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  • Informal think-tank news — August 2024

    • A think-tank bought by a Competitive Intelligence agency
    • What is a think-tank ? ( 15:00 )
    • ( after this one ) Yet another think-tank that does not exist ( “Partners : EPI” )
    • Unpacking the Washington, DC Think Tank Scene
    • FBI raids home of a key Washington think-tank founder
    • Once again, another think-tanker that does not exist
    • EU legislative projects traffic light system
    • The man who has coined the terms BRICS+ — and BRICS++
    • think-tank spy ring
    • A ( Russian ) think-tank game ( theme : atomic bombs )
    • Interview with the founder of Israel’s most influential think-tank
    • How a U.S.-Funded Israeli Think Tank is Working
    • Four types of Chinese think-tanks
    • Young Leaders ( made in China )
    • Chinese Track-2 Diplomacy
    • Freedom award
    • Influence Watch
    • Another think-tank corruption scandal
    • A fact tank
    • American TechTank and French think-tech
    • Richard Haas and Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Ph.D ( Park Avenue 2:31 )
    • 42:15 : “we’re trying to think big ; and so we are relying also on those outside of government who have more time to think than we do ; for some of the big ideas”
    • A think tank offers $10,000 for the seizure of an Estonian robot
    • President of Ukraine held a meeting with representatives of leading think tanks of Europe and the U.S.
    • ( more ) think-tank cartoons in Czech Republic
    • A think-tank, and its director, on OFAC’s list
    • Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund is also on the sanctions list
    • The Spectre of Neuroscience in Security Studies
    • think tank with Chinese characteristics
    • 1–2–3 extremely opaque think-tanks working against disinformation …
    • The first podcast by and for women in the US Intelligence Community ( > origin of the name )
    • “Lebanon is not a real state; it is a money-laundering headquarters.” 17:33
  • Do Business-Backed Think Tanks Represent Class Interests ?

    Do Business-Backed Think Tanks Represent Class Interests ?
    The Co-evolution of Policy Learning and Economic Elites in the Canadian Knowledge Regime

    Lulien Landry – 2022 – 23 pages.

  • INFORMAL THINK-TANK NEWS — MAY 2024

    • Paweł Karbownik ( Bruegel ) is now the Polish Deputy Minister of Finance
    • Chad P. Bown ( PIEE ) is now Chief Economist at the the US Department of State
    • Urban Warfare Experts’ Christmas Wish List
    • A think-tank idea picked up by the U.S government : Thousands of seized Iranian guns, rocket launchers and munitions transfered to Ukraine
    • Fast Thinking, Atlantic Council
    • ASPI the American, and ASPI the Australian.
  • THINK-TANK AWARD — WEEK 20, 2024

    To the Peterson Institute for International Economics,
    for its renowned podcast series : TRADE TALKS.

    From 2017 to 2024.

    Chad P. Bown is now Chief Economist at the the US Department of State !

    We will really miss this rigorous podcast series.

    The last episode, on the “North American Rapid Response Labor Mechanism” was perfect — few think-tanks have reached this level of professionalism.

    Congratulations, and thank you !

  • THINK-TANK AWARD — WEEK 27, 2022

    To the Fédération Nationale des Agences d’Urbanisme ( a network of 50 local agencies ) for being — from the perspective of local public policy makers — the only truly, concretely, USEFUL French think-tank.

  • THINK-TANK AWARD — WEEK 26, 2022

    To the Valdai Club, for the regularity, quality, and frequency of its infographics, since 2015 !

  • Alternatives to Wikipedia think-tank pages

    • militarist-monitor.org
    • GroupWatch archive
    • LittleSis : 25 think-tanks ; news.
    • citizenaudit.org ( paid )
    • insidephilanthropy.com ( paid )
  • INFORMAL THINK-TANK NEWS — June 2022

    • 850 active projects in Georgia, and 630 in Moldova.
    • 64% of women in one of the world’s most influential think-tanks.
    • Gender equality plan 2022-2026.
    • Parity Pledge for gender balanced events.
    • A webinar about working in the think tank sector.
    • What does it take to start a think-tank ?
    • A mission-driven think-tank.
    • Inaccuracy correction.
  • Daniel Drezner

    Bio – Publications

  • The Ideas Industry

    How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas.

    Daniel Drezner – 2017 – 360 pages

  • THINK-TANK AWARD — WEEK 25, 2022

    To the Heritage Foundation, for its extraordinary independence : no government support, and a share of corporate support under 2% !

    ( While being one of the most influential U.S. think-tanks. )

  • THINK-TANK AWARD — WEEK 24, 2022

    To the American Enterprise Institute, for the vibrancy and nonconformism of its podcast productions.

    Here are its 16 most dynamic podcast series :

    – Political Economy
    – Banter Podcast
    – What the hell is going on ?
    – The Report Card
    – The Eastern Front
    – Hardly Working
    – Are you kidding me ?
    – Common Ground
    – Explain to Shane
    – National Affairs
    – On the cusp
    – Understanding Congress
    – The Campus Exchange
    – An Economist goes to College
    – AEI Events
    – TechEnabled

  • THINK-TANK AWARD — WEEK 23, 2022

    To The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy : The largest global alliance for CITY Climate Leadership across the globe — 11802 cities !

  • Think Tank Watch

    twitter.com/ThinkTankWatch — Covering The Think Tank Scene in the United States and Beyond. Specializing in Think Tank News and Gossip.

  • Axios

    axios.com

  • Politico

    politico.eu
    politico.com

  • Think-Tank Award — Week 22, 2022

    To Politique Internationale : the think-tank with the highest influence / size ratio.

    ( > Interviews
    > Readers )

  • On Think Tanks

    A global platform dedicated to promoting better informed policy.

  • Dieter Plehwe

    Bio – Publications

  • Lucas Araldi

    Bio – Publications

  • Think Tank Network Research Initiative

    Analyses how Think Tanks form networks and shape discourses.
    ( Team from the Berlin Social Science Center. )

  • Informal Think-Tank News — May 2022

    • Nobody reads think-tank reports.
    • “Your Central European Intelligence” : “Good Russians do not exist. They have not been born yet.”
    • In 2 weeks a major think-tanker will become a French MP.
    • A  think – tank  battle.
    • There is already a little think-tank in the metaverse.
    • Accepting bitcoins.
    • 1847 initiatives , and around 300 projects in Kosovo. And 124 ongoing programs in Georgia.
    • Acknowledgement of country.
  • Branding — May 2022

    • What The Hell Podcast , Are You Kidding Me Podcast.
    • India’s most influential think-tank goes completely Black & White.
    • Some artistic work in the Annual Report.
    • Think-tanking on YouTube Shorts.
    • Nice Table of Contents.
    • Good design for the front pages of good reports.
    • Design and name plagiarism ?
  • Reuters

    reuters.com

  • Closures & Mergers — May 2022

    • CMI has joined UNOPS.
    • 427 has been bought by Moody’s.
    • The third of 6 final episodes of a major podcast series ( more than 400 episodes in 8 years ).
    • VoteWatch Europe, La Fing and the Foreign Policy Initiative have closed.

  • Raymond Struyk

    Bio – Publications

  • Practical Guidance for Think Tank Directors, Managers and Donors

    Raymond Struyk – 2015 – 459 pages

  • The Economic Times

    economictimes.indiatimes.com

  • Google News

    news.google.com

  • Hindustan Times

    hindustantimes.com

  • Stuti Bhatnagar

    Bio – Publications

  • India’s Pakistan Policy — How Think Tanks Are Shaping Foreign Relations

    Stuti Bhatnagar – 2020 – 178 pages

  • JOSEF BRAML

    Bio – Publications

  • U.S. and German Think Tanks in Comparative Perspective

    Josef Braml – 2006 – 46 pages

  • Financial Times

    ft.com

  • Nikkei Asia

    asia.nikkei.com

  • Los Angeles Times

    latimes.com

  • buildathinktank.org

    This companion guide systematises and compiles information and resources that will help policy entrepreneurs to think-plan-start and adapt their nascent think tanks.

    ( See also :

    – The OTT School : offers a unique range of capacity building opportunities for policy entrepreneurs, thinktankers, think tanks and policy research centres to develop their personal and organisational competences.

    – Setting up a think tank : step by step. )

  • Gender, Think-Tanks and International Affairs: a Toolkit

    The toolkit provides a practical starting point for organisations who want to interrogate the role of gender within their structures.

  • MSNBC

    msnbc.com

  • Informal think-tank news — April 2022 :

    • After WIIS : WCAPS.
    • On domestic matters, Russia starts think-tanking cautiously :
      Open & Interactive Map of Environmental Conflicts in Russia
    • Elves against Trolls.
    • The 3 SUPER HEAVYWEIGHTS of the Think-Tank WORLD : > https://www.fes.de/standorte/fes-international/  > https://www.boell.de/en/worldwide  > https://www.kas.de/en/worldwide
    • JOINT comes out of stealth, to “understand and strengthen EU Foreign and Security Policy in a complex and contested world”.
    • New name ( it was the “Bonn International Center for Conversion” ) ;
      new name ( it was the “Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces” ).
    • 2 examples of think-tanks that have recently decided to hide their full / initial name :
      Tata Energy Research Institute
      Rocky Mountain Institute
    • New HQ ( from London to Berlin ).
  • Sanctioned think-tankers

    4 sanctioned US think-tankers ( numbers 22, 25, 26 & 27 ),

    and a call to sanction Russian ones.

  • think-tank & ecstasy

    At a Parisian party.

  • El País

    elpais.com

  • South China Morning Post

    scmp.com

  • Le Monde

    lemonde.fr

  • EMERGING INDUSTRY OF THINKTANKS IN ARMENIA

    Vardan Atoyan – 2021 – 20 pages

  • Vardan Atoyan

    Bio – Publications

  • The first chatbot in the think-tank world !

    ecfr.eu/special/power-atlas/#tellme

  • Thomas Medvetz

    Bio – Publications

  • Les think tanks et le discours expert sur les politiques publiques au Canada (1890-2015)

    Julien Landry – 6 janvier 2021

    328 pages

  • Julien Landry

    Bio – Publications

  • accusation of espionage

    “The institute acts as an independent research organisation, but is allegedly gathering information“

  • indice de crédibilité

    Vers un indice de crédibilité pour les think tanks dans les médias canadiens

    epistemopratique.org

  • Euractiv.com

    https://www.euractiv.com/?s=think-tank

  • Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

    Bio – Publications

  • Think Tanks: The Quest to Define and to Rank Them

    giga-hamburg.de

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner – 2013

  • The Brussels Binder

    https://brusselsbinder.org/

    The Brussels Binder is the go-to resource for improving gender diversity in policy debates.

  • The Baraza

    thebaraza.org

    ( Center for International Policy — Washington, DC )

  • La Lettre A

    https://www.lalettrea.fr/search?sqe=dGhpbmstdGFuaw2

  • The Intercept

    https://theintercept.com/search/?s=think-tank

  • BBC

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=think-tank

  • FRANÇOIS CLAVEAU

    Bio — Publications

    ( Université de Sherbrook, Canada )

  • think tank lab

    Project pillars :

    • Community of Practice
    • Think Tank School
    • Think Tank Toolbox
  • euronews

    https://www.euronews.com/search?query=think-tank

  • French existentialism

    Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

    ( The European Political Week in #60secs )

  • a startup studio + a think-tank

    Founders Factory and Nesta to launch startups tackling UK’s social and environmental problems

  • Laura C. Whelan

    University of Pennsylvania

    https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Laura-C-Whelan-2170888420

  • James G. McGann

    University of Pennsylvania

    https://www.gotothinktank.com/past-summits

    https://www.gotothinktank.com/publications

  • Think Tanks: Staying Relevant in Today’s World

    Three questions to James McGann :

    https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/blog/think-tanks-staying-relevant-todays-world

  • Global Think Tanks (2nd Edition)

    James G. McGann

    Laura C. Whelan

    https://www.routledge.com/Global-Think-Tanks-Policy-Networks-and-Governance-2nd-Edition/McGann-Whelan/p/book/9780367278557

    This completely revised edition of Global Think Tanks: Policy Networks and Governance provides a clear description of, and context for, the global proliferation of think tanks.

  • Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program

    repository.upenn.edu/ttcsp_papers/

  • Cecilia Malmström joins PIIE

    https://www.piie.com/newsroom/press-releases/former-european-commissioner-cecilia-malmstrom-joins-piie-senior-fellow-and

  • La Tribune

    https://www.latribune.fr/recherche.html?q=think-tank

  • CNN

    https://edition.cnn.com/search?q=think-tank

  • informal think-tank news — October 2021 :

    • Banana Skins Series : https://www.csfi.org/banana-skins-new 

    • Undue pressure : euractiv.com/section/china

    • “The Atlantic Council is not a think tank. It is a start up of people that are ready and hungry to make sure we are designing for impact.” Geysha, Former Deputy Director

    https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/careers/  

    https://cepa.org/our-people/geysha-gonzalez/

  • Closures – August 2021

    • https://twitter.com/yesglobalinsti
    • https://twitter.com/eu_asiacentre
    • https://twitter.com/worldwatch ( still active on Twitter )

  • Nice think-tank design

    https://www.thehagueinstituteforglobaljustice.org/portfolio-category/publications/

  • 2020 Ukrainian think-tank ranking — by online media mentions

    https://uiamp.org.ua/isl/analiticheskie-centry-v-smi-itogi-2020-goda

  • France Culture

    https://www.franceculture.fr/recherche?q=think+tank

  • Informal think-tank news — August 2021 :

    • En Belgique, sur la première chaîne d’info : https://www.ln24.be/2020-01-08/nous-devons-repenser-la-facon-dont-nous-travaillons-avec-nos-ressources

    • 11 HONEST ways to influence local Ukrainian budgets : ipo.org.ua

    • The woke takeover of the U.S. army : heritage.org

    • The think-tank dedicated to UFOs, and the one focused on space law : https://www.explorescu.org/publications ,  https://iislweb.space/ 

    • Beauty should be a PUBLIC GOOD in Europe : https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/the-new-european-bauhaus-must-transform-beauty-into-public-good/    ( As Culture is : https://epthinktank.eu/2020/12/24/what-if-technology-and-culture-combined-to-boost-a-green-recovery/ )

    • Einstein, Darwin and Pythagoras’ theories had already been written SEVERAL MILLENNIA EARLIER — in India : 

    “Most of the scientific laws/theories that we learn today as Newton’s or Einstein’s or Darwin’s theories or earlier ones such as the Pythagoras theorem, had been written about in depth in the ancient texts of Bharat (such as the Vedas and Upanishads) several millennia earlier. However, over the past millennia of invasions as our education systems were destroyed, we lost this knowledge”

    https://indiafoundation.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/March-April-2021-India-Foundation-Journal-1.pdf

    ( https://indiafoundation.in/about-us/ )
    ( among UPen top think-tanks : https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=think_tanks )

    • wolf warrior diplomacy VS. think-tankers : 
    Head of Chinese institute threatens Slovak expert

    https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/petite-frappe-hyene-folle-quand-lambassade-de-chine-sattaque-a-un-chercheur-francais-21-03-2021-OVC4OU662FH7HNS76U4SZ3TMEU.php

    • think-tanking is a matter of Propaganda — in China :

    https://im.nju.edu.cn/imeng/a6/ab/c40541a501419/page.htm   

    China Think Tank Research and Evaluation Center at Nanjing University (Abbreviated “CTTREC”), is a key research institution jointly built by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and Nanjing University,

  • Université de Sherbrooke

    Canada Research Chair in Applied Epistemology

    “Think tanks”

    https://www.epistemopratique.org/en/thematiques/think-tanks/

  • Brookings announces the launch of the Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic relations

    https://www.brookings.edu/news-releases/brookings-announces-the-launch-of-the-fritz-stern-chair-on-germany-and-trans-atlantic-relations/

  • Le Figaro

    https://recherche.lefigaro.fr/recherche/think-tank/

  • Appraising the Epistemic Performance of Social Systems: The Case of Think Tank Evaluations

    https://www.epistemopratique.org/publications/appraising-the-epistemic-performance-of-social-systems-the-case-of-think-tank-evaluations/

    Mar 2020

    Andréanne Veillette

  • Andréanne Veillette

    https://www.epistemopratique.org/en/chaire/equipe/veillette-andreanne/

    Université de Sherbrooke ( Québec, Canada )

  • Crisis Group Welcomes Darian Swig and Kerry Propper to its Board

    https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/crisis-group-updates/crisis-group-welcomes-darian-swig-and-kerry-propper-its-board

  • New York Times

    https://www.nytimes.com/search?dropmab=true&query=think-tank&sort=newest

  • Think tanks and policy-making

    https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/publications/think-tanks-and-policy-making

    Nov 2019

    Hartwig Pautz

  • Hartwig Pautz

    https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/hartwig-pautz

    UWS ( University of the West of Scotland )

    Research output : https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/hartwig-pautz/publications/