of Think
Tanks
396
176
173
146
105
55
50
47
45
42
35
31
31
31
29
25
24
23
23
22
21
21
20
20
19
18
16
16
16
13
12
11
11
10
10
10
8
8
7
27
New Mexico
Utah
South Carolina
West Virginia
South Dakota
Vermont
Idaho
Nevada
North Dakota
Alaska
Delaware
Total
7
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
1830
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Categorie di classificazione del 2014
I. Migliori Think Tank nel mondo
Think Tank dell’anno 2014 – Migliori Think Tank nel mondo
Migliori Think Tank nel mondo – (al di fuori degli Usa)
Migliori Think Tans nel mondo – (negli Usa e al di fuori degli Usa)
II. Migliori Think Tank per regione
Migliori Think Tank nell’Africa Sub-Sahariana
Migliori Think Tank in Canada e in Messico
Migliori Think Tank in America centrale e del sud
Migliori Think Tank negli Stati Uniti
Migliori Think Tank in Asia centrale
Migliori Think Tank in Cina, India, Giappone e nella Repubblica di Corea
Migliori Think Tank in Asia e nel Pacifico (a esclusione di Cina, India, Giappone e della
Repubblica di Corea)
Migliori Think Tank in Europa centrale e dell’est
Migliori Think Tank in Europa occidentale
Migliori Think Tank in Medio Oriente e in Nord Africa (MENA)
III. Migliori Think Tank per area di ricerca
Migliori Think Tank per la difesa e la sicurezza nazionale
Migliori Think Tank per la politica economica interna
Migliori Think Tank per l’istruzione
Migliori Think Tank per l’energia e le risorse
Migliori Think Tank per l’ambiente
Migliori Think Tank per la politica estera e gli affari internazionali
Migliori Think Tank per le politiche sanitarie globali (novità del 2014)
Migliori Think Tank per la politica sanitaria nazionale
Migliori Think Tank per lo sviluppo internazionale
Migliori Think Tank per le politiche economiche internazionali
Migliori Think Tank per la scienza e la tecnologia
Migliori Think Tank per le politiche sociali
Migliori Think Tank per la trasparenza e la buona governance
IV. Migliori Think Tank per risultati specifici
Miglior “Advocacy Campaign”
Migliori Think Tank a scopo di lucro
Migliori Think Tank affiliati a un Governo
Miglior collaborazione istituzionale che coinvolga due o più Think Tank
Miglior gestione di un Think Tank
Miglior nuova idea o paradigma sviluppato da un Think Tank
Migliori nuovi Think Tank
Miglior studio/report politico prodotto da un Think Tank (2013-2014)
Miglior conferenza organizzata da un Think Tank
Miglior network di Think Tank
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Migliori Think Tank affiliati a un partito politico
Miglior progetto di ricerca interdisciplinare presso un Think Tank
Migliori Think Tank affiliati a università
Miglior utilizzo dei Social Networks
Think Tank da monitorare
Think Tank con le migliori relazioni esterne o programmi di coinvolgimento
dell’opinione pubblica
Think Tank con il miglior utilizzo di internet
Think Tank con il miglior utilizzo dei media (stampa o web)
Think Tank con idee e proposte politiche più innovative
Think Tank con l’impatto più significativo sulla politica interna
Think Tank con i migliori programmi pubblici “policy – oriented”
Migliori Think Tank con un budget operativo annuo inferiore a 5 milioni di dollari
Miglior Think Tank indipendente
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Risultati del Global Go To Rankings del 2014
Prima di presentare i risultati di quest'anno, vorrei sottolineare come l'inclusione di un istituto
nell'universo dei principali think tank non corrisponde a un sigillo di approvazione o avallo degli
istituti, delle loro pubblicazioni o dei loro progetti da parte del Think Tanks and Civil Societies
Program. Allo stesso modo la mancanza di una candidatura non indica necessariamente una
mancanza di qualità e di efficacia oppure una performance scarsa. Ci sono 6.618 think tank nel
mondo che stanno svolgendo un lavoro eccezionale per contribuire a colmare il divario tra
acquisizione di conoscenza e scelte politiche. Questo Report non costituisce altro che un tentativo di
evidenziare alcuni dei principali think tank in tutto il mondo.
Detto ciò, è con grande soddisfazione e piacere che presento qui di seguito i risultati del processo di
selezione del 2014.
Migliori Think Tank nel mondo
Think Tank of the Year 2014 – Top Think Tank in the World
Table 1
1. Brookings Institution (United States)
Top Think Tanks Worldwide (Non-U.S.)
Table 2
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Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Bruegel (Belgium)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) (Denmark)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
Carnegie Moscow Center (Russia)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) (China)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (United Kingdom)
Carnegie Middle East Center (Lebanon)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
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67.
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International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Netherlands)
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (United Kingdom)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United Kingdom)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) (China)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) (Germany)
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) (Spain)
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) (India)
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) (South Africa)
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) (China)
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (United Kingdom)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) (Canada)
German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) (Turkey)
Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (South Africa)
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia)
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) (Republic of Korea)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Norway)
Centre for Civil Society (CCS) (India)
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (Singapore)
IDEAS (United Kingdom)
Centre for European Reform (CER) (United Kingdom)
Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (United Kingdom)
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) (Norway)
Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) (Poland)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
RAND Europe (United Kingdom)
Center for Policy Studies (CPS) (Hungary)
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) (Singapore)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) (China)
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) (Egypt)
Demos (United Kingdom)
Association for Liberal Thinking (ALT) (Turkey)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
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Adam Smith Institute (ASI) (United Kingdom)
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) (Germany)
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) (Kenya)
Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) (South Africa)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
Centro de Divulgacion Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE)
(Venezuela)
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC) (Italy)
Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) (Spain)
Center for Free Enterprise (CFE) (Republic of Korea)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) (France)
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Belgium)
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (India)
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (India)
EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations (Belgium)
East Asia Institute (EAI) (Republic of Korea)
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia)
F.A. Hayek Foundation (Slovakia)
Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBS) (Germany)
Fundacion para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales (FAES) (Spain)
European Policy Centre (EPC) (Belgium)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy)
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) (Kenya)
Centro de Estudios Publicos (CEP) (Chile)
Istituto Bruno Leoni (IBL) (Italy)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Policy Exchange (United Kingdom)
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) (Israel)
Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD) (Chile)
Carnegie Europe (Belgium)
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) (Bangladesh)
Fundacion Libertad (Argentina)
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Top Think Tanks Worldwide (U.S. and non-U.S.)
Table 3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
Brookings Institution (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Bruegel (Belgium)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
Rand Corporation (United States)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (United Kingdom)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Carnegie Moscow Center (Russia)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) (China)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom)
Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Netherlands)
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, FKA Centre for European Studies
(Belgium)
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) (China)
Carnegie Middle East Center (Lebanon)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS) (Denmark)
China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) (China)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) (Germany)
IDEAS (United Kingdom)
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) (Canada)
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (United Kingdom)
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) (Republic of Korea)
World Economic Forum (WEF) (Switzerland)
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47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United Kingdom)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
Centre for Civil Society (CCS) (India)
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) (Egypt)
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) (United Kingdom)
Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD) (Chile)
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) (South
Africa)
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) (Germany)
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) (Spain)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Norway)
East Asia Institute (EAI) (Republic of Korea)
Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), FKA Center for International and
Strategic Studies (China)
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) (Kenya)
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) (South Africa)
Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
RAND Europe (United Kingdom)
Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) (Poland)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Demos (United Kingdom)
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia)
Centre For European Reform (CER) (United Kingdom)
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) (China)
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) (France)
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) (Norway)
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) (Turkey)
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Belgium)
Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (United Kingdom)
Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) (Republic of Korea)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) (Spain)
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) (Singapore)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany)
Fundacion para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales (FAES) (Spain)
Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) (South Africa)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy)
Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBS) (Germany)
Association for Liberal Thinking (ALT) (Turkey)
Timbro (Sweden)
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) (United Kingdom)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Centro de Estudios Publicos (CEP) (Chile)
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (Singapore)
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (United Kingdom)
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94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.
100.
101.
102.
103.
104.
105.
106.
107.
108.
109.
110.
111.
112.
113.
114.
115.
116.
117.
118.
119.
120.
121.
122.
123.
124.
125.
126.
127.
128.
129.
130.
131.
132.
133.
134.
135.
136.
137.
138.
139.
Real Instituto Elcano (Spain)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) (Bangladesh)
Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP) (Russia)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) (India)
Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) (Australia)
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia)
Center for Free Enterprise (CFE) (Republic of Korea)
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) (Israel)
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (India)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (India)
Fundacion Libertad (Argentina)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
Center for Policy Studies (CPS) (Hungary)
Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (South Africa)
Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) (Japan)
EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations (Belgium)
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (India)
European Policy Centre (EPC) (Belgium)
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) (Germany)
Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP) (Brazil)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Free Market Foundation (FMF) (South Africa)
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
(Senegal)
Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) (Lithuania)
Istituto Bruno Leoni (IBL) (Italy)
Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) (Azerbaijan)
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economia Politica (IEEP) (Ecuador)
Gulf Research Center (GRC) (Saudi Arabia)
Institute for Development and Global Governance (DRI) (France)
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Sri Lanka)
Centro de Divulgacion Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE)
(Venezuela)
Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC) (Italy)
Centro de Estudio de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES) (Uruguay)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) (Japan)
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (Kenya)
Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) (Uganda)
Ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (Germany)
Institucion Futuro (Spain)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
(Ethiopia)
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) (Greece)
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140.
141.
142.
143.
144.
145.
146.
147.
148.
149.
150.
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) (Italy)
Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) (Finland)
German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) (United States)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) (Germany)
Center for Global Development (CGD) (United States)
National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) (Japan)
Centro de Investigaciones Economicas Nacionales (CIEN) (Guatemala)
Israel-Palestine: Creative Regional Initiatives (IPCRI), FKA Israel-Palestine Center for
Research and Information (Israel/Palestine)
Centro Studi Internazionali (Ce.S.I.) (Italy)
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) (Ghana)
Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) (Georgia)
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Migliori Think Tanks per regione
Top Think Tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa
Table 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (Kenya)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
(Senegal)
Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) (Botswana)
African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) (South Africa)
Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (South Africa)
Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) (South Africa)
Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) (South Africa)
Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA) (Ghana)
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) (Kenya)
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD) (Ghana)
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
(South Africa)
Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) (South Africa)
Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) (Ethiopia)
Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) (Uganda)
Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) (Ethiopia)
REPOA, FKA Research on Poverty Alleviation (Tanzania)
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) (Ghana)
Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) (South Africa)
Free Market Foundation (FMF) (South Africa)
Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) (Nigeria)
Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) (Uganda)
African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) (Ghana)
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) (Kenya)
South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) (South Africa)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
(Ethiopia)
Centre Ivoirien de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (CIRES) (Cote d’Ivoire)
Centre for Population and Environmental Development (CPED) (Nigeria)
Centre for Research and Technology Development (RESTECH) (Kenya)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (IPPA) (Nigeria)
Centre for Development Studies (Ghana)
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) (Ghana)
Rift Valley Institute (RVI) (Kenya)
Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) (Nigeria)
Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) (Uganda)
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) (Namibia)
Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IERPE) (Benin)
Centre d’Etudes, de Documentation et de Recherche Economiques et Sociales
(CEDRES) (Burkina Faso)
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42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
Justice and Human Rights Institute (JHRI) (Ghana)
Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) (Tanzania)
Groupe de Recherche en Economie Appliquee et Theorique (GREAT) (Mali)
Inter-Region Economic Network (IREN) (Kenya)
Strategic Transformation and Policy Centre (STPC) (Zimbabwe)
Centre d’Etudes de Politiques pour le Developpement (CEPOD) (Senegal)
Institute for Public Policy Analysis and Management (IPPAM) (Nigeria)
Programme de Troisieme Cycle Inter-universitaire en Economie (PTCI) (Burkina Faso)
Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) (Ghana)
Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) (Ethiopia)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Tanzania)
Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) (South Africa)
Development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) (Nigeria)
Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) (Kenya)
Centre de Recherches, d’Etudes et d’Appui a l’Analyse Economique a Madagascar
(CREAM) (Madagascar)
Centre Autonome d’Etudes et de Renforcement des Capacites pour le Developpement au
Togo (CADERDT) (Togo)
Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research (NISER) (Nigeria)
Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa
(MEFMI) (Zimbabwe)
Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) (South Africa)
UONGOZI Institute (Tanzania)
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
(Angola)
Swaziland Economic Policy Analysis and Research Centre (SEPARC) (Swaziland)
Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) (Rwanda)
African Institute for Applied Economics (AIAE) (Nigeria)
Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) (South Africa)
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Top Think Tanks in Mexico and Canada
Table 5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI) (Mexico)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) (Mexico)
C.D. Howe Institute (Canada)
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canada)
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) (Canada)
Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI) (Canada)
Canadian International Council (CIC) (Canada)
Colegio de Mexico (CM) (Mexico)
Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) (Canada)
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) (Canada)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Canada)
Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) (Canada)
Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) (Canada)
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
Centro de Investigaciones Sobre la Libre Empresa (CISLE) (Mexico)
Public Policy Forum (PPF) (Canada)
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Colef) (Mexico)
Instituto para la Seguridad y la Democracia (INSYDE) (Mexico)
Instituto Mexicano para la Competividad (IMCO) (Mexico)
Colectivo de Analisis de la Seguridad con Democracia (CASEDE) (Mexico)
Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) (Canada)
Instituto de Pensamiento Estrategico Agora (IPEA) (Mexico)
Centro de Estudios en Calidad de Vida y Desarrollo Social (CECAVI) (Mexico)
Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP), FKA Queen's Centre for
International Relations (Canada)
Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias (CEEY) (Mexico)
Institute of Politics (Mexico)
Mexico Evalua Centro de Analisis de Politicas Publicas (Mexico)
Canada 2020 (Canada)
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Top Think Tanks in Central and South America
Table 6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Comision Economica para America Latina (CEPAL) (Chile)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
Centro de Estudios Publicos (CEP) (Chile)
Centro de Estudio de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES) (Uruguay)
Fundacion para la Educacion Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) (Colombia)
Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) (Argentina)
Centro de Divulgacion Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE)
(Venezuela)
Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso (iFHC) (Brazil)
Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) (Peru)
Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA) (Brazil)
Corporacion de Estudios para Latinoamerica (CIEPLAN) (Chile)
Fundacion para el Avance de las Reformas y las Oportunidades (Grupo FARO)
(Ecuador)
Centro Brasileiro de Analise e Planejamento (CEBRAP) (Brazil)
Centro Latinoamericano de Economia Humana (CLAEH) (Uruguay)
Centro de Analisis y Difusion de la Economia Paraguay (CADEP) (Paraguay)
Fundacion de Investigaciones Economicas Latinoamericanas (FIEL) (Argentina)
Consejo Uruguayo para las Relaciones Internacionales (CURI) (Uruguay)
Fundacion Ideas para la Paz (FIP) (Colombia)
Fundacion Chile 21 (Chile)
Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES) (Argentina)
Instituto Libertad y Democracia (ILD) (Peru)
Fundacion Pensar (Argentina)
Centro de Estudios de la Violencia (NEV) (Brazil)
Fundacion Salvadorena para el Desarrollo Economico y Social (FUSADES)
(El Salvador)
Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP) (Peru)
Libertad y Desarrollo (Lyd) (Chile)
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economia Politica (IEEP) (Ecuador)
Foro Social de la Deuda Externa de Honduras y Desarrollo (FOSDEH) (Honduras)
Fundacion Libertad (Argentina)
Instituto Millenium (Brazil)
Fundacion Jaime Guzman (FJG) (Chile)
Instituto de Ciencia Politica (ICP) (Colombia)
Fundacion Dr. Guillermo Manuel Ungo (FUNDAUNGO) (El Salvador)
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS) (Argentina)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana (GPC) (Peru)
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) (Bolivia)
Instituto Desarrollo (Paraguay)
Centro de Investigaciones Economicas Nacionales (CIEN) (Guatemala)
Fundacion Centro de Pensamiento Primero Colombia (FCPPC) (Colombia)
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44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental (CEDA) (Guatemala)
Fundacion Milenio (Bolivia)
Asociacion de Investigacion y Estudios Sociales (ASIES) (Guatemala)
Fundacion Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) (Dominican Republic)
Fundacion ARU (Bolivia)
Fundacion Nicarguenese para el Desarollo Economico y Social (FUNIDES) (Nicaragua)
Nassau Institute (Bahamas)
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Top Think Tanks in the United States
Table 7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
Brookings Institution (United States)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Pew Research Center (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (United States)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States)
World Resources Institute (WRI) (United States)
Atlantic Council (United States)
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (United States)
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (United States)
Hoover Institution (United States)
Urban Institute (United States)
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (United States)
United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (United States)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) (United States)
Stimson Center (United States)
Center for International Development (CID) (United States)
Freedom House (United States)
Center for Global Development (CGD) (United States)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United States)
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty (United States)
New America Foundation (United States)
Hudson Institute (United States)
German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) (United States)
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) (United States)
Resources for the Future (RFF) (United States)
Worldwatch Institute (United States)
Earth Institute (United States)
Inter-American Dialogue (United States)
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) United States)
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (MI) (United States)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (United States)
Reason Foundation (United States)
Open Society Foundations (OSF), FKA Open Society Institute (United States)
Center for the National Interest (CFTNI), FKA Nixon Center (United States)
Mercatus Center (United States)
Aspen Institute (United States)
Economic Policy Institute (EPI) (United States)
Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) (United States)
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48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR) (United States)
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) (United States)
Pacific Research Institute (PRI) (United States)
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) (United States)
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) (United States)
Demos (United States)
Independent Institute (United States)
EastWest Institute (EWI) (United States)
Migration Policy Institute (MPI) (United States)
Atlas Network (United States)
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (KPIHP) (United States)
Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) (United States)
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) (United States)
44
Top Think Tanks in Central Asia
Table 8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS) (Kazakhstan)
Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) (Azerbaijan)
Armat Center for the Development of Democracy and Civil Society (Armenia)
Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) (Afghanistan)
Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD) (Georgia)
Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG) (Armenia)
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) (Georgia)
Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) (Armenia)
Asia Foundation - Afghanistan (Afghanistan)
Center for Economic Research (CER) (Uzbekistan)
Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) (Armenia)
Advanced Social Technologies (AST) (Armenia)
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) (Afghanistan)
Free Minds Association (FMA) (Azerbaijan)
Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) (Georgia)
South-Caucasus Institute of Regional Security (SCIRS) (Georgia)
Center for Social and Economic Research in Kyrgyzstan (CASE) (Kyrgyzstan)
Turpanjian Center for Policy Analysis (TCPA) (Armenia)
Centre for Political Studies (CPS) (Uzbekistan)
Armenia 2020 (Armenia)
New Economic School (NESG) (Georgia)
Strategic Research Center (SRC) (Georgia)
Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association (GRENA) (Georgia)
Civil Society Institute (CSI) (Armenia)
Public Policy Research Center (PPRC) (Kazakhstan)
Institute of Strategic and Inter-Regional Research (Uzbekistan)
Entrepreneurship Development Foundation (EDF) (Azerbaijan)
Economic Research Center (ERC) (Azerbaijan)
Institute for Regional Studies (IFRS) (Kyrgyzstan)
Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) (Armenia)
Tahlil Centre for Social Research (Uzbekistan)
Liberty Institute (Georgia)
Strategic Research Center under the President of Tajikistan (Tajikistan)
Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law (Kyrgyzstan)
International Council on Security and Development (ICOS), FKA The Senlis Council
(Afghanistan)
Partnership for Social Initiatives (PSI) (Georgia)
Afghanistan Institute for Rural Development (AIRD) (Afghanistan)
R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies (Kazakhstan)
Economic Policy Institute - Bishkek Consensus (EPI) (Kyrgyzstan)
KIMEP University, FKA Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and
Strategic Research (Kazakhstan)
Peace Research Center of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)
Institute for Public Policy (IPP) (Kyrgyzstan)
Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) (Azerbaijan)
Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS) (Georgia)
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Top Think Tanks in China, India, Japan, and the Republic of Korea
Table 9
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
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17.
18.
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
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30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) (China)
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) (Republic of Korea)
China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) (China)
Asan Institute for Policy Studies (AIPS) (Republic of Korea)
Asia Forum Japan (AFJ) (Japan)
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (India)
Carnegie – Tsinghua Center for Global Policy (China)
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) (India)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) (China)
National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) (Japan)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Centre for Civil Society (CCS) (India)
East Asia Institute (EAI) (Republic of Korea)
Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), FKA Center for International and
Strategic Studies (China)
Centre for Policy Research (CPR) (India)
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) (China)
Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)
(Japan)
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) (Japan)
Delhi Policy Group (DPG) (India)
Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) (Japan)
Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (India)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) (India)
National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) (India)
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) (Japan)
Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations (India)
Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA) (Republic of Korea)
Unirule Institute for Economics (China)
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) (India)
Cathay Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) (China)
National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) (Japan)
Japan Institute for International Development (Japan)
Institute for National Policy Research (INPR) (China)
Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) (Republic of Korea)
Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (India)
Center for Free Enterprise (CFE) (Republic of Korea)
Sejong Institute (Republic of Korea)
Tokyo Foundation (Japan)
China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) (China)
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) (India)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) (China)
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Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) (India)
Center for China and Globalization (CCG) (China)
Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS) (Japan)
China Finance 40 Forum (CF40) (China)
United Service Institution of India (USI) (India)
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Top Think Tanks in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Table 10
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
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29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
Australian Institute for International Affairs (AIIA) (Australia)
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia)
Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) (New Zealand)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) (Taiwan)
Strategic and Defense Studies Centre (SDSC) (Australia)
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) (Singapore)
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) (Malaysia)
Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) (Australia)
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (Singapore)
East Asian Institute (EAI) (Singapore)
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) (Indonesia)
Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) (Thailand)
Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA) (Pakistan)
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) (Bangladesh)
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) (Taiwan)
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) (Pakistan)
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) (Bangladesh)
Centre for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA) (Nepal)
Institute for Strategic and International Studies (Philippines)
Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) (Taiwan)
Alternate Solutions Institute (Pakistan)
Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET-N) (Nepal)
Institute for International Relations (Taiwan)
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) (Bangladesh)
Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS) (Philippines)
Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) (Pakistan)
Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) (Cambodia)
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) (Sri Lanka)
Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) (Vietnam)
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Sri Lanka)
Political Risks Assessment Group (Singapore)
Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS) (Thailand)
Institute of National Capacity Studies (INCS) (Indonesia)
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) (Pakistan)
Brunei Darussalam Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (BDIPSS) (Brunei)
Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) (Vietnam)
Center for Research on Economic and Social Transformation (CREST) (Pakistan)
Vietnam Institute of Economics (VIE) (Vietnam)
Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) (Sri Lanka)
Economic Institute of Cambodia (EIC) (Cambodia)
Alternative Development Initiative (ADI) (Bangladesh)
Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies (CSPS) (Brunei)
Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) (Bangladesh)
Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS) (Myanmar)
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) (Bangladesh)
Institute for Governance Studies (IGS) (Bangladesh)
Associates for Community and Population Research (ACPR) (Bangladesh)
Center for Global Studies (Bangladesh)
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54.
55.
Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC) (Pakistan)
Area Study Centre for Far East and Southeast Asia (FESEA) (Pakistan)
Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research (Bhutan)
Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) (Bangladesh)
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Institute of Social Welfare and Research (ISWR) (Bangladesh)
57.
58.
59.
Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS) (Nepal)
Asian Institute of Management Policy Center (APC) (Philippines)
Nepal South Asia Centre (NESAC) (Nepal)
60.
Institute for Social and Environmental Transitions (ISET) (Taiwan)
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Top Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe
Table 11
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3.
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6.
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8.
9.
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11.
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18.
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23.
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31.
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34.
35.
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37.
38.
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41.
42.
43.
44.
Carnegie Moscow Center (Russia)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) (Poland)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) (Russia)
Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) (Czech Republic)
Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) (Montenegro)
Center for Security and Defense Studies Foundation (CSDS) (Hungary)
Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) (Lithuania)
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia)
Centre for Liberal Strategies (CLS) (Bulgaria)
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy (Czech Republic)
Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) (Slovakia)
Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), FKA Centre for Civil-Military Relations
(Serbia)
F.A. Hayek Foundation (Slovakia)
demosEUROPA – Centre for European Strategy (Poland)
Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT), FKA Hungarian Institute of International
Affairs (Hungary)
Independent Institute for Social Policy (IISP) (Russia)
Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS (Latvia)
Center for Policy Studies (CPS) (Hungary)
Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) (Albania)
PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies (Estonia)
Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) (Poland)
Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN) (Russia)
Ludwig von Mises Institute (Romania)
Centre for Geopolitical Studies (Lithuania)
Liberalni Institut (Czech Republic)
Ye.T. Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, FKA Institute for the Economy in Transition
(Russia)
Open Society Foundations (OSF), FKA Open Society Institute (Hungary)
Economic Expert Group (EEG) (Russia)
Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman (KNEU) (Ukraine)
European Institute (Bulgaria)
TARKI Social Research Institute (Hungary)
St. Petersburg Center for Humanities and Political Studies (Russia)
Institute for Economic Research (IER) (Slovenia)
Institute of International Relations (IIR) (Czech Republic)
Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies (Slovenia)
Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF) (Kosovo)
International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS) (Ukraine)
Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) (Macedonia)
Institute for Market Economics (IME) (Bulgaria)
Institute for Urban Economics (IUE) (Croatia)
Institute of Public Affairs (Bulgaria)
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54.
55.
International Centre for Defense Studies (ICDS) (Estonia)
Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation (Russia)
Economics Institute (Serbia)
Populari (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) (Slovakia)
Institute of Economics, Zagreb (EIZ) (Croatia)
Institute for Public Policy (IPP) (Romania)
Institute for Security and International Studies (Bulgaria)
Center for International Relations (CIR) (Poland)
Institute of Baltic Studies (IBS) (Estonia)
Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) (Russia)
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Top Think Tanks in Western Europe
Table 12
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43.
44.
45.
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Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Bruegel (Belgium)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Netherlands)
Carnegie Europe (Belgium)
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) (Denmark)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) (Spain)
Adam Smith Institute (ASI) (United Kingdom)
World Economic Forum (WEF) (Switzerland)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom)
Kiel Institute for World Economy (IfW) (Germany)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
IDEAS (United Kingdom)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Norway)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (United Kingdom)
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (United Kingdom)
Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (United Kingdom)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Real Instituto Elcano (Spain)
EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations (Belgium)
German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany)
Ecologic Institute (Germany)
Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo (FRIDE) (Spain)
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) (United Kingdom)
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) (Norway)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSS) (Germany)
Demos (United Kingdom)
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, FKA Centre for European Studies
(Belgium)
Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) (Ireland)
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) (France)
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) (France)
Centre for European Reform (CER) (United Kingdom)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) (Germany)
Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBS) (Germany)
Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique (Fondapol) (France)
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Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany)
Timbro (Sweden)
Institut des Relations Internationales et Strategiques (IRIS) (France)
Notre Europe (France)
Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII) (France)
Center for Political Studies (CEPOS) (Denmark)
Centro Studi Internazionali (Ce.S.I.) (Italy)
Fabian Society (United Kingdom)
Friends of Europe (Belgium)
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) (The Netherlands)
Foreign Policy Center (FPC) (Belgium)
European Policy Center (EPC) (Belgium)
Policy Network (United Kingdom)
Fundacion Alternativas (Spain)
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) (Greece)
Fundacion para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales (FAES) (Spain)
Hayek Institute (Austria)
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) (Germany)
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Belgium)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) (United Kingdom)
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) (United Kingdom)
Institute for Government (IfG) (United Kingdom)
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) (United Kingdom)
Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal (Belgium)
International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS) (Greece)
Institucion Futuro (Spain)
Istituto Bruno Leoni (IBL) (Italy)
Oxford Council on Good Governance (OCGG) (United Kingdom)
Policy Exchange (United Kingdom)
Avenir Suisse (Switzerland)
ResPublica (United Kingdom)
Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique (FRS) (France)
Security and Defence Agenda (SDA) (Belgium)
Jacques Delors Institut (Germany)
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Top Think Tanks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Table 13
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36.
37.
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46.
47.
Carnegie Middle East Center (Lebanon)
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) (Egypt)
Brookings Doha Center (Qatar)
Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) (Turkey)
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) (Israel)
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS) (Qatar)
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) (Turkey)
Gulf Research Center (GRC) (Saudi Arabia)
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (Israel)
Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) (Jordan)
Association for Liberal Thinking (ALT) (Turkey)
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS) (Morocco)
Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) (Egypt)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
RAND-Qatar Policy Institute (Qatar)
Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace (Israel)
Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) (Egypt)
European Stability Initiative (ESI) (Turkey)
Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) (Egypt)
Economic Research Forum (ERF) (Egypt)
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) (United Arab Emirates)
Center for Arab Unity Studies (CAUS) (Lebanon)
Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) (Israel)
Amadeus Institute (Morocco)
Contemporary Center for Studies and Policy Analysis (Medad) (Palestine)
Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA) (Egypt)
Arab Thought Forum (ATF) (Jordan)
Al-Quds Center for Political Studies (Jordan)
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) (Israel)
Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies (Israel)
International Strategic Research Organization (USAK) (Turkey)
Arab Planning Institute (API) (Kuwait)
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (Israel)
Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies (ITES) (Tunisia)
Economic Policy and Research Center (EPRC) (United Arab Emirates)
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (ICSEP) (Israel)
Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies (ICDS) (Egypt)
Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research (Israel)
Center of Strategic and Future Studies (CSFS) (Kuwait)
Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (VLJI) (Israel)
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) (Kuwait)
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) (Israel)
Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) (Morocco)
OCP Policy Center (Morocco)
Reut Institute (Israel)
Future Studies Center (Egypt)
Institut Francais de Recherche en Iran (IFRI) (Iran)
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Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) (Lebanon)
Sheba Center for Strategic Studies (SCSS) (Yemen)
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research (United Arab
Emirates)
Sadeq Institute (Libya)
Tunisian Observatory for a Democratic Transition (Tunisia)
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) (Lebanon)
Tawasul (Oman)
Arab Forum for Alternatives (AFA) (Egypt)
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Migliori Think Tanks per area di ricerca
Top Defense and National Security Think Tanks
Table 14
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31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
RAND Corporation (United States)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
Atlantic Council (United States)
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States)
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (United Kingdom)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) (France)
Cato Institute (United States)
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) (United States)
Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) (Turkey)
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (APSI) (Australia)
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (United States)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
Centre for Military Studies (CMS) (Denmark)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (United States)
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) (Egypt)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN) (Russia)
Institut des Relations Internationales et Strategiques (IRIS) (France)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
Hoover Institution (United States)
Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) (Switzerland)
Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP), FKA Center for Civil-Military Relations
(Serbia)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique (FRS) (France)
PLA National Defence University (China)
Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Netherlands)
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) (India)
Stimson Center (United States)
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) (Israel)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
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National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) (Japan)
German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) (United States)
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) (Denmark)
China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) (China)
Carnegie Europe (Belgium)
Australian Institute for International Affairs (AIIA) (Australia)
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) (Spain)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Norway)
Strategic and Defense Studies Centre (SDSC) (Australia)
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (India)
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
Council on Foreign and Defence Policy (SVOP) (Russia)
Chicago Council on Global Affairs (United States)
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) (United Kingdom)
Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK) (Germany)
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) (United States)
Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) (Jordan)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations (Belgium)
Hudson Institute (United States)
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia)
West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) (Ghana)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Security Defence Agenda (SDA) (Belgium)
Centre for Arab Unity Studies (CAUS) (Lebanon)
Centre for Rising Powers (CRP) (United Kingdom)
Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) (India)
Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) (Japan)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
International Strategic Analysis and Research Center (USTAD) (Turkey)
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Sri Lanka)
Global Security (United States)
Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) (The Netherlands)
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy (Czech Republic)
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (India)
Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) (Slovakia)
Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT), FKA Hungarian Institute of International
Affairs (Hungary)
Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) (Armenia) Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) (Albania)
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Top Domestic Economic Policy Think Tanks
Table 15
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20.
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23.
24.
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29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
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44.
Brookings Institution (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (United States)
Adam Smith Institute (ASI) (United Kingdom)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
Bruegel (Belgium)
RAND Corporation (United States)
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) (Germany)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (United Kingdom)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Urban Institute (United States)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) (Germany)
Ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (Germany)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) (United States)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Hoover Institution (United States)
Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) (Austria)
Centro de Estudios Publicos (CEP) (Chile)
C.D. Howe Institute (Canada)
Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) (Russia)
Association for Liberal Thinking (ALT) (Turkey)
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) (Republic of Korea)
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) (United States)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) (United Kingdom)
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) (Austria)
Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP) (Brazil)
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) (United Kingdom)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Centro de Estudio de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES) (Uruguay)
Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD) (Chile)
Cathay Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) (China)
Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) (Netherlands)
Unirule Institute of Economics (China)
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (MI) (United States)
Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) (China)
demosEUROPA – Centre for European Strategy (Poland)
Fundacion para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales (FAES) (Spain)
Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) (Germany)
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80.
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) (Mexico)
Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) (Egypt)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Economics Institute (Serbia)
Center for Fiscal Policy (CFP) (Russia)
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) (Ireland)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (Kenya)
Fundacion para la Educacion Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) (Colombia)
Economic Policy Institute (EPI) (United States)
Grattan Institute (Australia)
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) (Finland)
Sejong Institute (Republic of Korea)
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) (Japan)
National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) (United Kingdom)
Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) (Sweden)
National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) (United States)
Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) (Uganda)
Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies (CLDS) (Serbia)
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) (Vietnam)
Timbro (Sweden)
Economics Institute (CERGE-EI) (Czech Republic)
Fundacion de Estudios de Economia Aplicada (FEDEA) (Spain)
TARKI Social Research Institute (Hungary)
Levy Economics Institute (United States)
Institute of Economics (EIZ) (Croatia)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Institute for Advanced Studies (HIS) (Austria)
Institute for Economic Research (IER) (Slovenia)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) (Lithuania)
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Top Education Policy Think Tanks
Table 16
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23.
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25.
26.
27.
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30.
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32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
Urban Institute (United States)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) (Japan)
Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) (United States)
Faculty of Educational Management, FKA Center for Educational Policy Studies
(Russia)
Center for Social and Economic Strategies (CESES) (Czech Republic)
Center for Educational Policy Analysis (CEPA) (Hungary)
Center for Education Policy, SRI International (United States)
Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice (IREPP) (United States)
Education Policy and Data Center (EPDC) (United States)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Center for Educational Policy (CEP) (Ukraine)
Institute of Education (IOE) (United Kingdom)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Mathmatica Policy Research (MPR) (United States)
Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) (Thailand)
Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) (United States)
Fundacion para la Educacion Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) (Colombia)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Institute of Public Affairs, Education Policy Program (ISP) (Poland)
Education Policy Center (EPC) (Lithuania)
Centre for Education Policy (CEP) (Serbia)
Center for Educational Policy Studies (CEPS) (Slovenia)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) (Turkey)
Center for Democratic Education (CDE) (Albania)
Slovak Governance Institute (SGI) (Slovakia)
Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES) (Russia)
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) (Philippines)
Educational Reform Circles (Serbia)
PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies (Estonia)
proMENTE Social Research (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Mongolian Education Alliance (MEA) (Mongolia)
Educational Studies Center (Ukraine)
Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS (Latvia)
Institute for Social Research in Zagreb (IDIZ) (Croatia)
Foundation for Education Initiatives Support (Kyrgyzstan)
Macedonian Civic Education Center (MCEC) (Macedonia)
Education and Training Unit (Armenia)
International Institute for Education Policy, Planning and Management (EPPM)
(Georgia)
Education Reform Initiative (ERI) (Turkey)
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52.
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54.
55.
Socires (Netherlands)
Center for Innovations in Education (CIE) (Azerbaijan)
Center for Education Policy (Slovakia)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Educational Reform Support Unit “Pulse” (ERSU) (Tajikistan)
Centre for Educational Research and Development (CERD) (Croatia)
Forum za Slobodu Odgoja (FSO) (Croatia)
Institute for Public Policy (IPP) (Moldova)
International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS) (Ukraine)
Kosovo Education Center (KEC) (Kosovo)
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Top Energy and Resource Policy Think Tanks
Table 17
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20.
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22.
23.
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25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) (United Kingdom)
World Resource Institute (WRI) (United States)
Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) (Japan)
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (United States)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Center for Science of Environment, Resources and Energy (Japan)
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (India)
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) (United States)
Resources for the Future (RFF) (United States)
Energy Studies Institute (ESI) (Singapore)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) (Republic of Korea)
Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE) (Switzerland)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
Centre de Recherche en economie de l’Environnement, de l’Agroalimentaire, des
Transports et de l’Energie (CREATE) (Canada)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) (United Kingdom)
Center on Environment, Energy and Resource Policy (CEERP) (China)
Centre for Energy Environment Resources Development (CEERD) (Thailand)
Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) (United Kingdom)
UC Davis Energy Institute (United States)
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) (United Arab Emirates)
Centre for Population and Environmental Development (CPED) (Nigeria)
Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) (United States)
Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP) (Japan)
Center for International Energy Security Studies (China)
Global Energy Studies (United Kingdom)
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) (United States)
Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS) (Kazakhstan)
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Top Environment Think Tanks
Table 18
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13.
14.
15.
16.
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18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
World Resources Institute (WRI) (United States)
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) (Sweden)
Worldwatch Institute (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Ecologic Institute (Germany)
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) (Germany)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Canada)
Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) (Germany)
Resources for the Future (RFF) (United States)
E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism (United Kingdom)
Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC) (Denmark)
Centre for Economic and Ecological Studies (Cen2eco) (Switzerland)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Kenya)
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) (India)
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) (India)
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (India)
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA) (Mexico)
Centre for Development and Environment (SUM) (Norway)
African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) (Kenya)
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (United Kingdom)
CGIAR, FKA Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (United
States)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (Indonesia)
Earth Institute (United States)
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (Germany)
Forum for the Future (United Kingdom)
Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) (United Kingdom)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Australia Institute (TAI) (Australia)
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) (Italy)
Chinese Academy For Environmental Planning (CAEP) (China)
Centre for Population and Environmental Development (CPED) (Nigeria)
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) (China)
Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) (Japan)
Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA) (Iran)
Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) (United States)
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) (Japan)
New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute (CCRI) (New Zealand)
Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) (United States)
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (Austria)
Civic Exchange (China)
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) (Kenya)
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64.
65.
Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) (Poland)
Oeko-Institut (Germany)
Centre for Applied Research (CAR) (Botswana)
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) (United States)
Departamento Ecologia y Territorio, Facultad de Estudios Ambientales y Rurales
(FEAR) (Colombia)
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (AIES) (Israel)
Environment for Development Initiative (EfD) (Sweden)
Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) (India)
Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership (Israel)
Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) (Thailand)
Global Development Research Center (GDRC) (Japan)
Pembina Institute (Canada)
Natuur en Milieu (Netherlands)
International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) (Italy)
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) (Bolivia)
Environment and Natural Resources Foundation (FARN) (Argentina)
Asociacion Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (ANCON) (Panama)
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) (Pakistan)
Institute of Water Policy (IWP) (Singapore)
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Top Foreign Policy and International Affairs Think Tanks
Table 19
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
Brookings Institution (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) (China)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
RAND Corporation (United States)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
Atlantic Council (United States)
Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) (Poland)
Hoover Institution (United States)
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) (Egypt)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) (Norway)
Institut des Relations Internationales et Strategiques (IRIS) (France)
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (APSI) (Australia)
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) (China)
EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations (Belgium)
Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Netherlands)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
Real Instituto Elcano (Spain)
Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN) (Russia)
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) (China)
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (United Kingdom)
Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) (Poland)
Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), FKA Centre for Civil-Military Relations
(Serbia)
Council on Foreign and Defence Policy (SVOP) (Russia)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Norway)
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia)
Hudson Institute (United States)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United States)
Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) (Singapore)
Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) (Sweden)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Gulf Research Center (GRC) (Saudi Arabia)
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81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
Center for Security and Defense Studies Foundation (CSDS) (Hungary)
Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) (Jordan)
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) (United States)
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) (Denmark)
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) (Spain)
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy (Czech Republic)
Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) (Slovakia)
Australian Institute for International Affairs (AIIA) (Australia)
Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) (New Zealand)
Strategic and Defense Studies Centre (SDSC) (Australia)
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
Bruegel (Belgium)
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) (Republic of Korea)
Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) (Albania)
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Belgium)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Sri Lanka)
Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (Ghana)
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) (United States)
Institute for International Relations (IIR) (Czech Republic)
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) (India)
East Asia Institute (EAI) (Republic of Korea)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (Singapore)
Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) (Czech Republic)
Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) (Republic of Korea)
Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (South Africa)
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) (Greece)
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) (Israel)
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (India)
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) (Malaysia)
Security and Defence Agenda (SDA) (Belgium)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD) (Ghana)
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Top Domestic Health Policy Think Tanks
Table 20
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3.
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6.
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11.
12.
13.
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21.
22.
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24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (CCHSR) (United Kingdom)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) (United States)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (KPIHP) (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
Urban Institute (United States)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Center for Studying Health Systems Change (HSC) (United States)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (United Kingdom)
Fundacion Mexicana para la Salud (FUNSALUD) (Mexico)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (United States)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Council on Foreign Relations, Global Health Program (CFR) (United States)
Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) (Japan)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Phillips Center for Health and Well-Being (Netherlands)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
(Ethiopia)
Center for Health System Research (CHSR) (Vietnam)
Institute for Government (IfG) (United Kingdom)
China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD) (China)
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS) (Morocco)
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) (India)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) (United States)
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) (Sri Lanka)
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Top Global Health Policy Think Tanks
Table 21
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5.
6.
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (CCHSR) (United Kingdom)
Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Council on Foreign Relations, Global Health Program (CFR) (United States)
Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) (Japan)
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (KPIHP) (United States)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (United Kingdom)
Fundacion Mexicana para la Salud (FUNSALUD) (Mexico)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Phillips Center for Health and Well-Being (Netherlands)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
(Ethiopia)
Center for Health System Research (CHSR) (Vietnam)
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS) (Morocco)
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) (India)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) (Sri Lanka)
China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD) (China)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) (Switzerland)
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Top International Development Think Tanks
Table 22
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46.
Brookings Institution (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
Center for International Development (CID) (United States)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Center for Global Development (CGD) (United States)
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (United Kingdom)
German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany)
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) (Denmark)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (United States)
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) (Finland)
Cato Institute, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity (United States)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) (Norway)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) (China)
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) (Bangladesh)
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) (Kenya)
Atlas Network (United States)
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
(Senegal)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Canada)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) (France)
Club of Rome (Switzerland)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) (Canada)
Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD) (Chile)
Centre for the Study of African Economies (CASE) (United Kingdom)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Centre for Development Alternatives (CFDA) (India)
Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) (Spain)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (India)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
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Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) (Norway)
Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI) (Japan)
Centro de Divulgacion Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE)
(Venezuela)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
Instituto Libertad y Democracia (ILD) (Peru)
African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) (Senegal)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) (Netherlands)
Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) (Peru)
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (United Kingdom)
Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)
(Japan)
Hudson Institute, Center for Global Prosperity (United States)
Fundacion para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales (FAES) (Spain)
Nordic Africa Institute (Sweden)
Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) (South Africa) Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
Water and Development Research Group (WDRG) (Finland)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) (Thailand)
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (Norway)
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) (United States)
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) (Philippines)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Asociacion Latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Promocion al Desarrollo (ALOP)
(Mexico)
Third World Network (TWN) (Malaysia)
Fundacion Carolina (Spain)
Development Alternatives (Costa Rica)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Switzerland)
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (Netherlands)
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (United States)
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) (Bangladesh)
Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute (GISPRI) (Japan)
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Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Bruegel (Belgium)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (United States)
Adam Smith Institute (ASI) (United Kingdom)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) (Germany)
Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) (Austria)
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) (Republic of Korea)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)
(Japan)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) (United States)
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Belgium)
Center for Global Development (CGD) (United States)
Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII) (France)
Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) (Australia)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) (Australia)
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) (Indonesia)
Ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (Germany)
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) (United States)
Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) (China)
Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) (Turkey)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
(Ethiopia)
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) (Kenya)
Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
India Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (India)
Institute for World Economics (IWE) (Hungary)
Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) (Sweden)
Centro de Estudio de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES) (Uruguay)
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (ICSEP) (Israel)
Baltic Development Forum (BDF) (Denmark)
Policy Studies Institute (PSI) (United Kingdom)
Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE) (Brazil)
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Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia)
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) (India)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) (Finland)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
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Top Science and Technology Think Tanks
Table 24
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Max Planck Institutes (Germany)
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) (United States)
Center for Development Research (ZEF) (Germany)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Battelle Memorial Institute (United States)
Institute for Future Engineering (IFENG), FKA Institute for Future Technology
(Japan)
Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) (United
Kingdom)
Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) (United Kingdom)
Institute for Basic Research (IBR) (United States)
Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (CSPO) (United States)
Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) (United States)
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (South Africa)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya) International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (Austria)
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (India)
Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany)
Fondation Telecom (France)
Technology Policy Institute (TPI) (United States)
Research ICT Africa (RIA) (South Africa) Santa Fe Institute (SFI) (United States) Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) (United States) African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) (Kenya)
Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology (SNI)
(Israel) Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE) (India)
Eudoxa (Sweden) Fundacion Innovacion Bankinter (Spain) Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) (United States)
Science Business (Belgium)
Kansai Institute of Information Systems (KIIS) (Japan)
Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) (Republic of Korea)
Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM) (Japan)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) (Japan)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
World Security Institute (WSI) (United States)
Unirule Institute of Economics (China)
Tech Freedom (United States)
Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal (Belgium)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Institute for the Encouragement of Scientific Research and Innovation of Brussels
(ISRIB) (Belgium)
Centre for Studies in Science Policy (CSSP) (India)
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia)
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) (Turkey)
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Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) (Tanzania)
Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet), World Health Organization
(Switzerland)
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Top Social Policy Think Tanks
Table 25
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Urban Institute (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) (Germany)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty (United States)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) (United States)
Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) (Sweden)
Bruegel (Belgium)
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (ICSEP) (Israel)
Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) (United States)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (United Kingdom)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) (United Kingdom)
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS) (Argentina) Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) (United Kingdom) Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) (Peru)
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canada)
Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (United Kingdom)
Demos (United Kingdom)
Independent Institute for Social Policy (IISP) (Russia)
New America Foundation (United States)
Caledon Institute of Social Policy (Canada)
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
(South Africa) Centre for Liberal Strategies (CLS) (Bulgaria) Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) (Bangladesh)
Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SI RAS) (Russia) Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
(Ethiopia)
Policy Studies Institute (PSI) (United Kingdom) Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) (Philippines) Centre for Policy Research (CPR) (India) Centre for Education Policy Development (CEPD) (South Africa)
Centro de Referencia em Seguranca Alimentar e Nutricional (CERESAN) (Brazil) Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (Singapore)
Institute for Urban Economics (IUE) (Russia) Grattan Institute (Australia) TARKI Social Research Institute (Hungary) 75
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Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (JCEPS) (United States)
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Institute for Government (IfG) (United Kingdom)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Public Policy Forum (PPF) (Canada)
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) (China)
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Top Transparency and Good Governance Think Tanks
Table 26
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Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Freedom House (United States)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United Kingdom)
Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) (United Kingdom)
Oxford Council on Good Governance (OCGG) (United Kingdom)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Open Society Foundations (OSF), FKA Open Society Institute (United States)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), FKA Revenue Watch Institute (United
States)
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (United States)
Center for Public Integrity (CPI) (United States)
Global Integrity (United States)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) (Switzerland)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico) International Budget Partnership (IBP) (United States) Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) (Uganda)
Taxpayers’ Alliance (United Kingdom) Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) (Indonesia)
Fundacion para el Avance de las Reformas y las Oportunidades (Grupo FARO)
(Ecuador)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore) International Center for Human Development (ICHD) (Armenia) Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Laboratory for Anti-Corruption Policy (LAP) (Russia)
Public Affairs Centre (PAC) (India)
Quality of Government Institute (QoG) (Sweden)
Fundacion Jubileo (Bolivia)
Center for Regional Information and Studies (PATTIRO) (Indonesia)
Public Finance Monitoring Center (PFMC) (Azerbaijan)
Center for Development and Democratization of Institutions (CDDI) (Albania)
Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency (CRRT) (Cambodia)
Center for Economic and Political Research (CEPR) (United States)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) (United Kingdom)
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) (Norway)
Institute for Public Policy and Good Governance (Albania)
Human Rights Center Memorial (Russia)
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Best Advocacy Campaign
Table 27
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Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United Kingdom)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Center for Global Development (CGD) (United States)
Pew Research Center (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBS) (Germany)
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty (United States)
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) (United States)
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Norway)
Arab Forum for Alternatives (AFA) (Egypt)
Taxpayers’ Alliance (United Kingdom)
Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI) (Mexico) African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya) European Stability Initiative (ESI) (Germany) Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC) (Denmark)
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom) Qatar Foundation (QF) (Qatar)
American Principles Project (APP) (United States)
Association for International Affairs (AMO) (Czech Republic)
Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA) (Ghana)
Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) (United States) African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) (Kenya) Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS) (Morocco)
Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) (Uganda)
Istituto Bruno Leoni (IBL) (Italy)
Global Witness (United Kingdom) Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom) Central Asian Free Market Institute (CAFMI) (Kyrgyzstan) Tax Foundation (United States) Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) (United States) Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia) FreedomWorks (United States) Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
(South Africa) Conectas Direitos Humanos (CDH) (Brazil) Centro de Investigaciones Economicas Nacionales (CIEN) (Guatemala) Corner House (United Kingdom) ONE Campaign (United States)
Geneva Association (Switzerland)
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Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER) (Ukraine)
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
(Senegal)
Economic Research Centre (ERC) (Azerbaijan)
Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) (United States)
Enough Project (United States)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina) Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research (UCIPR) (Ukraine)
Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) (Azerbaijan)
GRAIN (Spain)
Tax Justice Network (United Kingdom)
World Federalist Movement (WFM) (United States)
Ethos Public Policy Lab (Mexico)
Think New Mexico (United States)
Refugee Advocacy Network (RAN) (Australia)
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) (India)
Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) (Armenia)
Fundacion para el Desarrollo Economico y Social de Panama (FUDESPA) (Panama)
Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad (IMCO) (Mexico)
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) (United States)
Institute for Justice (IJ) (United States)
Truman National Security Project (TNSP) (United States)
SynergyNet (China)
Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) (United States)
Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) (Uganda)
Civic Exchange (China)
Ethiopian Broadcast (Ethiopia)
Uwezo (Kenya)
Culture and Arts Society of Ethiopia (CASE) (Ethiopia)
Institut des Etudes Africaines (IEA) (Morocco)
National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) (Kenya)
Fortnight for Freedom (United States)
National Budget Group (NBG) (Azerbaijan)
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Best For Profit Think Tanks
Table 28
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) (United Kingdom) McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) (United States)
Google Ideas (United States) Ernest and Young (EY) (United States)
Deutsche Bank Research (Germany) Oxford Analytica (United States) Eurasia Group (United States)
Stratgegy&, FKA Booz and Company (United States)
A.T. Kearney Global Business Policy Council (GBPC) (United States) Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (FCG) (Portugal)
Accenture Institute for High Performance (United States)
Stratfor (United States) Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) (Republic of Korea) Kissinger Associates (United States) Nomura Research Institute (NRI) (Japan) IBM Institute for Business Value (United States)
GovLab, Deloitte (United States)
European House – Ambrosetti (TEH-A) (Italy)
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (United States) PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) (United States) Parthenon Group (United States) Bain and Company, The Bridgespan Group (United States) Economics and Country Risk (IHS), FKA Global Insight (United Kingdom)
Mathmatica Policy Research (MPR) (United States)
Roubini Global Economics (RGE) (United States)
Daimler Benz Future Research Unit (Germany)
Prioritet (Azerbaijan)
Kernel Development Research P.L.C. (Ethiopia)
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. (MIRI) (Japan)
SIR International (United States)
Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (INSM) (Germany)
Access Capital Research (Ethiopia)
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (Germany)
Altran (France)
Hybrid Reality Institute (United States)
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Best Government Affiliated Think Tanks
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Development Research Group, World Bank (DECRG) (United States)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) (Norway)
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (United Kingdom)
World Bank Institute (WBI), World Bank (United States)
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) (China)
Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) (Poland)
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) (China)
East-West Center (EWC) (United States)
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) (France)
United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (United States)
European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) (Belgium)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) (China)
Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) (Poland)
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) (China)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Ecuador)
German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia)
Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) (Ethiopia)
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) (India)
Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA) (Brazil)
Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP) (Russia)
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) (Japan)
Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) (Azerbaijan)
United Nations University (UNU) (Japan)
University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Brunei Darussalam Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (BDIPSS) (Brunei) Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) (Egypt) Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT), FKA Hungarian Institute of
International Affairs (Hungary)
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) (Bangladesh)
Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) (Thailand)
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) (Republic of Korea)
Comision Economica para America Latina (CEPAL) (Chile)
Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) (Vietnam)
Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) (Republic of Korea) Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) (Vietnam) Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
Institute of Strategic and Defence Studies (Hungary)
Fundacao Alexandre de Gusmao (FUNAG) (Brazil)
Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) (Malaysia) National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) (Japan) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (United States) 81
Best Institutional Collaboration Involving Two or More Think Tanks
Table 30
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German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom) Brookings Institution (United States) Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy) Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan) Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States) Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Atlas Network (United States)
Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) (Poland)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) (Sweden)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya) Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland) Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) (South Africa)
Afrobarometer (Benin, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, United States)
EU Non-Proliferation Consortium (France, Germany, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom) Migration Policy Institute (MPI) (United States) and Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars, Mexico Institute (United States)
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD) (Ghana)
African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP)
(Senegal) Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
(South Africa)
Urban Institute (United States)
Real Instituto Elcano (Spain)
Notre Europe (France)
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) (Australia) and the Brenthurst Foundation
(South Africa) Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil) RAND Corporation (United States)
Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD) (Chile)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
International Budget Partnership (IBP) (United States)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
Kate Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (Germany)
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) (South Africa) Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI) (Mexico)
Gulf Research Center (GRC) (Saudi Arabia and Switzerland)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
Green Alliance (United Kingdom)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany) Centro de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo (CID) (Colombia)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany) Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) (Venezuela)
China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD) (China)
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) (India)
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Fundacion para el Avance de las Reformas y las Oportunidades (Grupo FARO)
(Ecuador)
Institute of Modern International Relations (IMIR) (China)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) (China)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) (Peru)
Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) (Malaysia)
Contorno, Centro de Prospectiva y Debate (Mexico)
Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) (Ethiopia) Fundacion Jaime Guzman (FJG) (Chile)
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
(Senegal)
Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) (Ghana)
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (Norway)
McCain Institute for International Leadership (United States)
Tax Foundation (United States)
Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA) (United Kingdom)
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice (United States)
Public Policy Forum (PPF) (Canada)
GenerationLibre (France)
Center for a New Economy (CNE) (Puerto Rico)
Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) (United States)
Global Prosperity Wonkcast (United States)
Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW)
(Germany)
Corpovisionarios (Colombia)
Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) (Australia)
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Brookings Institution (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Bruegel (Belgium)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Urban Institute (United States)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Atlantic Council (United States)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
Atlas Network (United States)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) (Denmark)
BRICS Policy Center (Brazil)
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) (South Africa)
Ecologic Institute (Germany)
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Mercatus Center (United States)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
Centre for European Reform (CER) (United Kingdom)
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (ICSEP) (Israel)
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) (China)
Robert Schuman Foundation (RSF) (France)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Carnegie Moscow Center (Russia)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD) (Chile)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Chicago Council on Global Affairs (United States)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
(Ethiopia)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSS) (Germany)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) (South Africa)
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) (Canada)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) (United States)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) (Poland)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jezioranskiego (Poland)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
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Carnegie Middle East Center (Lebanon)
Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) (Azerbaijan)
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD) (Ghana)
Fundacion para el Avance de las Reformas y las Oportunidades (Grupo FARO)
(Ecuador)
Fundacion Alternativas (Spain)
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) (Czech Republic)
Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) (Turkey)
Institute of Modern International Relations (IMIR) (China)
Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IOW) (Germany)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
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Best New Idea or Paradigm Developed by a Think Tank
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
BRICS Policy Center (Brazil)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Millennium Project (United States)
Third Way (United States)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Brookings Institution (United States)
European Policy Centre (EPC) (Belgium)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) (United States)
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) (United Kingdom)
Carnegie Middle East Center (Lebanon)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Resources for the Future (RFF) (United States)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Carnegie Moscow Center (Russia)
Robert Schuman Foundation (RSF) (France)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (India)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
Center for Global Development (CGD) (United States)
Stimson Center (United States)
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (India)
Heartland Institute (United States)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias (CEEY) (Mexico)
Banco de Informacion para la Investigacion Aplicada en Ciencias Sociales (BIIACS)
(Mexico)
Centro de Investigacion (CIUP) (Peru)
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
Fields of View (India) Institute of Modern International Relations (IMIR) (China)
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD) (Ghana)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Contorno, Centro de Prospectiva y Debate (Mexico)
Fundacion Alternativas (Spain)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
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Borde Politico (Mexico)
Best New Think Tank*
Table 33
Table 33 (Unranked)
Center for Climate and Security (CCS) (United States)
Center for Policy Studies (CERPS) (Liberia)
Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) (South Africa)
China-ASEAN Research Institute (China)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Delma Institute (United Arab Emirates)
Eastern Africa Policy Centre (EAPC) (Kenya)
Emirates Policy Centre (EPC) (United Arab Emirates)
Eurasian Council on Foreign Affairs (ECFA) (Belgium)
Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) (United States)
Fundacion Chile Intercultural (FCI) (Chile)
Fundacion para el Progreso (FPP) (Chile)
Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin (Germany)
Justitia (Denmark)
Lugar Center (United States)
McCain Institute for International Leadership (United States)
Molad: The Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy (Israel)
Moriah Center for Studies and Media (Iraq)
Myanmar Development Institute (MDI) (Myanmar)
OCP Policy Center (Morocco)
Project for the Study of the 21st Century (PS21) (United States)
Regional Studies Center (Iraq)
Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity (United States)
Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy (United States)
Think Tank Industry Research Center, Shanghai University (China)
Washington Center for Equitable Growth (United States)
*I Think Tank in questa categoria sono stati fondati negli scorsi 48 mesi; la lista è in
ordine alfabetico.
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Best Policy Study/Report Produced by a Think Tank (2013-2014)
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Brookings Institution (United States) “Poverty: It's More than a Job Market Story”
Chatham House (United Kingdom), Real Instituto Elcano (Spain), and Agency of
Research and Legislation (AREL) (Italy) “How to Fix the Euro: Strengthening Economic
Governance in Europe”
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy), Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
(Poland), Real Instituto Elcano (Spain), and Swedish Institute of International Affairs
(UI) (Sweden) “Towards a European Global Strategy: Securing European Influence in a
Changing World”
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States) “Four Changes to
Trade Rules to Facilitate Climate Change Action”
Fraser Institute (Canada) “Economic Freedom of the World 2014 Annual Report”
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States) “High Stakes for Young Lives:
Examining Strategies to Stop Child Marriage”
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy) “Eurozone Flaws: Uncovering
the Holes in the Cheese”
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea) “The Necessity of a Paradigm
Shift in Korean Welfare Policy and Tasks to be Pursued”
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) (China) “Coexploring and
Coevolving: Constructing a New Model of the Major Power Relationship between China
and the United States”
LSE IDEAS (United Kingdom) “Ending the Drug Wars: Report of the LSE Expert Group
on the Economics of Drug Policy”
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Middle East Program (United States)
“Iran’s Nuclear Chess: Calculating America’s Moves”
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS) (Morocco) “Le rapport
strategique du Maroc 2010-2013”
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States) “Getting India Back on
Track: An Action Agenda for Reform”
German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) (United States) “Africa and the
Mediterranean: Evolving Security Dynamics after the Arab Uprisings”
Atlantic Council, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East (United States) “US and EU:
Lack of, Frustrated Efforts Toward the Arab Transitions”
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) (Australia) “The Cost of Defence”
Brookings Institution (United States) “Our Sobering Cyber Future: Law and Policy
Implications”
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, International Center on
Housing Risk (AEI) (United States) “House Prices and Land Prices Under the
Microscope: A Property-Level Analysis”
Association for International Affairs (AMO) (Czech Republic) “Trends of Czech
European Policy: Study of European Policy Elites”
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (MI) (United States) “Transcending Obamacare:
A Patient-Centered Plan for Near-Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal Solvency”
Caspian Strategy Institute (Turkey) “Energy Future of Europe and the Role of the
Southern Corridor”
National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) (Japan) “East Asian Strategic Review
2014”
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States) “U.S.-China Relations: Toward a
New Model of Major Power Relationship”
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan) “Accession to the
Customs Union: Shaping the strategy for Azerbaijan”
Chatham House (United Kingdom) “Western Policy towards Syria: Ten
Recommendations”
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) (Qatar) “2014 Arab Opinion
Index”
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia) and
Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) (Kazakhstan) “Monitoring Mutual Investments in
CIS Countries”
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Heritage Foundation (United States) “Job-Training Reform: Finding Out What Works”
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium) “Make or Break: Iraq’s Sunnis and the State”
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) (Pakistan) “State of Food Security in
Pakistan and Policy Options”
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium) “The Tunisian Exception: Success and
Limits of Consensus”
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States) “Is Geography
Destiny? A Primer on North American Relations”
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States) “Afghanistan After the Drawdown”
Foundation for International Development Study and Research (Ferdi) (France)
“Measuring Official Development Assistance: Why and how to change”
Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA) (Canada) “The Strategic Outlook
for Canada 2014”
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China) “Ruralization In China”
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico) “Metodologia para el
seguimiento y la evaluacion de la implementacion y operacion del nuevo sistema de
justicia penal”
BRICS Policy Center (Brazil) “The Brazil and South-South Cooperation: How to
Respond to Current Challenges”
Hague Institute for Global Justice (HIGJ) (Netherlands) “The Hague Approach: Six
Principles for Achieving Sustainable Peace in Post-Conflict Situations”
Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) (Morocco) “Strategic Report on Morocco’s
Competitiveness”
South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa) “The Green
Economy and the BRICS Countries”
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom) “Syria’s War
Economy”
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) (Israel) “The History of Israeli-Palestinian
Negotiations”
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya) “Mainstreaming Gender in
the National Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy of Kenya”
Action Institute (Italy) “Healthcare Roadmap 2030”
Atlantic Council, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security (United States)
“Envisioning 2030: US Strategy for the Coming Technology Revolution”
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Best Think Tank Conference
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Munich Security Conference (MSC) (Germany)
German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) (United States)
Shangri-La Dialogue (Singapore)
Wilton Park (United Kingdom)
BRICS Policy Center (Brazil)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) (Switzerland)
Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) (Turkey)
Atlantic Council (United States)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
(South Africa)
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty (United States)
Asia-Pacific Roundtable (APR) (Malaysia)
Atlas Network (United States)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (United States)
Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) (Japan)
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) (China)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Sri Lanka)
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) (China)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Centro de Divulgacion Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE)
(Venezuela)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) (Germany)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States)
Middle East Institute (MEI) (Singapore)
Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship (United Kingdom)
OCP Policy Center (Morocco)
Contorno, Centro de Prospectiva y Debate (Mexico)
Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) (Ethiopia)
Instituto de Estudos Empresariais (IEE) (Brazil)
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)
Asan Institute for Policy Studies (AIPS) (Republic of Korea)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy)
World Economic Forum (WEF) (Switzerland)
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) (United Arab Emirates)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canada)
East Asia Institute (EAI) (Republic of Korea)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Turkey)
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Institut des Relations Internationales et Strategiques (IRIS) (France)
Milken Institute Global Conference (United States)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (Kenya)
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Best Think Tank Network
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Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo) (Spain)
Atlas Network (United States)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
BRICS Policy Center (Brazil)
ASEAN-Institutes of Strategic and International Studies (ASEAN-ISIS) (Malaysia)
Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) (Belgium)
Think Global Act European, Notre Europe (France)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Cato Institute (United States)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Red Iberoamericana de Estudios Internacionales (RIBEI) (Spain)
State Policy Network (SPN) (United States)
European Policy Centre (EPC) (Belgium)
International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) (India)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) (Indonesia)
Bruegel (Belgium)
Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) (Thailand)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
Policy Network (United Kingdom)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
Think Visegrad – V4 Think Tank Platform (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and
Slovakia)
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network (Transnational)
Linktank (United States)
Global Policy Forum (GPF) (United States)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI) (Mexico)
Policy Association for an Open Society (PASOS) (Czech Republic)
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canada)
Heartland Institute (United States)
Institute of Modern International Relations (IMIR) (China)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSS) (Germany)
Property Rights Alliance (PRA) (United States)
China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD) (China)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (United Kingdom)
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Sri Lanka)
Chula Global Network (CGN) (Thailand)
Red Liberal de America Latina (RELIAL) (Mexico)
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) (South
Africa)
Azerbaijan Think Tank Alliance (ATTA) (Azerbaijan)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) (Ethiopia)
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IPS (Republic of Korea)
European Parliamentary Technology Assessment (EPTA) (Europe)
Fundacion Alternativas (Spain)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
Contorno, Centro de Prospectiva y Debate (Mexico)
MEDays Forum, Amadeus Institute (Morocco)
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Best Think Tanks with Political Party Affiliation
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Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBS) (Germany)
Demos (United Kingdom)
Fabian Society (United Kingdom)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) (Germany)
Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) (Belgium)
Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSS) (Germany)
European Ideas Network (EIN) (Belgium)
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, FKA Centre for European Studies
(Belgium)
Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) (United States)
Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (China)
Fundacion Ideas para el Progreso (Spain)
Fundacion Jaime Guzman (FJG) (Chile)
New Democrat Network (NDN) (United States)
Foundation for EU Democracy (Belgium)
Foundation Max van der Stoel, FKA Evert Vermeer Foundation (Netherlands)
Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique (Fondapol) (France)
Green European Foundation (GEF) (Belgium)
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (RLS) (Germany)
Fundacion para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales (FAES) (Spain)
Wiardi Beckman Foundation (WBS) (Netherlands)
Terra Nova (France)
Fondazione Italianieuropei (Italy)
Fundacion Pensar (Argentina)
Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (INSAP) (Malaysia)
Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP) (Brazil)
SEDAR Institute (Malaysia)
Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) (Belgium)
Institute of European Democrats (IED) (Belgium)
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Best Transdisciplinary Research Program at a Think Tank
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RAND Corporation (United States)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
BRICS Policy Center (Brazil)
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization (United States)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
World Resources Institute (WRI) (United States)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Norway)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (Japan)
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
(South Africa)
China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD) (China)
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD) (Ghana)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) (Germany)
Centro de Estudio de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES) (Uruguay)
Centre for European Reform (CER) (United Kingdom)
Center for Global Development (CGD) (United States)
Santa Fe Institute (SFI) (United States)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
Fundacion Proyecto Linguistico Francisco Marroquin (PLFM) (Guatemala)
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, FKA Centre for European Studies
(Belgium)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Peru in 2062 (CIUP) (Peru)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
Centre for Policy Development Sustainable Economy Program (CPD) (Australia)
Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) (Peru)
Contorno, Centro de Prospectiva y Debate (Mexico)
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) (Pakistan)
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
(Senegal)
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (Kenya)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) (United States)
Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (South Africa)
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) (India)
Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) (Uganda)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany)
Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) (Japan)
German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany)
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) (Indonesia)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
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Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canada)
East Asia Institute (EAI) (Republic of Korea)
Unirule Institute of Economics (China)
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel (Israel)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
New America Foundation (United States)
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Best University Affiliated Think Tanks
Table 39
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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University (United States)
IDEAS/Public Policy Group, London School of Economics and Political Science
(LSE) (United Kingdom)
Center for International Development (CID), Harvard University (United States)
Hoover Institution, Stanford University (United States)
Earth Institute, Columbia University (United States)
Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University
(United States)
Centre for Defence Studies (CDS), King’s College London (United Kingdom)
BRICS Policy Center, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
(Brazil)
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (United States)
Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), Peking University, FKA Center for International and
Strategic Studies (China)
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex (United Kingdom)
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia)
Carnegie – Tsinghua Center for Global Policy (China)
University of International Relations (UIR) (China)
Center for International Studies and Research (CERI), Sciences Po (France)
Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy (BTC), Tsinghua University (China)
SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University (United States)
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA), Harvard University
(United States)
Mercatus Center, George Mason University (GMU) (United States)
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn (Germany)
East Asian Institute (EAI), National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Stanford University
(United States)
Center for Policy Studies (CPS), Central European University (CEU) (Hungary)
Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Oxford University
(United Kingdom)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC), Australian National University (ANU)
(Australia)
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), National University of Singapore
(Singapore)
Center for Security Studies (CSS), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
(Switzerland)
Council on Foreign Relations and Defense (SVOP), National Research University
(Russia)
Centre for International Security Studies (CISS), University of Sydney (Australia)
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), S. Rajaratnam School of International
Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI), Columbia University (United States)
Fiscal Governance Centre, Hertie School of Governance (Germany)
Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University
(United States)
Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS), Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education, Economics Institute
(CERGE-EI) (Czech Republic)
Human Security Report Project (HSRP), Simon Fraser University (Canada)
European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), Utrecht
University (Netherlands)
Centre for Security, Economics and Technology (C SET), University of St. Gallen
(Switzerland)
Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC), Makerere University (Uganda)
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Center for Political Analysis, Makerere University (Uganda)
Globalisation and Development Centre (GDC), Bond University (Australia)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) (China)
Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia (UBC) (Canada)
Arab Studies Center, Al Mustansiriyah University (Iraq)
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Best Use of Social Networks
Table 40
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55.
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United Kingdom)
Cato Institute (United States)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Atlas Network (United States)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Adam Smith Institute (ASI) (United Kingdom)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Carnegie Moscow Center (Russia)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
BRICS Policy Center (Brazil)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Carnegie Middle East Center (Lebanon)
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) (Australia)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
Ethos Public Policy Lab (Mexico)
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) (South Africa)
Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations (India)
Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD) (Chile)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Mercatus Center (United States)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Instituto Liberdade (Brazil)
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Sri Lanka)
China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) (China)
European Policy Centre (EPC) (Belgium)
Centro de Divulgacion Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE)
(Venezuela)
Heartland Institute (United States)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (ICSEP) (Israel)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
Fundacion Alternativas (Spain)
German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany)
Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canada)
East Asia Institute (EAI) (Republic of Korea)
Unirule Institute of Economics (China)
Third Way (United States)
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60.
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel (Israel)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (Kenya)
100
Think Tank to Watch
Table 41
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23.
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BRICS Policy Center (Brazil)
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) (Australia)
Association for International Affairs (AMO) (Czech Republic)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
Atlantic Council (United States)
IDEAS (United Kingdom)
Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) (Australia)
Chicago Council on Global Affairs (United States)
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) (Spain)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) (United States)
Comision Economica para America Latina (CEPAL) (Chile)
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (India)
Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation (Russia)
Ecologic Institute (Germany)
Mercatus Center (United States)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Heartland Institute (United States)
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) (India)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
European Policy Centre (EPC) (Belgium)
Third Way (United States)
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
New America Foundation (United States)
Centre for Civil Society (CCS) (India)
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Sri Lanka)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) (Malaysia)
Ethos Public Policy Lab (Mexico)
Vivekananda Institute of Technology (VKIT) (India)
Fundacion Innovacion Bankinter (Spain)
Institute for International Strategy and Information Analysis (IISIA) (Japan)
McCain Institute for International Leadership (United States)
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI)
(United Kingdom)
International Strategic Analysis and Research Center (USTAD) (Turkey)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (ICSEP) (Israel)
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) (China)
Centre for Policy Research (CPR) (India)
OCP Policy Center (Morocco)
African Heritage Institution (AfriHeritage) (Nigeria)
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD) (Ghana)
Korber Foundation (Germany)
China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD) (China)
Audace Institut Afrique (AIA) (Cote d’Ivoire)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Canada)
Centro de Estudio de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES) (Uruguay)
Fundacion de Estudios de Economia Aplicada (FEDEA) (Spain)
Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) (Czech Republic)
Center for Policy Studies (CERPS) (Liberia)
Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations (India)
Strategic Outlook (SO) (Turkey)
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) (Pakistan)
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80.
Center for Strategic Analyses and Research (C-SAR) (South Sudan)
Fundacion para el Progreso (FPP) (Chile)
Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) (Australia)
Canada 2020 (Canada)
Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) (United States)
Economic Research Center (ERC) (Azerbaijan)
Institute of Europe (IE) (Russia)
Kate Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (Germany)
Instituto Mora (Mexico)
Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) (Russia)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
Tax Foundation (United States)
Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA) (United Kingdom)
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice (United States)
Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) (Ethiopia)
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) (India)
Center for a New Economy (CNE) (Puerto Rico)
Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) (United States)
Global Prosperity Wonkcast (United States)
Green Alliance (United Kingdom)
Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW)
(Germany)
Libera (Finland)
Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias (CEEY) (Mexico)
Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) (Australia)
GenerationLibre (France)
102
Think Tanks with the Best External Relations/Public Engagement Program
Table 42
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37.
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United Kingdom)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Cato Institute (United States)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Bruegel (Belgium)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
Atlas Network (United States)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Atlantic Council (United States)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Netherlands)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) (Turkey)
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento
(CIPPEC) (Argentina)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
World Resources Institute (WRI) (United States)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
Carnegie Europe (Belgium)
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Norway)
Urban Institute (United States)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States)
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
Adam Smith Institute (ASI) (United Kingdom)
Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
Gulf Research Center (GRC) (Saudi Arabia)
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) (United Kingdom)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) (United Kingdom)
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (Kenya)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
Libertad y Desarrollo (Lyd) (Chile)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany)
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Think Tanks with the Best Use of the Internet
Table 43
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40.
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Cato Institute (United States)
Pew Research Center (United States)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United Kingdom)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Atlas Network (United States)
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, FKA Centre for European Studies
(Belgium)
Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) (United States)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom)
Center for Global Development (CGD) (United States)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) (United Kingdom)
Tahrir Data Project (Egypt)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Ethos Public Policy Lab (Mexico)
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
(Ethiopia)
Centro de Divulgacion Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE)
(Venezuela)
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
(Senegal)
Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations (India)
RAND Corporation (United States)
ResPublica (United Kingdom)
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Think Tanks with the Best Use of the Media (Print or Electronic)
Table 44
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Pew Research Center (United States)
2.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
3.
Brookings Institution (United States)
4.
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
5.
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
6.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United States)
7.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
8.
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
9.
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
10.
Heritage Foundation (United States)
11.
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
12.
Cato Institute (United States)
13.
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
14.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
15.
German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) (United States)
16.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
17.
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
18.
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States)
19.
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom)
20.
RAND Corporation (United States)
21.
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
22.
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
23.
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
24.
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
25.
Ecologic Institute (Germany)
26.
Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD) (Chile)
27.
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) (India)
28.
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
29.
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) (Singapore)
30.
REPOA, FKA Research on Poverty Alleviation (Tanzania)
31.
Hoover Institution (United States)
32.
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
33.
Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC) (Argentina)
34.
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
35.
Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Netherlands)
36.
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) (Turkey)
37.
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
38.
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
39.
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany) 40.
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa) 41.
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Think Tanks with the Most Innovative Policy Ideas/Proposals
Table 45
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30.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Brookings Institution (United States)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Cato Institute (United States)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives (ZERI) (Japan)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
Urban Institute (United States)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (India)
New America Foundation (United States)
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, FKA Centre for European Studies
(Belgium)
Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) (United Kingdom)
Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBS) (Germany)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) (Germany)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
106
Think Tanks with the Most Significant Impact on Public Policy
Table 46
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54.
Brookings Institution (United States)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Bruegel (Belgium)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
RAND Corporation (United States)
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (United States)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Cato Institute (United States)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United Kingdom)
Heritage Foundation (United States)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States)
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, FKA Centre for European Studies
(Belgium)
Atlantic Council (United States)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Adam Smith Institute (ASI) (United Kingdom)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
Fraser Institute (Canada)
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) (Turkey)
Open Society Foundations (OSF), FKA Open Society Institute (United States)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) (Egypt)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
Urban Institute (United States)
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Russia)
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (India)
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
(Senegal)
Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD) (Chile)
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (Kenya)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
Center for Policy Studies (CPS) (Hungary)
C.D. Howe Institute (Canada)
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Belgium)
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Egypt)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
Centro de Estudios Publicos (CEP) (Chile)
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (Costa Rica)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP) (Russia)
New America Foundation (United States)
CESifo Group (Germany)
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56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Unirule Institute of Economics (China)
Fundacion para la Educacion Superior y el Desarrollo (Fedesarrollo) (Colombia)
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAD) (Mexico)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) (Germany)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Centro de Divulgacion Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE)
(Venezuela)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
(Ethiopia)
Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso (iFHC) (Brazil)
Ecologic Institute (Germany)
Heartland Institute (United States)
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canada)
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Think Tanks with Outstanding Policy-Oriented Public Programs
Table 47
1.
RAND Corporation (United States)
2.
Brookings Institution (United States)
3.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
4.
Chatham House (United Kingdom)
5.
Bruegel (Belgium)
6.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States)
7.
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (United States)
8.
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
9.
Cato Institute (United States)
10.
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
11.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States)
12.
Adam Smith Institute (ASI) (United Kingdom)
13.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (United States)
14.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
15.
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
16.
Urban Institute (United States)
17.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) (United Kingdom)
18.
Heritage Foundation (United States)
19.
Center for American Progress (CAP) (United States)
20.
Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea)
21.
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium)
22.
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) (United States)
23.
World Resources Institute (WRI) (United States)
24.
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany)
25.
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) (China)
26.
Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia)
27.
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
28.
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) (United Kingdom)
29.
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) (Japan)
30.
Carnegie Moscow Center (Russia)
31.
Center for Global Development (CGD) (United States)
32.
Hoover Institution (United States)
33.
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) (United Kingdom)
34.
Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo (CIDAC) (Mexico)
35.
Centro Brasileiro de Analise e Planejamento (CEBRAP) (Brazil)
36.
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
37.
Libertad y Desarrollo (Lyd) (Chile)
38.
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
39.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) (China)
40.
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) (Singapore)
41.
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) (Singapore)
42.
Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) (United States)
43.
Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (South Africa)
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44.
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) (India)
45.
Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) (Uganda)
46.
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (South Africa)
47.
Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) (Japan)
48.
German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany)
49.
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil)
50.
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) (Russia)
51.
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
52.
Development Alternatives (DA) (India)
53.
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) (Canada)
54.
East Asia Institute (EAI) (Republic of Korea)
55.
Unirule Institute of Economics (China)
56.
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel (Israel)
57.
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France)
58.
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico)
59.
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany)
60.
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (Kenya)
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Top Think Tanks with Annual Operating Budgets of Less Than $5 Million USD
Table 49
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18.
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) (Poland)
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) (United States)
Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (Mexico) Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) (Poland)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) (South Africa)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) (Azerbaijan)
African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) (Kenya)
Centro Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI) (Brazil)
IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Ghana)
Unirule Institute of Economics (China)
Libertad y Desarrollo (Lyd) (Chile)
Centro de Estudios Publicos (CEP) (Chile)
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) (India)
Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) (Australia)
Centro Studi Internazionali (Ce.S.I.) (Italy)
Centro de Divulgacion Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE)
(Venezuela)
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY) (China)
Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) (Argentina)
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economia Politica (IEEP) (Ecuador)
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) (Malaysia)
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) (Malaysia)
Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) (India)
Action Institute (Italy)
Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) (South Africa)
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Appendici
APPENDIX A: CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
AND REGIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL EXPERT PANEL MEMBERS
635 Williams Hall
255 South 36th Street
Philadelphia, USA 19104-6305
May 5, 2014
RE: First Call Expert Panelist for the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index
Dear Friend and Colleague:
As we prepare for the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank rankings process, we are seeking your help in
identifying qualified individuals to serve on the Regional, Functional, and Special Areas of
Distinction Panels for the 2013 Global Go To Think Tank Index Project. Since the Global Go To
Think Tank Index is currently conducted without a staff or a budget we must rely on the Expert
Panels to assure the quality and integrity of the global indexing process.
Please help us make sure the think tanks in your country and region are properly reflected in the
annual global index of think tanks by nominating qualified individuals to serve on one or more of
the Expert Panels.
The Expert Panel Nominations survey can be accessed by using this link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx
All nominations will be treated as strictly confidential and must include the name, title, affiliation
and email address for each nominee.
The Expert Panelist nominees should possess in-depth knowledge of national and regional think
tanks and/or be a functional areas expert in one or more of the areas listed below and/or be able to
evaluate a think tank’s performance in the specialty areas listed below.
Expert Panelists are responsible for maintaining the quality and integrity of the rankings process.
No meetings with nominees are required and the reviews are conducted via email. The members of
the Expert Panels will be expected to help solicit and review nominations in their area of expertise
and assist with the final stage of the ranking process. The Expert Panelist’s nominations and
rankings are strictly confidential.
Current Expert Panelists include journalists, policymakers, academics, public and private donors,
and policy-oriented civil society organization every region and most countries in the world.
We particularly encourage nominations of experts from the following regions: Asia, Eastern and
Central Europe, Central and South Asia, Africa and Latin America. We are also looking for experts
in the following functional areas: Science and Technology, Health, International Development,
Education and Energy and Resource Policy and all of the Specialty Categories listed below.
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We also seeking your feedback on the Global Go To Index categories, selection criteria which are
provided below and any suggestions for overall procedural improvements.
You are encouraged to make nominations in all categories where you can recommend qualified
candidates.
Please note: If you do not wish to receive further emails from us, please click the link below, and
you will be automatically removed from our mailing list:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/optout.aspx
To learn more about the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program visit our website at:
www.gotothinktank.com
Thanks again for your continued interest and support.
All the best,
James G. McGann, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, International Relations Program
Director, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
University of Pennsylvania
635 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304
Main Office: 215 898-0452
Direct Line: 215 746-2928
Mobile: 215 206-1799
Email: [email protected]
IR Web site: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/
TTCSP Web site: http://gotothinktank.com
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APPENDIX B: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2014 GLOBAL GO TO THINK TANK
INDEX
Email to over 11,500 individuals and Organizations in over 200 countries
Call for Nominations sent on: September 15, 2014
1st Reminder sent on: September 16, 2014
2nd Reminder sent on: September 24, 2014
3rd and final Reminder sent on: September 27, 2014
Nominations Round I closed on: September 30, 2014
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
August 2014
This is the first round of nominations for the 2014 Global Go to Think Tank Index (aka the Global
Think Tank Rankings). I encourage you to submit your nominations on or before September 30,
2014.
All nominations will be tabulated at the end of Round I. All those institutions that have received a
minimum to 10 nominations will be included in the rankings and indexing process (Round II). The
schedule for the 2014 Global Go to Think Tank Index is as follows:
Round I (Think Tanks Nominations): August 10 – September 20, 2014
Round II (Think Tank Ranking): October 1 – October 30, 2014
Round III (Expert Panel Review): November – December 2014
2014 Global Go to Think Tanks Index Published January 22, 2015
Please only submit nominations in categories where you have knowledge and experience.
Please consult the definitions, nomination, and ranking criteria and tools for assessing think tanks
when making your nominations. These tools are provided in the cover letter we sent to you and are
posted on the TTCSP web site at www.gotothinktank.com for easy reference.
Please note that all nominations will be treated as strictly confidential. Your name, institutional
affiliation, and nominations WILL NOT APPEAR IN ANY PUBLICATION.
It is essential that you carefully consider your nominations and utilize the criteria developed for
assessing think tanks when developing your nominations. Once again, nominations must be
submitted on or before September 30, 2014.
For any questions or problems, please contact Dr. James G. McGann at
[email protected]
Thank you in advance for completing the survey.
Sincerely,
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James G. McGann, Ph.D.
APPENDIX C: EMAIL INVITING PEERS AND EXPERT PANELISTS TO RANK 2014
NOMINATED INSITUTIONS
Email sent on October 21, 2014
1st Reminder sent on: October 28, 2014
2nd Reminder sent on: November 6, 2014
3rd Reminder sent on: November 14, 2014
4th and final Reminder sent on: November 19, 2014
2014 Ranking Process Closed on November 24, 2014
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies
Lauder-Fisher Hall Room 101
University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA 19104-6330
October 21, 2014
Dear Colleague:
The nominations round of the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index has concluded and the think
tanks with 10 or more nominations have been tabulated and Indexing Round will now commence.
Please help rank the nominated think tanks at this time using the following survey
link:https://surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=AMC5YyiW3pCQDqtjcccAQw_3d_3d
Your selections and rankings will be kept strictly confidential.
The deadline for the submission of your ranking of the leading think tanks in the world
is November 15, 2014.
If you don’t have the time to rank all the categories just take a few moments to rank the think tanks
in your region and/or area of expertise.
Over 1500 scholars, policymakers, public and private donors and journalists have already
participated in Round I Nominations phase of the 2014 indexing process.
A few important ground rules:
1) Use the selection criteria provided as a tool to evaluate and rank each think tank;
2) You are not permitted to rank your own institution;
3) Adhere to professional conduct by revealing and avoiding any potential conflicts of interest;
4) Avoid political, ideological and discipline bias when ranking institutions.
Should you have any questions, comments or suggestions don’t hesitate to share them with me at
[email protected]
If you feel there is a glowing omission or error in the list of think tanks to be ranked please bring it
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to our attention and we will share it with the members of the Expert Panel.
Your participation in the process helps us recognize think tank centers of excellence in every region
of the world and in all the major areas of public policy research.
Please note: If you do not wish to receive further emails from us, please click the link below, and
you will be automatically removed from our mailing
list: https://surveymonkey.com/optout.aspx?sm=AMC5YyiW3pCQDqtjcccAQw_3d_3d
Thanks again for your continued interest and participation in this global research project.
All the best, Jim McGann
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APPENDIX D: SAMPLE EMAIL TO REGIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL AREA
EXPERT PANEL MEMBERS REQUESTING THEIR REVIEW OF THE
PENULTIMATE 2014 LIST OF INSTITUTIONS TO BE RANKED IN ROUND II
Emails sent on or around September 15, 2014
Expert Panel Review Period closed on October 10, 2014
256 South 37th St.
201 Lauder-Fischer Hall (main office)
101 Lauder-Fisher Hall (office)
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (direct): 215 746-2928, (main) 215-898-1215
October 10, 2014
Dear Graham:
Once again I am writing to you to seek your help in reviewing the rankings for the 2014 Global Go
To Think Tank Index. Can I ask you to review the list of nominated think tanks in the following
two categories: 1) top think tanks in Western and Eastern and Central Europe and the 2) Top
Security and International Affairs think tanks and let me know if you find any factor errors,
translation errors, typos, or serious omissions (think tanks that don’t appear on the list but should be
included)? We are about to launch Round II, where all of the nominated think tanks will be ranked,
and I want to make sure there are not serious issues with the list of nominees. Thanks in advance for
your assistance with the ranking process.
All the best,
Jim McGann
James G. McGann, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, International Studies
Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies
Director, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
Wharton School and School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
201 Lauder-Fischer Hall (main office)
101 Lauder-Fisher Hall (office)
256 South 37th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (direct): 215 746-2928, (main) 215-898-1215
Lauder Institute: www.lauder.wharton.upenn.edu
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program www.gotothinktank.com
2014 Nominated Top Think Tanks in Western Europe:
Action Institute (Italy)
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Adam Smith Institute (ASI) (United Kingdom)
Amnesty International (AI) (United Kingdom)
Avenir Suisse (Switzerland)
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) (Spain) Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany)
Bruegel (Belgium) Carnegie Europe (Belgium) Center for Political Studies (CEPOS) (Denmark)
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) (France) Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII) (France)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (United Kingdom)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) (Belgium) Centre for European Reform (CER) (United Kingdom) Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) (United Kingdom)
Centro Studi Internazionali (Ce.S.I.) (Italy)
Chatham House (United Kingdom) Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (United Kingdom) Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Netherlands) Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) (Denmark) Demos (United Kingdom) Ecologic Institute (Germany) EGMONT – The Royal Institute for International Relations (Belgium)
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) (Netherlands)
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) (Belgium)
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (United Kingdom) European Policy Centre (EPC) (Belgium)
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) (France) Fabian Society (United Kingdom)
Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique (FRS) (France)
Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique (Fondapol) (France)
Foreign Policy Center (FPC) (Belgium)
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France) Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (Germany)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) (Germany)
Friends of Europe (Belgium)
Fundacion Alternativas (Spain)
Fundacion para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales (FAES) (Spain)
Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) (Spain)
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) (Germany) German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany) German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) (Germany)
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) (Germany) Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSS) (Germany) Hayek Institute (Austria)
Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBS) (Germany)
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) (Greece)
IDEAS (United Kingdom)
Institucion Futuro (Spain)
Institut des Relations Internationales et Strategiques (IRIS) (France)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) (United Kingdom)
Institute for Government (IfG) (United Kingdom)
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy)
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Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) (United Kingdom)
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) (United Kingdom)
Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) (Ireland)
International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS) (Greece)
International Crisis Group (ICG) (Belgium)
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (United Kingdom)
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (Italy)
Istituto Bruno Leoni (IBL) (Italy)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) (Germany)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany)
Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal (Belgium)
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) (Norway)
Notre Europe (France)
Open Europe (United Kingdom)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (United Kingdom)
Oxford Council on Good Governance (OCGG) (United Kingdom)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Norway)
Policy Exchange (United Kingdom)
Policy Network (United Kingdom)
Real Instituto Elcano (Spain)
ResPublica (United Kingdom)
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (United Kingdom)
Security and Defence Agenda (SDA) (Belgium)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (Sweden)
Timbro (Sweden)
Transparency International (TI) (Germany)
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, FKA Centre for European Studies (Belgium)
World Economic Forum (WEF) (Switzerland)
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APPENDIX E: SAMPLE EMAIL TO REGIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL AREA EXPERT
PANEL MEMBERS REQUESTING THEIR REVIEW OF THE DRAFT 2014 GLOBAL GO
TO THINK TANK INDEX
Emails sent on or around December 1, 2014
Expert Panel Review Period Closed in December, 2014
256 South 37th St.
201 Lauder-Fischer Hall (main office)
101 Lauder-Fisher Hall (office)
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (direct): 215 746-2928, (main) 215-898-1215
Dear Jorge:
I hope all is well with you. The 2014 rankings process is now complete. I am now seeking the input
of members of the Expert Panel to help review the 2014 Global Go-To Think Tank Index to help
identify and any gross errors or anomalies as a part of the Expert Panel review process. Please
identify any issues that you feel I should to be aware of and any adjustments in the rankings that
might we warranted before we publish the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report.
Specifically, I would like request that you to please review the list of the top think tanks in the
following two categories that fall with your area of expertise: 1) top think tanks in Latin America
and 2) International Development think tanks and let me know if you find any anomalies, errors in
fact, errors in translation or other issues that I we need to address.
In addition, I would like your overall assessment of quality and accuracy of the rankings in two
categories and if there are any adjustments to the rankings that you would recommend at this time.
We are about to draft the final report and I want to make sure there are not serious issues with the
rankings. Thanks in advance for your assistance with the ranking process.
All the best,
Jim McGann
James G. McGann, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, International Studies
Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies
Director, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
Wharton School and School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
201 Lauder-Fischer Hall (main office)
101 Lauder-Fisher Hall (office)
256 South 37th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (direct): 215 746-2928, (main) 215-898-1215
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Lauder Institute: www.lauder.wharton.upenn.edu
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program www.gotothinktank.com
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Background sul Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
Il Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) del Lauder Institute dell’Università della
Pennsylvania conduce ricerche sul ruolo che gli istituti politici nel mondo giocano nei confronti dei
governi e della società civile. Spesso chiamato il “think tank dei think tank”, il TTCSP esamina
l’evoluzione del ruolo e delle tipologie delle organizzazioni di ricerca sulle politiche pubbliche.
Negli ultimi 25 anni il TTCSP ha sviluppato e condotto una serie di iniziative che hanno contribuito
a colmare il gap tra conoscenza e politica in alcune aree critiche come la pace e la sicurezza
internazionale, la globalizzazione e la governance, l’economia internazionale, i temi ambientali,
l’informazione e la società, la riduzione della povertà, l’assistenza sanitaria e la sanità globale.
Questi sforzi di collaborazione internazionale hanno il fine di creare dei network regionali e
internazionali, che migliorino il processo politico rafforzando le istituzioni democratiche e la
società civile in tutto il mondo.
Il TTCSP collabora con studiosi e professionisti dei think tank e delle università in vari programmi
e produce ogni anno il Gobal Go To Think Tank Index che classifica e raggruppa i principali think
tank del mondo in diverse categorie. Questo risultato può essere raggiunto con l’aiuto di un panel di
oltre 1.900 esperti e studiosi, giornalisti, accademici, finanziatori pubblici e privati e governi di
tutto il mondo. Abbiamo delle relazioni molto strette con i principali think tank del mondo e il
nostro Index annuale viene utilizzato da accademici, giornalisti, finanziatori e dall’opinione
pubblica per individuare e mettersi in contatto con i principali centri di ricerca sulle politiche
pubbliche nel mondo. Il nostro scopo è quello di migliorare i profili e le performance dei think tank
e di rendere il pubblico consapevole dell’importante ruolo che i think tank giocano per i governi e la
società civile.
Fin dalla sua nascita nel 1989 il TTCSP si è focalizzato sulla raccolta dei dati e nel condurre una
ricerca sui trend dei think tank e sul ruolo che i think tank giocano come attori della società civile
all’interno del processo di decisione politica. Nel 2007 il TTCSP ha sviluppato e lanciato l’indice
globale dei think tank, il cui fine è quello di identificare i centri di eccellenza in tutte le maggiori
areee di ricerca sulle politiche pubbliche in tutte le regioni del mondo. Ad oggi il TTCSP ha fornito
assistenza tecnica e aiutato a lanciare progetti in 81 paesi. Adesso stiamo lavorando per creare dei
network regionali e globali tra think tank, nello sforzo di facilitare la collaborazione e la produzione
di un modesto, ma raggiungibile, bene pubblico globale. Il nostro obiettivo è quello di creare
partnership che durino nel tempo a livello statale, coinvolgendo e mobilitando i think tank che
hanno dimostrato la loro abilità nel produrre ricerca di alto livello e nell’indirizzare l’opinione e le
azioni delle gaìente e delle èlite verso il bene pubblico.
Il Lauder Institute per il Management e gli studi internazionali
Il Lauder Institute per il Management e gli studi internazionali offre un master in studi
internazionali e conduce ricerche sugli attuali temi economici, politici e di business. Organizza
anche una conferenza annuale dove accademici, professionisti e decisori politici si incontrano al
fine di esaminare le sfide globali, come per esempio rischi finanziari, sostenibilità, diseguaglianza e
futuro dell’organizzazione statale.
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L’Università della Pennsylvania
L’Università della Pennsylvania è un istituto che fa parte della Ivy League, con criteri di
ammissione molto rigidi e una tradizione di innovazione nell’istruzione interdisciplinare.
Un’istituzione di ricerca di primo piano nel mondo che vanta un bel campus all’interno di una città
dinamica. Fondata da Benjamin Franklin nel 1740 e riconosciuta come prima università americana,
la Penn rimane tutt’oggi un centro rinomato per la creazione e la trasmissione della conoscenza. È
un modello di riferimento per i college e le università di tutto il mondo.
Il Team di ricerca
Il Direttore del programma
James G. McGann, Ph.D., è docente al Lauder
Instute della Wharton School e della School of
Arts and Sciences all’Università della
Pennsylvania. È anche il direttore del Think
Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP)
presso l’Università della Pennsylvania. Conduce
ricerche sui trend e le sfide che i think tank e i
decisori politici di tutto il mondo hanno di fronte
e fornisce consigli e assistenza tecnica ai think
tank, ai governi e ai finanziatori pubblici e
privati su come migliorare la qualità e l’impatto
della ricerca politica. È anche socio del Foreign
Policy Research Institute con sede a Philadelphia.
Prima
di
entrare
all’Università
della
Pennsylvania McGann era docente di scienze
politiche all’Università di Villanova, dove
insegnava relazioni internazionali, organizzazioni internazionali e diritto internazionale. Le sue
attuali ricerche riguardano: valutazione dei trend globali nel settore della sicurezza e degli affari
internazionali; ruolo dei think tank nell’influenzare la politica interna ed estera degli Stati Uniti; i
think tank nei BRICS e nei paesi del G20, le minacce transnazionali e le politiche pubbliche globali.
È il creatore e l’autore dell’annuale Global Go To Think Tank Index.
McGann è stato consulente e cosigliere della Banca Mondiale, delle Nazioni Unite, dell’Agenzia
USA per lo sviluppo internazionale, della Soros, di Rockefeller, di MacArthur, di Hewlett, della
fondazione Gates, della Carnegie e di alcuni governi sul ruolo delle organizzazioni non governative
negli Stati Uniti e nei paesi in via di sviluppo.
Tra le pubblicazioni di McGann’s troviamo "Competition for Dollars, Scholars, and Influence in the
Public Policy Research Industry" (University Press of America 1995); "The International Survey of
Think Tanks" (Foreign Policy Research Institute 1999); "Think Tanks and Civil Societies: Catalyst
for Ideas and Action", co-edited with Kent B. Weaver (Transaction Publishers 2000); "Comparative
Think Tanks, Politics, and Public Policy" (Edward Elgar 2005); "Think Tanks and Policy Advice in
the U.S.: Academics, Advisors, and Advocates" (Routledge 2007); "Global Trends and Transitions:
2007 Survey of Think Tanks" (Foreign Policy Research Institute 2008); "The 2007 Global Go to
Think Tanks" (Foreign Policy Research Institute 2008); "Think Tank Index" (Foreign Policy
Magazine 2009); "The 2008 Global Go to Think Tank Index" (IRP, University of Pennsylvania
2009); "Democratization and Market Reform: Think Tanks As Catalysts" (Routledge 2009),
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"Catalysts for Economic Growth and Development: The Role of Think Tanks in Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa" (CIPE 2009), "The 2009 Global Go to Think Tank Index"
(University of Pennsylvania 2010),"Global Think Tanks, Policy Networks and Governance"
(Routledge 2010), "The 2010 Global Go to Think Tank Index" (University of Pennsylvania 2011),
“The 2011 Global Go to Think Tank Index" (University of Pennsylvania 2012), “Think Tanks and
Global Policy Networks, chapter in edited volume, International Organization and Global
Governance, (Routledge September 2013),The 2012 Global Go to Think Tank Index" (University
of Pennsylvania 2013), “Think Tanks and Social Development Policy: A Global Comparative
Study” (Forthcoming, University of Pennsylvania Press 2013); "The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks and
US Domestic and Foreign Policy" (Forthcoming 2013); “Think Tanks, Policy Advice and the
Foreign Policy Challenges Facing Emerging Powers (Forthcoming late 2014).
Assistenti di ricerca
Jennifer Crino
Yusi Du
William Nathaniel Rose
Coco Wang
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