This article is a list of notable
think tank
A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmenta ...
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United Nations
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United Nations University
The (UNU) is the think tank and academic arm of the United Nations. Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, with diplomatic status as a UN institution, its mission is to help resolve global issues related to human development and welfare thr ...
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European Union
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European Council on Foreign Relations
The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is a pan-European think tank with offices in seven European capitals. Launched in October 2007, it conducts research on European foreign and security policy and provides a meeting space for decisi ...
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Leap2020
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OneEurope
Albania
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Albanian Institute for International Studies
The Albanian Institute for International Studies
s a think tank based in Tirana, Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern E ...
Argentina
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Balseiro Institute
Balseiro Institute ( es, Instituto Balseiro) is an academic institution that belongs partially to the National University of Cuyo and partially to Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission. It is located in Bariloche, Río Negro province, ...
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Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for Defense
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Leloir Institute
The Leloir Institute is a non-profit research center in Buenos Aires specializing in biochemistry, cellular biology, molecular biology, and related activities.
Overview
The research center was inaugurated in 1947 by way of an initiative of Unive ...
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National Agricultural Technology Institute
The National Agricultural Technology Institute ( es, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), commonly known as INTA, is an Argentine federal extension agency in charge of the generation, adaptation and diffusion of technologies, knowledg ...
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National Atomic Energy Commission
The National Atomic Energy Commission ( es, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, CNEA) is the Argentine government agency in charge of nuclear energy research and development.
The agency was created on May 31, 1950, with the mission of dev ...
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National Institute of Industrial Technology The National Industrial Technology Institute ( es, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial), commonly known as INTI, is an Argentine federal agency in charge of the developing of Industrial technology.
It was created in 1957.
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National Scientific and Technical Research Council
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
Australia
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Australia Institute
The Australia Institute is a left-wing public policy think tank based in Canberra, Australia. Since its launch in 1994, it has carried out research on a broad range of economic, social, and environmental issues.
The institute has offices in Ca ...
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Australian Institute of International Affairs
The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) is an Australian research institute and think tank which focuses on International relations. It publishes the ''Australian Journal of International Affairs''. It is one of the oldest act ...
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Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
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Brisbane Institute
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Centre for Independent Studies
The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is an Australian libertarian think tank founded in 1976 which specialises in public policy research. It is based in Sydney and focuses on classical liberal issues such as free markets and limited gover ...
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Centre for Policy Development
Centre for Policy Development is a public policy think tank in Australia. CPD claims to be independent and non-partisan.
Personnel Past research fellows
*Mark Bahnisch
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Chifley Research Centre
The Chifley Research Centre is the Australian Labor Party’s official think tank.
Objectives & Activities
Aims
Its stated aim is to "the advancement of public policy debate and progressive thinking in Australia." The Centre promotes policy ...
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Committee for Economic Development of Australia
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) is a bipartisan, non-profit organisation providing thought leadership and policy perspectives on the economic and social issues affecting Australia.
Its expressed aim is to "promote nat ...
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Development Policy Centre
The Development Policy Centre (Devpol) is an aid and development policy think tank based at the Crawford School of Public Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Devpol undertakes independent research ...
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East Asian Bureau of Economic Research
The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) is a forum for economic research and analysis of the major issues facing the economies of East Asia.
Based at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, it coor ...
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Evatt Foundation
The H.V. Evatt Memorial Foundation is an Australian think tank founded in memory of Australian politician, judge, historian and diplomat H. V. Evatt.
It is based in Sydney, with members and supporters from around the world.
It is a progressive ...
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Grattan Institute
Grattan Institute is an Australian public policy think tank, established in 2008. The Melbourne-based institute is non-aligned, defining itself as contributing "to public policy in Australia as a liberal democracy in a globalised economy." It is ...
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H.R. Nicholls Society
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Lowy Institute for International Policy
The Lowy Institute is an independent think tank founded in April 2003 by Frank Lowy to conduct original, policy-relevant research about international political, strategic and economic issues from an Australian perspective. It is based in Sydney ...
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Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
The Mannkal Economic Education Foundation is a free market think tank headquartered in Perth, Western Australia.Francis ThorntonManners' good work benefits students ''Kalgoorlie Miner'', February 9, 2012
Location
The think tank is located at 3 ...
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Menzies Research Centre
The Menzies Research Centre Ltd is an Australian public policy think tank. It was founded in 1994 and is named in honour of Sir Robert Menzies, the founder of the Liberal Party of Australia and Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister. It is t ...
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Per Capita
''Per capita'' is a Latin phrase literally meaning "by heads" or "for each head", and idiomatically used to mean "per person". The term is used in a wide variety of social sciences and statistical research contexts, including government statistic ...
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Prosper Australia
Prosper Australia is a non-profit association incorporated in the State of Victoria, Australia dedicated to reforming taxes onto land as articulated by Adam Smith, the Physiocrats, John Stuart Mill, and most notably by Henry George in ''Progr ...
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Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) is a university-based institute that is situated in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University. It is Australia's oldest-established centre for the study of ...
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Sydney Institute
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The McKell Institute
The McKell Institute is an Australian public policy institute dedicated to developing practical policy ideas and contributing to public debate.
History
The McKell Institute was launched in April 2012. It is named after William McKell, the 27th Pre ...
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United States Studies Centre
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Western Australia Policy Forum
Azerbaijan
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Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
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Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs
The Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) was established in Bangladesh as a government-funded think tank on various affairs of law and foreign policy. A future president of Bangladesh, Abdus Sattar ʻAbd al-Sattār (ALA- ...
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Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies
Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) is a non-party, non-profit organization and independent think tank devoted to studying peace and security issues related to South and Southeast Asia. The institute seeks to bridge the gap ...
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Centre for Policy Dialogue
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), established in 1993 by Rehman Sobhan, its Founder chairman, with support from leading civil society institutions in Bangladesh, is mandated by its Deed of Trust to service the growing demand originating ...
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Making Our Economy Right (MOER)
Belgium
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Bruegel
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Centre for European Policy Studies
The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is a think tank based in Brussels, Belgium that undertakes research "leading to solutions to the challenges facing Europe today". It was established in 1983.
Organisation
CEPS is a leading think tan ...
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Centre for the New Europe
The Centre for the New Europe (CNE) was a free-market think tank founded in 1993 and based in Brussels. It focused on EU issues such as economic growth, managing environmental change, health and welfare policy, competition policy, and innovation. ...
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Egmont
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European Centre on the International Political Economy
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European Policy Centre
The European Policy Centre (EPC) is a Brussels-based not-for-profit think tank on European Union affairs, founded in 1997.
Activities
Under the guidance of Herman Van Rompuy, the EPC's Chief Executive is Fabian Zuleeg, a German economist. It ...
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Friends of Europe
Friends of Europe is a Brussels-based, not-for-profit think-tank for European Union policy analysis and debate. The organisation, established in 1999, has no political or national allegiance and is independent of the EU institutions. Its declared ...
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International Crisis Group
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Itinera Institute
The Itinera Institute is a Brussels-based independent think-tank that undertakes research that “identifies and promotes roads for policy reform towards sustained economic growth and social protection, for Belgium and its regions.” It was found ...
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Liberales
Liberales is an independent liberal think tank (some tend to call Liberales left-liberal), located in Ghent, Flanders, Belgium. The organization promotes progressive liberalism and supports individual freedom, justice, a certain degree of self ...
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Nova Civitas
Nova Civitas was a Flemish think tank based on the principles of classic liberalism in combination with Anglo-Saxon conservatism. Nova Civitas claimed at its founding to be completely independent, although it was recognized and supported by the Fl ...
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Vlaamse Volksbeweging
The ( nl, Flemish People's Movement) or VVB is a part-independent Flemish-minded non-profit association. Since 1991, the VVB has been campaigning for the independence of Flanders and therefore belongs to the Flemish-nationalist movement within ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Foreign Policy Initiative BH
Brazil
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Fundação Getúlio Vargas
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Institute of Applied Economic Research The Institute of Applied Economic Research (Portuguese: ''Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada'', Ipea) is a Brazilian government-led research organization dedicated to generation of macroeconomical, sectorial and thematic studies in order to b ...
Canada
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Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada), created by an Act of Parliament in 1984, is an independent, not-for-profit think-tank on Canada's relations with Asia.
Based in Vancouver, with a secondary office in Toronto, APF Canada functio ...
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Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
The Fraser Institute is a libertarian-conservative Canadian public policy think tank and registered charity. The institute describes itself as independent and non-partisan. It is headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Calgary, Tor ...
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Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council is a Canadian independent, non-partisan research and educational institution founded in 1954 whose objective is to promote the economic development of Atlantic Canada.
It accomplishes this by:
* monitoring ...
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Broadbent Institute
Broadbent Institute is a Canadian progressive and social democratic think tank founded by Ed Broadbent.
History
Broadbent Institute is a Canadian progressive and social democratic think tank. It was founded by Ed Broadbent, the leader of the ...
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C. D. Howe Institute
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Caledon Institute of Social Policy
The Caledon Institute of Social Policy, also Caledon Institute, is a private Canadian think tank focused on social policy
Social policy is a plan or action of government or institutional agencies which aim to improve or reform society.
Some p ...
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Canada West Foundation
The Canada West Foundation is a non-partisan think tank based in Calgary, Alberta. It primarily conducts research on issues of concern in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, but also on issues of national significance.
The found ...
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent think tank in Canada. It has been described as "left leaning".
The CCPA concentrates on economic policy, international trade, environmental justice and social policy. It is ...
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Canadian Global Affairs Institute
The Canadian Global Affairs Institute (Global Affairs) is an independent, non-partisan research institute based in Calgary with offices in Ottawa. Incorporated as a charitable organization in 2000, the institute pursues new ideas to focus the ...
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Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is a Canadian-based global research organization that brings together teams of top researchers from around the world to address important and complex questions. It was founded in 1982 and is s ...
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Canadian International Council
The Canadian International Council (CIC; french: Conseil international du Canada, link=no) is a Canadian think tank on foreign relations. It is an independent, member-based council established to strengthen Canada's role in international affairs. ...
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Canadian Tax Foundation
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Centre for International Governance Innovation
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI, pronounced "see-jee") is an independent, non-partisan think tank on global governance. CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral ...
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Conference Board of Canada
The Conference Board of Canada is a Canadian not-for-profit think tank dedicated to researching and analyzing economic trends, as well as organizational performance and public policy issues.
Describing itself as "objective" and "non-partisan", th ...
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Council of Canadians
The Council of Canadians is a Canadian non-profit organization that advocates for clean water, fair trade, green energy, public health care, and a vibrant democracy. The organization is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario with regional offices in H ...
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Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute is a libertarian-conservative Canadian public policy think tank and registered charity. The institute describes itself as independent and non-partisan. It is headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Calgary, T ...
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Frontier Centre for Public Policy
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) is a Canadian public policy think tank, founded to undertake research and education projects in support of economic growth and social outcomes that enhance quality of life. 2012 Annual Report http://ww ...
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Institute for Liberal Studies
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Institute for Research on Public Policy
The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) is an independent, national, bilingual, not-for-profit organization based in Montreal, Quebec. Its mission is to "improve public policy in Canada by generating research, providing insight and info ...
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an independent think tank founded in 1990 working to shape and inform international policy on sustainable development governance. The institute has three offices in Canada - Win ...
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Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) is a Canadian legal advocacy organization specializing in a social conservative approach to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The organization describes itself as non-partisan, b ...
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Macdonald-Laurier Institute
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Montreal Economic Institute
The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) is a non-profit research organization (or think tank) based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It aims at promoting economic liberalism through economic education of the general public and what it regards as effici ...
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Mowat Centre
The Mowat Centre was an independent Canadian public policy think tank associated with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at thUniversity of Toronto It was established in 2009 with support from the government of Ontario, and publish ...
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North-South Institute
Founded in 1976, the North-South Institute (NSI) was a policy research institution or think tank based in Ottawa, Canada, and specializing in international development. The objectives of the institute were as follows:
# To promote a greater under ...
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Pembina Institute
The Pembina Institute is a Canadian think tank and registered charity focused on energy. Founded in 1985, the institute has offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver. The institute's mission is to "advance a prosperous clean en ...
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Public Policy Forum
The Public Policy Forum (PPF) is an independent, non-profit Canadian think tank for public-private dialogue. The organization's stated aim is "to serve as a neutral, independent forum for open dialogue on public policy."
The Forum was founded in ...
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Wellesley Institute
Chile
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Centro de Estudios Públicos
Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP) is a non-profit Chilean think tank founded in 1980. Its stated mission is to “contribute to the development of a free and democratic society” through: 1) the analysis and dissemination of philosophical, pol ...
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Libertad y Desarrollo
Libertad y Desarrollo, abbreviated to LyD, is a Chilean think tank focused on liberal, free market economic studies. Founded in 1990, the think tank defines itself as a "center for studies and private research, independent of any political, re ...
China
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China Center for International Economic Exchanges
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China Development Institute
China Development Institute (CDI) is a China-based think tank headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong. It was founded in 1989 to support the Chinese economic reform. CDI is also tasked with expanding international academic exchang ...
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Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is a Chinese research institute and think tank. The institution is the premier comprehensive national academic research organization in the People's Republic of China for the study in the fields of ...
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Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS; ) was founded in 1958 and is China's oldest think tank for the humanities and social sciences. It is the country's second largest such institution, after the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CAS ...
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State Information Center of China The State Information Center () is a Chinese government policy making think tank affiliated to the National Development and Reform Commission established in 1987. The State Information Center sponsors the China Economic Information Network, a natio ...
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Taihe Institute
Costa Rica
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
The Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences ( es, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, pt, Faculdade Latino-Americana de Ciências Sociais or FLACSO) is a graduate school, graduate-only university and inter-governmental autonomous org ...
Czech Republic
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CEVRO
CEVRO is a think-tank affiliated with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), a political party in the Czech Republic. It was established in 1999 by Ivan Langer.
According to Ivan Langer, the main goal of CEVRO is to improve political culture, educati ...
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Institute for Social and Economic Analyses
The Institute for Social and Economic Analyses (ISEA, ) is a Prague-based think tank established in 2002. Its members' research covers subjects related mainly to the recent social and economic transformation of the Czech Republic. These include ed ...
Denmark
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CEPOS
Centre for Political Studies, also known as CEPOS, is an independent association which works as a classical liberal/free-market conservative think-tank in Denmark. It is a strongly right-leaning and highly political association.
History
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Copenhagen Institute
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Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (Danish: ''Instituttet for Fremtidsforskning'') is a Danish not-for-profit, independent futures think tank founded in 1969 by Thorkil Kristensen, former OECD Secretary-General for the betterment of our ...
Egypt
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Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Finland
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Åland Islands Peace Institute
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Crisis Management Initiative
CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation is an independent Finnish non-governmental organisation that works to prevent and resolve conflict through informal dialogue and mediation. Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former President of Finland Martti ...
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Demos Helsinki
Demos Helsinki is a Finnish think tank. Their main research focus is on governance and societal innovation for the development of a democratic and environmentally sustainable society. The organisation receives a mix of public and private funding ...
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European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to:
In general
* ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe
** Ethnic groups in Europe
** Demographics of Europe
** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe a ...
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Finnish Institute of International Affairs
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Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ( fi, Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos, sv, Näringslivets forskningsinstitut), commonly known by its Finnish acronym ETLA, is a prominent Finnish think tank for economic, policy and social studies. ET ...
France
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Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales The Centre d'Études Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII) is the main French institute for research into international economics. It is part of the network coordinated by the Economic Policy Planning for the Prime Minister ().
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Cercle de l'Oratoire The ''Cercle de l'Oratoire'' ( French for "Circle of the Oratory") is a French think tank created a short time after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Since 2006, it edits a journal, ''Le Meilleur des mondes''. The Circle is led by the journalist Mi ...
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Conférence Olivaint
The ''Conférence Olivaint'' is a French youth association, recognised as being of general interest.
Founded in fall 1874, it is the oldest student association in Franc Its mission is to provide young people with training in public life, notably ...
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European Union Institute for Security Studies
The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) is a Paris-based agency of the European Union (EU) within the realm of Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The EUISS is an autonomous agency with full intellectual freedom and res ...
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Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics
Headquartered in the heart of Paris, France, Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics is an independent research center that analyzes international relations, economic and political strategies as well as international culture ...
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Institut français des relations internationales
The Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri; English ''French Institute of International Relations'') is a think tank dedicated to international affairs, based in Paris, France.
Overview
Ifri was established in 1979 by Thierry d ...
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Institut Montaigne
Institut Montaigne is a think tank based in Paris, France, founded in 2000. Institut Montaigne's makes public policy recommendations to advance its agenda, which broadly reflects that of the large French companies that fund it. It contracts expert ...
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Jacques Delors Institute
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Mont Pelerin Society
The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) is an international organization composed of economists, philosophers, historians, intellectuals and business leaders.Michael Novak, 'The Moral Imperative of a Free Economy', in '' The 4% Solution: Unleashing the E ...
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Saint-Simon Foundation The Saint-Simon Foundation (french: Fondation Saint-Simon) was a French think tank that was created in 1982 and brought together public intellectuals, journalists, senior civil servants, business leaders, trade unionists, and academics. It terminate ...
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Sport and Citizenship
Sport and Citizenship was founded in 2007, shortly after the adoption of the European Commission's White Paper on sport. It is the first and only European think tank which works on the analysis of sporting politics and the study of sport's societa ...
Georgia
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Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies
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New Economic School – Georgia
The New Economic School – Georgia (NESG) (in Georgian: ახალი ეკონომიკური სკოლა საქართველო) is a free market think-tank, non-profit organisation, NGO based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Its ...
Germany
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Atlantic Community The Atlantic Community was a German-American project to apply Web 2.0 ideas to transatlantic foreign policy strategy. Launched in April 2007 as an undertaking of the Atlantic Initiative, the Atlantic Community aims at facilitating discussion betwe ...
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Bonn International Center for Conversion
The Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC), established in 1994, is a research institute located in Bonn, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second ...
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Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik
The Federal Academy for Security Policy (german: Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik, BAKS) is the Federal Republic of Germany’s interministerial institution for advanced studies, education and training in security policy in the remit of the ...
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Centre for European Policy
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Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy
The Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS) is a German non-profit extremism monitoring agency established in 2021. Its stated focus is on creating an early warning system against conspiracy ideologies, disinformation and far ...
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für auswärtige Politik
The German Council on Foreign Relations (german: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e. V. (DGAP)) is Germany's national foreign policy network and policy research institute. As an independent, private, non-partisan and non-profit org ...
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Friedrich Ebert Foundation
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Friedrich Naumann Foundation
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (german: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit) (''FNF''), is a German foundation for liberal politics, related to the Free Democratic Party. Established in 1958 by Theodor Heuss, the first pres ...
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German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
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German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
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German Institute for International and Security Affairs
The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (german: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik; SWP) is a German think tank in international relations and security studies. A semi-official organization with close links to the federal gov ...
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies
The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) is a German research institute. It analyses political, economic and social developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, and combines this analysis with comparative rese ...
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Hanns Seidel Foundation
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Heinrich Böll Foundation
The Heinrich Böll Foundation (german: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V., HBS) is a German, legally independent political foundation. Affiliated with the German Green Party, it was founded in 1997 when three predecessors merged. The foundation was n ...
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Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
The Ifo Institute for Economic Research is a Munich-based research institution. Ifo is an acronym from Information and Forschung (research). As one of Germany's largest economic think-tanks, it analyses economic policy and is widely known for its ...
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Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (german: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, KAS) is a German political party foundation associated with but independent of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The foundation's headquarters are located in Sank ...
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Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
The Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (acronym: PRIF, German: Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, short HSFK) is a research institute in Frankfurt am Main focused on violent international and internal conflicts ...
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Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
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Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV) (roughly "New Responsibility Foundation" in English) is a German non-profit think tank based in Berlin that specializes in public policy related to technology's effect on society.
SNV deals with the topics of IT s ...
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
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Walter Eucken Institut
The Walter Eucken Institut is a German ordo-liberal economic think tank based in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The Institute was founded in 1954, four years after the death of economist Walter Eucken, by a number of his fri ...
Greece
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Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE)
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Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (Greek acronym: ELIAMEP) is an independent, non-profit Greek institute that conducts policy-oriented research and training. It has the following goals and objectives:International Centre for Black Sea Studies
The International Centre for Black Sea Studies (Greek: Διεθνές Κέντρο Μελετών Ευξείνου Πόντου, English Acronym: ICBSS, Greek Acronym: ΔΙΚΕΜΕΠ) is a think-tank based in Athens, Greece, committed to promot ...
(ICBSS)
Hong Kong
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Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre
The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre was a privately funded public policy think tank in Hong Kong. The organisation stated that its aim was "to promote the understanding of the 'one country, two systems' arrangements in Hong Kong and other ...
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Central Policy Unit
The Central Policy Unit, established in 1989, was responsible for advising the Chief Executive (previously the Governor) of Hong Kong. It was replaced with the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Unit in 2018.
Previous heads
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Civic Exchange
Civic Exchange is a Hong Kong-based public policy think tank and registered charity.
It was founded in 2000 by politician Christine Loh (陸恭蕙), and environmental researcher Lisa Hopkinson (何麗莎). Past CEOs include Loh, Yan-yan Yip, ...
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HKGolden50
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Hong Kong Democratic Foundation
The Hong Kong Democratic Foundation (; HKDF) is a Hong Kong public policy think tank established initially as a political party on 27 October 1989. The Foundation was founded in the run up to the first Legislative Council direct elections of 19 ...
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New Century Forum
New Century Forum is a pro-Beijing middle-class oriented political group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The group comprises professionals, businessmen and academics, and aims to represent the ...
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One Country Two Systems Research Institute
The One Country Two Systems Research Institute (OCTS; Chinese:一國兩制研究中心) is a Hong Kong think tank founded in 1990 by a group of pro-Beijing politicians. It is registered in Hong Kong as private non-profit company with limited ...
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Our Hong Kong Foundation
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Path of Democracy
Path of Democracy ( zh, t=民主思路) is a political group and think tank established in 2015 in Hong Kong. It is led by former Civic Party legislator Ronny Tong, who joined the Executive Council on 1 July 2017. Although officially unaligned ...
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The Global Institute for Tomorrow
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The Lion Rock Institute
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The Professional Commons
Hungary
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Centre for Fair Political Analysis
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Club of Budapest
Ervin László founded international organization the Club of Budapest in 1993 to expand beyond the scientific purpose of the General Evolution Research Group to try to mobilize the resources of humanity to meet future challenges.
The Club of Buda ...
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Danube Institute
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Millennium Institute
India
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Association for Democratic Reforms
History
ADR came into existence in 1999 when a group of Professors from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and Bangalore filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with the Delhi High Court regarding the disclosure of the crimi ...
(ADR) – New Delhi
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Centre for Civil Society
Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is a non-profit think tank based in New Delhi. The Centre was founded in 1997 by Dr Parth J Shah, former Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. It operates as an independent educational organisatio ...
(CCS) – New Delhi
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Centre for Policy Research
The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) is an Indian think tank focusing on public policy. Established in 1973 and located in New Delhi, it is one of the national social science research institutes recognized by the Indian Council of Social Scie ...
(CPR) - New Delhi
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Centre for Public Policy Research
Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) is an independent non-profit research organization located in Kochi, India. It was established in the year 2004. It conducts professional research, integrating developments in the areas of education, li ...
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Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
,
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
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Chennai Centre for China Studies (CCCS)
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Foundation for Democratic Reforms
The Foundation for Democratic Reforms is a non-profit, non-partisan and independent research institution founded by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta), Jayaprakash Narayan, an Indian Administrative Service officer turned politician and a polit ...
(FDR) –
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
,
Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...
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Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) - New Delhi
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Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) (formerly known as: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)), New Delhi, is India's foremost think tank for advanced research in international relations, espec ...
(IDSA)
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Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies
The Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies is a public policy think-tank of the state of Odisha. It conducts research in the disciplines of Economics, Sociology and Social Anthropology. It is jointly funded by the Government of Indi ...
(NCDS), Bhubaneswar
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Observer Research Foundation
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) is an independent global think tank based in Delhi, India. The foundation has three centres in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. ORF provides potentially viable inputs for policy and decision-makers in the Indian ...
(ORF) – New Delhi
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Public Health Foundation of India
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a not for profit public private initiative working towards a healthier India. A national consultation, convened by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in September 2004, recommended a ...
(PHFI) – New Delhi
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Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) – Mumbai
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United Service Institution
United Service Institution of India (USI) is a national security and defence services think tank based in New Delhi, India. It describes its aim as the "furtherance of interest and knowledge in the art, science and literature of the defence serv ...
of India (USI-India) – New Delhi
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Vivekananda International Foundation
The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) is an Indian public policy think-tank. It is considered to be aligned to right-of-centre in its policies.
Origins and history
The Vivekananda International Foundation describes itself as an " ...
(VIF) – New Delhi
Indonesia
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Centre for Strategic and International Studies
The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a non-profit organization based in Indonesia which has served as a think tank on social, international, political and economical issues. CSIS was founded on Sept 1, 1971 by a group of ...
(CSIS)
Ireland
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Institute of International and European Affairs
The Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) ( ga, An Institiúid Gnóthaí Idirnáisiúnta agus Eorpacha) is an Irish policy think tank focusing on European and international policy trends based in Dublin, Ireland. It is known for ...
(IEA)
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Iona Institute
The Iona Institute is a socially conservative, Christian, advocacy group, frequently described as a Catholic pressure group based in Ireland. Founded by columnist David Quinn, it was launched publicly in 2007.
Iona promotes conservative Christ ...
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TASC (Think-Tank for Action on Social Change)
Iran
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Association for Iranian Studies
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Foundation for Iranian Studies
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Institute of Iran and Eurasia Studies (Iras)
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Ravand Institute
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Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies
Israel
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Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
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Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (IASPS) was an Israel-based think tank with an affiliated office in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1984 by its president, Professor Robert Loewenberg.
Political stance
In the US, IASPS ...
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Institute for National Security Studies
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Israel Council on Foreign Relations
The Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) is an independent, non-partisan forum for the study and debate of foreign policy issues, especially those relating to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. The ICFR publishes a triannual policy a ...
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Israel Democracy Institute
Israel Democracy Institute (IDI; he, המכון הישראלי לדמוקרטיה), established in 1991, is an independent center of research and action dedicated to strengthening the foundations of Israeli democracy. It is located in Jerusalem, ...
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Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
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Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research
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Reut Institute
The Reut Group (formerly known as the Reut Institute) is a non-profit policy think tank and Israeli lobby organization in Tel Aviv. It was founded by Gidi Grinstein in January 2004 to provide decision-support to Israeli policymakers.
The Reut Ins ...
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Shaharit
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Shalem Center
The Shalem Center ( he, מרכז שלם, ''Merkaz Shalem'') was a Jerusalem research institute that supported academic work in the fields of philosophy, political theory, Jewish and Zionist history, Bible and Talmud, Middle East Studies, archaeolo ...
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Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (VLJI) is a center for the interdisciplinary study and discussion of issues related to philosophy, society, culture, and education. The Institute was established in to create a body of knowledge and discourseto ...
Italy
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Bruno Leoni Institute
The Bruno Leoni Institute, named after philosopher and scholar Bruno Leoni, is an Italian libertarian think-tank promoting classical liberal ideas in Italy and in Europe. It was founded in 2003 by three libertarian scholars Carlo Lottieri, A ...
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Club of Rome
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European University Institute
The European University Institute (EUI) is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute and an independent body of the European Union with juridical personality, established by the member states to contribu ...
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Future Italy
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Institute for International Political Studies
The Institute for International Political Studies – ISPI (full official name in Italian Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale), founded in 1934, is the oldest Italian think tank specialised in international affairs. ISPI approaches ...
(ISPI)
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Istituto Affari Internazionali
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (English: Institute of International Affairs) is an Italian international relations think tank, and non-profit organisation founded in 1965 by Altiero Spinelli. It is ranked among the global top-20 think t ...
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Trinità dei Monti
The church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called merely the Trinità dei Monti ( French: ''La Trinité-des-Monts''), is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church in Rome, central Italy. It is best known for its position above ...
Japan
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Asian Development Bank Institute
The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) is an Asian think tank focused on identifying effective development strategies for Asia and the Pacific, and on providing support to ADB member countries in managing development challenges. It was esta ...
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Genron NPO
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Institute of Developing Economies
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE; アジア経済研究所) is a semi-governmental research institute under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the largest institute on social science in Japan. Current status is a body of the Ja ...
(IDE-JETRO)
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Japan Institute of International Affairs
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National Institute for Research Advancement The National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) is a Japanese independent policy research think tank based in Tokyo founded in 1974 under the ''National Institute for Research Advancement Act''. It is funded through an endowment comprising ...
(NIRA)
Kazakhstan
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Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP)
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Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies
The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the president of Kazakhstan (KazISS) ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасы Президентінің жанындағы Қазақстан стратегиялық зерттеул ...
(KISS)
*Qazaqstan Institute of Social Studies (QISS)
Kenya
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Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
Lebanon
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Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
Malaysia
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Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)
Mexico
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Center of Research for Development (CIDAC)
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Instituto de Pensamiento Estratégico Ágora (IPEA)
Netherlands
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Center for European Renewal
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Edmund Burke Foundation
The Edmund Burke Foundation (''Edmund Burke Stichting'') is a conservative group based in The Hague, the Netherlands.
History
The Edmund Burke Foundation was founded in 2000 by a group of young conservatives, including professor Andreas Kinneging ...
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International Institute for Research and Education
The International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE) is a research and educational centre based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It conducts training and publishes research for and by progressive activists around the world.
The institute was ...
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Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD; Dutch: ''Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie'') works to promote peaceful, just and inclusive politics worldwide. NIMD's approach is characterized by dialogue, which it facilit ...
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Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael
The Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael ( nl, Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen Clingendael) or Clingendael Institute (''Instituut Clingendael'') is a Dutch think tank and academy on international relat ...
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The Hague Institute for Global Justice
The Hague Institute for Global Justice, or simply The Hague Institute, is an international think tank based in The Hague, Netherlands. It was established in 2011 by a consortium of partners including the Municipality of The Hague, an academic coa ...
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Wiardi Beckman Foundation (PvdA)
New Zealand
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Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand
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Helen Clark Foundation
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Maxim Institute
The Maxim Institute is a research and public policy think tank based in Auckland, New Zealand. The Institute's work is oriented toward a conservative perspective on its issues of primary concern, which are now education policy, tax and welfare poli ...
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McGuinness Institute
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Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
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New Zealand Initiative
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New Zealand Institute (2004–2012)
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New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) is the largest independent think tank in New Zealand. It is non-profit incorporated society and was established in 1958. It seeks to take a centrist, politically neutral position.
It has a sta ...
Nigeria
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African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS)
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National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Nigeria is a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, Army officers, and medium-rank and senior civil servants, which was founded in 1979. Most policymaker ...
(NIPSS)
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Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)
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Nigerian Institute of International Affairs The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs was established in 1961, to provide a platform of ideas on what direction Nigeria should follow on international policies, having regards to relationship with the outside world. The institute is headed ...
(NIIA)
Pakistan
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Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC)
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Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies
The Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS, ur, ) is an independent research think tank founded by the Pakistan Air Force with specializations in the domains of aerospace, aviation industry, national security, doctrine, strategy, and e ...
(CASS)
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Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)
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Institute of Regional Studies Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad, ({{nq, ادارہِ علاقائی تحقیق اسلام آباد ، پاکستان) is an independent, non-profit research centre devoted to the study of the region around Pakistan: South Asia, Southwest As ...
(IRS)
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Institute of Strategic Studies
The Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI), () is a strategic studies think tank based in Islamabad, Pakistan established in 1973. It is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. Its most famous member is the nationalis ...
(ISS)
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Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)
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Pakistan Academy of Sciences
The Pakistan Academy of Sciences ( ur, ) (abbreviated as: PAS), is a learned society of sciences, which described itself as "a repository of the highest scientific talent available in the country."
Established in 1953 in Lahore, Punjab, the A ...
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Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (popularly known as PIDE) () is a post-graduate research institute and a public policy think tank located in the vicinity of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Founded in 1957 by the Government of Pakist ...
(PIDE)
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Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA)
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Research Society of International Law (RSIL)
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Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC)
*Sustainable Development Policy Institute
Philippines
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Center for Research and Communication
The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P; Filipino: ''Pamantasan ng Asya at Pasipiko'') is a private university in the Philippines. It traces its beginnings to the Center for Research and Communication (CRC), which was established on August 1 ...
(CRC)
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Foreign Service Institute (FSI)
Poland
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Adam Smith Centre Adam Smith Center ( pl, Centrum im. Adama Smitha) is a neoliberal think-tank based in Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, c ...
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Centre for Eastern Studies
The Centre for Eastern Studies ( pl, Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich, OSW) is a Warsaw-based think tank that undertakes independent research on the political, economic and social situation in Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus and Centra ...
(OSW)
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Institute of Economics
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Polish Institute of International Affairs
The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM, pl, Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych) in Warsaw is a Polish think tank which carries out research and training in international relations. In this field, it ranks as one of the most ...
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Sobieski Institute
Instytut Sobieskiego (The Sobieski Institute) is a think tank founded in Poland in 2004, known for its political advocacy of the Polish conservative political movement. The Poland's social conservative party Law and Justice , which governed Polan ...
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The Casimir Pulaski Foundation
The Casimir Pulaski Foundation (''Fundacja im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego, FKP'') is an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan think tank based in Warsaw, Poland specializing in foreign policy and security research. The foundation is named after Ca ...
(FKP)
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The Kosciuszko Institute
Russia
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Agentura.Ru
Agentura. Ru (Russian: Агентура.Ру) is a Russian web-site founded in 2000 as an online community of journalists who cover terrorism, and intelligence agencies. From 2000 to 2006 the web-site was supported by ISP Relcom and since 2006 Age ...
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Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation
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Carnegie Moscow Center
The Carnegie Moscow Center () was a Moscow-based think tank that focuses on domestic and foreign policy. It was established in 1994 as a regional affiliate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It was the number one think tank in Ce ...
(United States-based)
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Center for Strategic Research (Russia)
The Center for Strategic Research (russianЦентр стратегических разработок}), or CSR (russian: ЦСР), is a Russian public policy think tank based in Moscow, Russia. The Center for Strategic Research (CSR) is a non-c ...
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Central Economic Mathematical Institute
The Central Economic Mathematical Institute (russian: Центральный экономико-математический институт (ЦЭМИ)) of the Russian Academy of Sciences is an economic research institute located in Moscow. It fo ...
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Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies
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Civil Society Development Foundation
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Dialogue of Civilizations
The Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute is an independent think tank. Its headquarters is located in Berlin, with representative offices located in Moscow and Vienna. The Institute carries out research into issues concerning internatio ...
(DOC)
(Berlin-based)
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Gorchakov Fund
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INSOR
INSOR (abbreviated russian: Институт современного развития, Institute of Contemporary Development), known until March 2008 as RIO Center (russian: РИО-Центр, Center for Development of an Information Society), in ...
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Institute for Election Systems Development
The Institute for Election Systems Development (IESD) is an organization founded in 1999 to promote democracy in Russia.[Institute for US and Canadian Studies
Institute for US and Canadian Studies (Russian: Институт США и Канады РАН, ''Institut SShA i Kanadi RAN'') is a Russian think tank which is part of the Russian Academy of Sciences, specializing on the comprehensive studies of ...]
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Institute of Democracy and Cooperation
The Institute of Democracy and Cooperation is a think tank in Paris. It is a separate organisation from the similarly named think-tank in New York. Both were founded in 2008 by a Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena and a group of Russian NGOs, but th ...
(IDC)
(Paris-based)
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Izborsky club
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Russian Institute for Strategic Studies
The Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS) or (RISI) or (RISY) (russian: Российский институт стратегических исследований (РИСИ)) is a Russian research and analytical center formed by decree ...
(RISI)
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Russian International Affairs Council
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC, russian: Российский совет по международным делам) is a non-profit academic and diplomatic think tank established by the presidential decree dated 2 February 2010. ...
(RIAC)
[Carolina Vendil Pallin and Susanne Oxenstierna. (August 2017)]
Russian Think Tanks and Soft Power
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SOVA Center
The SOVA Center for Information and Analysis is a Moscow-based nongovernmental organization and
think tank conducting sociological research primarily on nationalism and racism in post-Soviet Russia. Currently, SOVA devotes its monitoring, resea ...
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Valdai Discussion Club
The Valdai Discussion Club is a Moscow-based think tank and discussion forum. It was established in 2004 and is named after Lake Valdai, which is located close to Veliky Novgorod, where the Club’s first meeting took place. In 2014, the managem ...
Saudi Arabia
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King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center
The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) is an advisory think tank that consults different organizations in the Saudi energy sector, with a focus on global energy economics and sustainability. It is located in Riyadh, Sa ...
Serbia
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Balkan Trust for Democracy
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Centre for Contemporary Politics
The Centre for Contemporary Politics (Serbian: Центар савремене политике) is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit organization founded in Belgrade in May 2012. The centre is a think tank focused on a range of fie ...
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European Fund for the Balkans
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Institute of International Politics and Economics
The Institute of International Politics and Economics ( sr-cyr, Институт за међународну политику и привреду) is one of the oldest research institutes in South Eastern Europe specialised in the field of inter ...
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Institute of Political Studies in Belgrade
Singapore
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Institute of Policy Studies
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Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) is an autonomous postgraduate school of the National University of Singapore (NUS), named after the late former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew.
History
The Lee Kuan Yew School of ...
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Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) is an independent think tank organization concerned with central banking, economic policy, and public investment.
OMFIF was co-founded in 2010 by David Marsh, who has subsequently se ...
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Singapore Institute of International Affairs
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S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) is an autonomous graduate school in Singapore, and policy-oriented think tank within the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Founded in 1996 as the Institute of Defence and Strategic S ...
Slovakia
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Forum Minority Research Institute
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Globsec
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Institute for Public Affairs (IVO)
South Africa
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Centre for Conflict Resolution
The Centre for Conflict Resolution is a social research institute of the University of Cape Town.
It was founded in 1968 by Professor H.W. van der Merwe in Cape Town, South Africa, to conduct academic research on relations between "racial" groups ...
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Centre for Development and Enterprise
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Free Market Foundation
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) is a classical liberal think tank located in Bryanston, Johannesburg, South Africa. Founded in 1975, the FMF was established to further human rights and democracy through the principles of an open society, the rul ...
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Institute for Security Studies
The Institute for Security Studies, also known as ISS or ISS Africa (to distinguish itself from other similarly named institutes in other parts of the world), described itself as follows: "an African organisation which aims to enhance human se ...
South Korea
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Center for Free Enterprise (CFE)
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Korea Development Institute
The Korea Development Institute (KDI) is a Korean government agency established in 1971 to conduct policy research. KDI has conducted research on a broad range of economic and social issues, including macroeconomics policy, fiscal policy, and lab ...
(KDI)
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Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), established in 1989, is a government-funded economic research institute addressing the international economy and its relationship with Korea. KIEP has aimed to be a regional hub for i ...
(KIEP)
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Korea Institute of Public Administration
The Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) is a government-sponsored research institute in South Korea, established in October 1991. They do research not just on current issues of public administration but historical ones as well, as in 2 ...
(KIPA)
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Sejong Institute
Sejong Institute (Korean: 세종연구소, Hanja: 世宗硏究所) is a non-profit, independent organization for public interest and a leading think tank in South Korea, dedicated to developing strategies and policies in areas of foreign and s ...
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The Asan Institute for Policy Studies (The Asan Institute)
Spain
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Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
The Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) is a Spanish think tank headquartered in Barcelona, devoted to research in the field of international relations. It defines itself as an "independent institution" that studies specifically ...
(CIDOB)
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Club of Madrid
Club de Madrid is an independent non-profit organization created to promote democracy and change in the international community. Composed of 121 regular members from 72 countries, including 7 Nobel Peace Prize laureates and 20 first female heads ...
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Elcano Royal Institute
The Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies (Spanish: ''Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos''; RIE) is a think tank based in Madrid, Spain.
It was created on 26 November 2001 as private foundati ...
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Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies (FAES)
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FRIDE
The FRIDE (''Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior'', Spanish for "Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue") was an independent European think tank headquartered in Madrid and Brussels. As of 201 ...
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Fundación Alternativas
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IDEAS Foundation for progress
The Ideas Foundation for Progress ( es, Fundación Ideas para el Progreso), also known as the Fundación IDEAS (IDEAS Foundation), was a Spanish think tank that works on political ideas and proposals for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) ...
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Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas
The Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas (RACMP, English: Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences) is a forum for the sharing of social, economic, philosophical, political and juridical knowledge. It was created on 30 September 1 ...
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Royal Institute of European Studies
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People
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* A member of a royal family
Places United States
* Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
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* Royal, Iowa, a cit ...
(RIEE)
Sri Lanka
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LIRNEasia
Sweden
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Captus
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Eudoxa
Eudoxa is a Swedish think tank, formed in 2000. Eudoxa has a transhumanist, and liberal political profile, with a focus on promoting dynamism, emerging technologies, harm reduction policy and discussing the challenges of the environment and the ...
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Ratio Institute
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an international institute based in Stockholm. It was founded in 1966 and provides data, analysis and recommendations for armed conflict, military expenditure and arms trade as well a ...
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Timbro
Timbro is a liberal think tank and publishing company located in Stockholm, Sweden. In its present form Timbro was founded in 1978 by Sture Eskilsson and the Swedish Employers’ Association, a precursor to the Confederation of Swedish Enterpr ...
Switzerland
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Avenir Suisse
Avenir Suisse is a Classical liberalism, classical liberal think tank focused on Switzerland’s future in political, economical and social areas. Its main goal is to stimulate the public debate and to provide new ideas through the publication of ...
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Center for Security Studies
The Center for Security Studies (CSS) is a center at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, which focuses on Swiss and international security.
Overview
The center was founded by Prof. Dr. Kurt Spillmann in 1986 and has been led ...
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''foraus'' · Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy
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Geneva Centre for Security Policy
The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) is an international foundation that was established in 1995 under Swiss law to "promote the building and maintenance of peace, security and stability". The GCSP was founded by the Federal Department o ...
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Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
DCAF - ; Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (French: ''Centre pour la gouvernance du secteur de la sécurité, Genève,'' German: ''Das Genfer Zentrum für die Gouvernanz des Sicherheitssektors'') is an intergovernmental foundation-b ...
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Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD; french: Centre international de déminage humanitaire - CIDHG) is an international organisation working in mine action and explosive ordnance risk reduction, with a focus on lan ...
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Horasis
Horasis is an independent, international think tank, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 2005, by Frank-Jürgen Richter, former director of the World Economic Forum, Horasis is dedicated to the innovation and development of sustainab ...
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Liberales Institut
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World Economic Forum
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Taiwan
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Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
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History
After the ending of d ...
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Industrial Technology Research Institute
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI; ) is a technology research and development institution in Taiwan.
Founded in 1973, ITRI has contributed to moving Taiwan's industries from labor-intensive to innovation-driven. ITRI is hea ...
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Institute for Information Industry
The Institute for Information Industry (III; , abbreviated ) was established in 1979 as a Non-Governmental Organization ( NGO) to support the communication sector in Taiwan under the supervision of the Republic of China Ministry of Economic Af ...
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Institute for National Defense and Security Research
The Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR) is a Taiwanese think tank based in Taipei. The Institute’s mission is to safeguard Taiwan's democracy and prosperity by strengthening mutual understanding and advancing common inte ...
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National Applied Research Laboratories
The National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs; ) is a research institution in Taiwan resulted from the combination of national laboratories into an independent nonprofit institute. It is located in Taipei.
History
NARLabs was establishe ...
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Prospect Foundation
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Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation
Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (; Abbreviation: Taiya Foundation or TAEF, ), established in 2018, is Taiwan's first private policy think tank focused on ASEAN and South Asia.
Established in Taiwan through the support of government, civil societ ...
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Taiwan Competitiveness Forum
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Taiwan External Trade Development Council
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA; ) is a non-profit government co-sponsored trade promotion organization in Taiwan.
It was founded in 1970 as China External Trade Development Council (CETRA). However, it changed its English ...
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Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD; ) is a non-profit organisation headquartered in Taipei. Originally initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, the foundation's purpose is to promote democracy around the world ...
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Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, ) is an incorporated non-profit research institute in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.
History
Established on 1 September 1976, it was the first independent academic research institute in Taiwan. ...
Turkey
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Global Political Trends Center (GPoT Center)
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International Strategic Research Organization
The International Strategic Research Organization (USAK, acronym from its Turkish name ''Uluslararası Stratejik Araştırma Kurumu'') is an independent think-tank established in 2004. It pursues interdisciplinary studies on national and internati ...
(USAK)
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Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation ( tr, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakfı, TESEV), based in Istanbul, is Turkey's leading think tank. The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) is an independent non-gover ...
(TESEV)
Ukraine
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Centre of Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR)
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International Centre for Policy Studies
The International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS) is an independent NGO, founded in 1994 which aims to promote public policy concepts and practice and apply them to influential policy research that affects both the public and private sectors in Uk ...
(ICPS)
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The Razumkov Centre
United Arab Emirates
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Gulf Research Center
The Gulf Research Center (GRC) is a privately funded, non- partisan think tank, education provider and consultancy specializing in the Persian Gulf region. The GRC produces research from a Gulf perspective which redresses a current area studies im ...
United Kingdom
United States
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