(Think Tanks)
Araştırma Merkezleri
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English/Turkish
İngilizce/Türkçe
Argentina/ Arjantin
- Asia-Australia Institute at University of New South Wales (AAI)
- Asia Research Centre
- Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC), Asia Pacific School of Economics and Goverment, Australian National University
- The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA)
- Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University (CAIS)
- Centre for Military and Strategic Studies (CMSS), University of Calgary
- Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS) Sydney University
- Contemporary China Centre. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
- Monash Asia Institute
- Research Insitute for Asia and the Pacific (RIAP), University of Sydney
- Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), Australian National University
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC), Australian National University
Austria / Avusturya 
- Austrian Institute for international Affairs (OIIP)
- Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, (ASPR) Peace Center Burg Schlaining
- Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, (ASPR) Peace Center Burg Schlaining
- Vienna School of International Studies
- European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU) Peace Center Burg Schlaining
- Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS)
- Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA)
- Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies (IISEPS)
- Centre For European Policy Studies (CEPS)
- Centre for European Security and Disarmament (CESD)
- European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS)
- Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security (GRIP)
- European Institute for Research on Mediterranean and Euro-Arab Cooperation (MEDEA)
- International & European Research Unit (IERU), University of Ghent
- International Center for Caspian Studies (ICCS)
- Royal Institute for International Relations/Institut Royal des Relations Internationales (IRRI-KIIB)
- Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD)
- Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS)
Cambodia / Kamboçya
- Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP)
Canada / Kanada 
- Asia Pacific Foundation
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
Atlantic Provinces Economic Council - Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
- Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA/ICAI)
- Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS)
- Centre for Conflict Studies, University of New Brunswick
- Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba
- The Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University
- Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
- Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University
- Centre of International Relations, University of British Columbia
- Caledon Institute of Social Policy
Canada West Foundation
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Canadian Economics Association
Canadian Labour and Business Centre
Canadian Institute of Advanced Research
Canadian Policy Research Networks
C.D. Howe Institute
Center for Educational and Public Policy Research in the Americas
Le Centre canadien d’étude et coopération internationale
Centre for Cultural Renewal
Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Centre for Trade Policy and Law
Centre for the Study of Living Standards
Centre on Governance
Chantier de l'économie sociale
The Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance (CCEG)
conservativeforum.org
Conference Board of Canada
Couchiching Institute of Public Affairs
Digital 4Sight
Fireweed Democracy Project
Fraser Institute - GPI Atlantic
Human Rights Internet (HRI, Canada): Founded in 1976, HRI is a leader in the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community. Launched in the United States, HRI has its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. From Ottawa, HRI communicates by phone, fax, mail and the Internet with more than 5,000 organizations and individuals around the world working for the advancement of human rights.
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Institute for Citizen-Centred Service
Institute for Research on Public Policy
Institute for Canadian Values
Institute of Public Administration
Institute on Governance
- Liu Institute for Global Issues
- Mackenzie Institute
Metamode Institute on Public Policy
Montreal Economic Institute
Munk Centre for International Studies (MCIS) - The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) Carleton University
- North-South Institute
The Parliamentary Centre - Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC)
- Public Policy Forum
- Research Group in International Security, McGill University and Université de Montréal
- Transportation Research Board
Unisféra International Centre
Work Research Foundation (WRF)
Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Toronto - York Centre for International and Security Studies, York University
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Costa Rica / Kosta Rika
- Fundacion Arias para la Paz y el Progreso Humano
Croatia / Hırvatistan
- Institute for International Relations (IMO)
Croatian International Studies AssociationCzech Republic / Çek Cumhuriyeti
- Institute of International Relations (IIR)
- Jan Masaryk Center for International Relations
- International Institute for Political Science of Masaryk University (IIPS)
Denmark / Danimarka
- Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS)
- Research Center for Development and International Relations (DIR)
- Danish Association of Political Science
Egypt / Mısır
- Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS; Egypt): ACPSS was established as an independent research unit within the framework of the Al Ahram Foundation. After 1972, it expanded the scope of its research beyond Zionism, Israeli society and the Palestinian issue to cover the comprehensive study of political and strategic issues, patterns of interaction between Arab countries and the international system, and regional frameworks. The center is also interested in studying the political, economic, military and social aspects of Egyptian society.Estonia / Estonya
- Institute for European Studies
- Jaan Tonisson Institute (JTI)
Ethiopia / Etiyopya
- Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development (EIIPD)
Finland / Finlandiya
- Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
- Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI)
France / Fransa
Center for International Studies and Research (CERI)
Institute for Security Studies, European Union
Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (IFRI)
Georgia / Gürcistan
- Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD)
- Center for Peace and International Relations Studies (CPIRS)
Germany / Almanya
- American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
- European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
- Frederich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
- George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtig Politik (DGAP)
- Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK)
- Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV)
- Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitpolitik (IFSH), Universität Hamburg
- SWP: Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Greece / Yunanistan
- Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
- Institute of International Relations (IIR)
- Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS/EIEAM)
Hong Kong / Hong Kong
- David C. Lam Institute For East-West Studies (LEWI)
India / Hindistan 
- Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
- Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)
- Security and Political Risk Analysis, SAPRA INDIA
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- Strategic Foresight: Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) is a think tank that helps policy makers to anticipate and shape, the future in uncertain times. It produces fresh perspectives, by combining research with policy change and conflict-resolution initiatives. SFG brings out confidential and public research reports. Its in-depth scenarios in the context of the war in Iraq, instability in Central Asia, religious extremism in Pakistan and India’s economy has earned SFG, a reputation for correct projections.
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Indonesia / Endonezya
- Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Iran / İran
- International Institute for Caspian Studies (IICS)
Ireland / İrlanda
- Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Limerick
- Dublin European Insitute (DEI) University College Dublin
- Institute of European Affairs
Israel / İsrail
- Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA,) Bar-Ilan University
- The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace
- Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI)
- The Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies (JCSS), Tel Aviv University
- The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
- The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research (TSC), Tel Aviv University
Italy / İtalya
- Centro Studi Emigrazione Roma
- Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Japan / Japonya
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) Kyoto University
- Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University
- Institute for Peace Science (IPSHU) Hiroshima University
- Japan Forum on International Relations, Inc. (JFIR)
- Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)
- The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
- National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)
- Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
Jordan / Ürdün
- Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan
Kuwait / Kuveyt
- Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait
Latvia
- Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LAI)
Lebanon / Lübnan
- Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS)
- Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS)
Malaysia
- Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)
Malta / Malta
- Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta
Nepal / Nepal
- Institute of Foreign Affairs
Netherlands / Hollanda
Centre for European Security Studies (CESS)
- Conflict Research Unit (CRU), Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael
- Cicero Foundation (CF)
- International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)
- Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael
- European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), University of Utrecht
New Zealand / Yeni Zelanda
- Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS), Victoria University of Wellington
Northern Ireland / Kuzey İrlanda
- Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE) University of Ulster and United Nations University
Norway / Norveç
- International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)
- Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
Pakistan
- Institute of Regional Studies (IICS)
Palestinian Authority / Filistin
- Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)
Philippines / Filipinler
- Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC)
Poland / Polonya
- Center for International Relations
- The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Portugal / Portekiz
- Instituto de Estudos Estratégios Internacionais (IEEI)
Romania / Romanya
- Association for International Law and International Relations (ADIRI)
Russia / Rusya
- Carnegie Moscow Center
- Center for Policy Studies in Russia (PIR)
- Center for Political and International Studies (CPIS)
- Insitute of Europe
- Insitute for the U.S. and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)
Serbia and Montenegro / Sırbistan ve Karadağ
- Center for Strategic Studies (CSS)
Singapore / Singapur
- East Asian Institute (EAI) National University of Singapore
- Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) Nanyang Technological University
- Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
- Singapore institute of International Affairs (SIIA)
South Africa / Güney Afrika Cumhuriyeti
- Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA)
- African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
- Centre for Conflict Resolution
- Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
- The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
South Korea / Güney Kore
- Institute of East and West Studies (IEWS)
Spain / İspanya
- CIDOB Fundacion: Centre of International Relations and International Cooperation
- Research Unit on Security and International Cooperation (UNISCI), Complutense University of Madrid
Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka
- Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)
Sweden / İsveç
- Center for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (CEIFO) Stockholm University
- Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIIA)
Switzerland / İsviçre
- Center for International Studies (CIS)
- Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (CETIM)
- Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
- Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
- Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI)
- Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva
- Modern Asia Research Center (MARC)
Taiwan / Tayvan
- Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University
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- Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) / Taipei
Institute for National Policy Research (INPR) / Taipei
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Institute of International Relations (IIR) / Taipei
National Policy Foundation (NPF) / Taipei
Science and Technology Information Center (STIC), National Science Council / Taipei
Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy (ISSP) / Taipei
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) / Taipei
The World Economics Society (WES) / Taipei
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Thailand / Tayland
- Institute of East Asian Studies, Thammasat University
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Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR), Mahidol University / Nakhorn Pathom
National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) / Bangkok
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Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) / Bangkok
Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) / Bangkok
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Trinidad and Tobago
- Institute of International Relations (IIR)
Tunusia / Tunus
Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies (ITES) / Carthage
Turkey / Türkiye 
- Ankara Sosyal Araştırmalar Merkezi (ANAR)
Akademik Araştırmalar Merkezi
Arı Hareketi
Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM)
- Dış Politika Enstitüsü
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- Ekonomik ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Merkezi
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- Hacettepe Üni. Finansal Araştırmalar Merkezi-HÜFAM
ISRO: USAK - ISRO International Strategic Research Organization Turkey's Ankara-centred leading think tank.
- Kemalist Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi
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- KÖK Sosyal ve Stratejik Araştırmalar Derneği (KÖKSAV)
Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu
Marmara Grubu Stratejik ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Vakfı
ODTÜ Ekonomik Araştırmalar Merkezi-
- Ortadoğu Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi
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- Strategic Recearches Center - Turkish Foreign Ministry
Stratejik Araştırma ve Etüt Merkezi (SAREM) (Turkish Military Forces)
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TOSAV
TUSAM
Türkiye Araştırmalar Merkezi Vakfı (Turkey Researches Centre)
Türkiye Kültür Araştırmaları
USAK - ISRO International Strategic Research Organization Turkey's Ankara-centred leading think tank.
UGSAD-Ulusal Güvenlik ve Stratejik Araştırmalar Derneği
Yüksek Strateji Merkezi
Uganda / Uganda
Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) / Kampala
Ukraine / Ukrayna
- Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine (CPCFPU)
- International Centre for Policy Studies
- Ukrainian Centre for International Security Studies (UCISS)
United Arab Emirates / Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri
- Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Gulf Research Center (GRC) / Dubai
United Kingdom / Birleşik Krallık (İngiltere) 
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Adam Smith Institute: An established think-tank that is a leading advocate of market economic policies.
Around the world in 80 ideas: 80 international examples of how free markets have solved public policy problems. Produced by Adam Smith Institute.
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The Bow Group: A conservative think-tank founded in 1951 to counter socialism. |
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Catalyst: Independent thinktank of the left, committed to developing and promoting practical policies for the redistribution of wealth, power and opportunity |
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CBI: The premier lobbying organisation for UK business on national and international issues. The CBI works with the UK government, international legislators and policy-makers to help UK businesses complete effectively.
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Centre for Policy Studies: A think-tank that wishes to promote coherent and practical public policy, to roll back the state, reform public services, support communities, and challenge threats to Britain’s independence. Margaret Thatcher's favourite. Generated a wealth of policy ideas in the 1970s and is looking to do the same again.
CentreForum: An independent, liberal think-tank seeking to develop evidence based, long term policy solutions to the problems facing Britain.
Civitas: Dedicated to deepening the public’s understanding of the legal, institutional and moral framework that makes a free and democratic society possible. An offshoot of the Institute for Economic Affairs, which aims for a better division of responsibilities between government and civil society.
Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies, Nottingham Trent University
- Centre for Defence & International Security Studies (CDISS) Lancaster University
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CentreForum: Independent, progressive public policy think tank providing an alternative entry-point into the political process through ideas and debates.
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Chatham House: Historic independent thin-tank with a focus on international affairs. Founded in 1920 following the Paris Peace Conference.
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Commonwealth Policy Studies Institute: Independent institution which researches, analyses and makes recommendations on issues of importance to policy makers throughout the Commonwealth.
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Demos: A think-tank committed to reinvigorating democracy and to countering growing disengagement from political institutions.
Department of International Politics, University of Wales
- Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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- The Diplomatic Academy of London (DAL) University of Westminster
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Doctors for Reform : Independent group of nearly 1000 NHS doctors campaigning for a change to the way healthcare is delivered in Britain. Independent from, but supported by, Reform.
Federation of Small Business: The largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms.
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The Foreign Policy Centre (FPC)
- Institute of Central and East European Studies (ICEES) University of Glascow
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- International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) University of Durham
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- International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
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Institute for Economic Affairs: The UK's original free-market think-tank, founded in 1955. The IEA's goal is to explain free-market ideas to the public, including politicians, students, journalists, businessmen, academics and anyone interested in public policy.
Institute for Fiscal Studies: An independent research organisation that aims to provide high quality economic analysis of public policy.
Institute for Public Policy Research: A leading think tank with strong links to New Labour.
Institute of Directors: The organisation that serves, supports, represents and set standards for directors.
International Policy Network: An organisation that believes that markets and their underlying institutions harness human potential better than any other institutional arrangement, and are the best way to address the poverty and tragedy faced by many people in the world.
Mountbatten Centre for International Studies (MCIS), Southampton University
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New Frontiers Foundation: A think-tank that believes that liberal democracy is the best way to protect and promote peace and freedom; that liberal markets, low and simple taxes, and free trade, are the best path to prosperity; and that the combination of democracy and markets represents the fairest and most effective mechanism for adapting to change.
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Policy Exchange: An independent think-tank promoting ideas and policies based on strong communities, personal freedom, limited government, national self-confidence and an enterprise culture.
Politeia: A think-tank that aims is to encourage reflection, discussion and debate about the place of the state in the daily lives of men and women across the range of issues which affect them, from employment and tax to education, health and pensions.
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The Richardson Institute : Research in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Lancaster University
- Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA)
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Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI): Promotes the study of selected national and international defence and security issues.
Social Affairs Unit: A think-tank addressing social, economic and cultural issues with an emphasis on the value of personal responsibility.
Social Market Foundation: A think-tank focusing on economic and social policy ideas. The SMF has been active in recent health, education, welfare and pensions policy reform debates. They are supporters of School Choice. Dry, clever, post-Thatcherite thinktank that attempts to combine market economics with social justice.
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United States (US) Research Centers
/ Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (ABD) Araştırma Merkezleri
U.S. Research Centers by State Index
A| B| C| D| E| F| G| H| I| J| K | L | M| N| O | P| Q | R| S| T | U | V | W| X | Y | Z
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- The Africa-America Institute
- Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
- Albert Einstein Institution
- Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
- American Foreign Policy Council
- American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), Johns Hopkins University
- Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS), Columbia University
- Aisa/Pacific Research Center (A/PARC), Stanford University
- Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS)
- The Atlantic Council of the United States
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- Belfer Center for Science and international Affairs, Harvard University
- British American Security Information Council
- Brookings Institution
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- Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
- The Carter Center
- Cato Institute
- Center for Defense Information (CDI)
- Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPCS), University of California, Irvine
- Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CDHS), National Defense University
- Center for International Policy (CIP)
- Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University
- Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)
- Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Center for International Studies (CIS), University of Missouri-St. Louis
- Center for International Studies (CIS), University of Southern California
- Center for Migration Studies
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas
- Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
- Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), Georgetown University
- The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) University of Georgia
- Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX), University of California, San Diego
- Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
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- Dante B. Fascell North-South Center
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- East-West Center
- The Eastwest Institute (EWI)
- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
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- The Fletcher School, Tufts University
- Fourth Freedom Forum
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- Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), University of California, San Diego
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- The Henry L. Stimson Center
- The Heritage Foundation
- Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Hudson Institute
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- Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) George Mason University
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA)
- Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
- Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy (ISCIP), Boston University
- Institute of International Studies (IIS) University of California, Berkeley
- Institute of World Affairs, IWA
- Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) University of California, San Diego
- Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC)
- International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
- International Law Institute (ILI)
- International Peace Academy
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- James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
- The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
- The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego
- John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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- Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University
- The Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, University of Idaho
- Matsunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawaii
- Middle East Institute
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Monterey Institute of International Studies, MIIS
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- National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
- Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
- North American Institute (NAMI)
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- Palestine Center
- Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Johns Hopkins University
- Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security (ACDIS) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
- Program on Global Security and Cooperation (GSC), Social Science Research Council
- Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival, Harvard University
- Peace Operations Policy Program (POPP), George Mason University
- Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
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- RAND Corporation
- Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (RIFIAS) Indiana University
- Richard L. Walker Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina
- Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations, UCLA
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- Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brooking Institution
- Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS)
- Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation (SCCN), Stanford University
- Stanford Institute for International Studies (IIS), Stanford University
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- Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
- Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA), Harvard University
- Western Policy Center
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
A-Z LIST OF THE THINK TANKS
"Think Tanks and Research Institutes"
Compilation by
Colgate University
- Acton Institute
- The primary mission of the Acton Institute is to invoke religion as a defender of liberty and as an educator of individual responsibility in a free society.
- Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
- The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (AdTI) was founded in 1986 to study, promote, and extend the principles of classical liberalism: political equality, civil liberty, and economic freedom. AdTI conducts research on five key areas of concern to policy makers: 1) education, 2) immigration, 3) national defense, 4) taxes & economic growth, and 5) deregulation.
- The American Bankruptcy Institute
- The American Bankruptcy Institute is the largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues.
- American Enterprise Institute
- Founded in 1943, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) sponsors original research on government policy, the American economy, and American politics. AEI research aims to preserve and to strengthen the foundations of a free society-government, competitive private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and vigilant defense-rigorous inquiry, debate, and writing. The Institute is home to some of America's most renowned economists, legal scholars, political scientists, and foreign policy specialists. AEI is an independent, nonpartisan organization financed by tax-deductible contributions from corporations, foundations, and individuals.
- ANSER Institute for Homeland Security
- The ANSER Institute for Homeland Security is a not-for-profit public-service research organization examining a new set of national security challenges. Initiated and funded by ANSER's Board of Trustees in October 1999 and formally established in April 2001, the Institute believes that preparing for these new challenges will require a determined, integrated effort at every stage of the process: deterrence, prevention, preemption, crisis management, consequence management, attribution and response.
- Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
- The Army War College Strategic Studies Institute is U.S. Army's strategic level think-tank. Its major missions are to analyze political trends that affect national security policy and provide a bridge between the U.S. Army and the wider strategic community. Our studies are used by think-tanks, military planners, policymakers, journalists, and academics around the world.
- Aspen Institute
- The Aspen Institute is an international, non-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the ability of business and professional leaders to understand and act upon the major issues challenging the national and international community.
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- The Atlas Economic Research Foundation, founded in 1981, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt entity that helps to create, develop, advise and support independent public policy research institutes internationally.
- Bionomics Institute
- The Bionomics Institute is a nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to replacing the traditional, mechanistic view of the economy with economy-as-ecosystem thinking.
- British American Security Information Council
- The British American Security Information Council (BASIC) is an independent research organization that analyzes international security policy in Europe and North America. BASIC works to promote public awareness of defense, disarmament, military strategy, and nuclear policies in order to foster informed debate on these issues.
- Brookings Institution
- The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to research, education, and publication in economics, government, foreign policy, and the social sciences generally.
- Bureau of Governmental Research
- The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) is a private, non-profit, citizen-supported research organization dedicated to informed public-policy making and the improvement of local governments in the New Orleans metropolitan area. BGR also focuses on state and national issues which effect the metropolitan area.
- The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
- An independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to research and education at the nexus of ethics and international affairs.
- The Carnegie Endowment
- The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was established in 1910 in Washington, D.C., with a gift from Andrew Carnegie. As a tax-exempt operating (not grant-making) foundation, the Endowment conducts programs of research, discussion, publication, and education in international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. The Endowment also publishes the quarterly magazine Foreign Policy.
- Cascade Policy Institute
- Mission: to explore voluntary, market-oriented answers to Oregon's public policy questions. A non-profit, non-partisan and non-political organization.
- Cato Institute
- The mission of the Cato Institute is to increase the understanding of public policies based on the principles of limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace.
- Center for the American Woman and Politics
- The Center for the American Woman and Politics (CAWP) is a university-based research, education and public service center. Its mission is to promote greater understanding and knowledge about women's relationship to politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life.
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that provides timely analysis on government policies and programs that affect people of low-and moderate-incomes. Areas of the Center's work include budget and tax policy, nutrition and food programs, labor market policies, welfare, Medicaid, housing, and income distribution.
- Center for Defense Information
- Founded in 1972 as an independent monitor of the military, the Center for Defense Information is a private, nongovernmental, research organization. CDI seeks realistic and cost effective military spending without excess expenditures for weapons and policies that increase the danger of war. It supports adequate defense by evaluating our defense needs and how best to meet them without wasteful spending or compromising our national security.
- Center for Equal Opportunity
- As the only think tank devoted exclusively to the promotion of colorblind equal opportunity and racial harmony, the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is uniquely positioned to counter the divisive impact of race conscious public policies. CEO focuses on three areas in particular: racial preferences, immigration and assimilation and multicultural education.
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic conditions of low-income families with children and secure access for the poor to our civil justice system.
- Center for National Policy
- The CNP is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy organization, is dedicated to promoting the public interest. Since its founding in 1981, CNP has served as a forum for debate and discussion and has been a significant player in developing policy alternatives that are responsive to and effectively serve the interests of all Americans.
- Center for Policy Alternatives
- The Center for Policy Alternatives is the nation's leading non-profit, non-partisan public policy and leadership development center devoted to community-based solutions that strengthen families and communities. CPA links elected leaders at the state level with leaders of private and non-profit sectors across the political spectrum, finding common ground, new ideas and resources to create solutions that work.
- Center for Responsive Politics
- The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in the study of Congress and particularly the role that money plays in its elections and actions. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and other interested observers of Congress. The Center's work is aimed at creating a more involved citizenry and a more responsive Congress.
- Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
- The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments is an independent policy research institute established to promote innovative thinking about defense planning and investment strategies for the 21st century. CSBA research makes clear the inextricable link between defense strategies and budgets in fostering a more effective and efficient defense, and the need to transform the U.S. military in light of the emerging military revolution.
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a public policy research institution dedicated to policy analysis and impact. CSIS is the only institution of its kind that maintains resident experts on all the world's major geographical regions. It also covers key functional areas, such as international finance, the emerging markets, U.S. domestic and economic policy related to the Strengthening of America, and U.S. foreign policy and national security issues.
- Center for the Study of American Business
- The Center for the Study of American Business was established at Washington University in St. Louis in 1975 to improve public understanding of the American business system and to foster a public policy environment in which the U.S. market economy can prosper. In the intervening years, the Center's research has been recognized nationwide as a quality product in the "marketplace of ideas." Its findings reach a wide audience of influential figures in business, government, academia, and the national media.
- Center for the New West
- The Center for the New West is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan institution for policy research, education and economic development.
- Center for the Study of the Presidency
- The Center for the Study of the Presidency, a public policy research center, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational corporation. Its goals are to build better citizens, better government, and better leaders. Its primary focus is the American presidency, and it seeks to develop a discipline of learning and a body of literature related thereto. The Center also seeks to better relate the business community to domestic and foreign public policy issues through leadership conferences, and to democratic institutions both at home and abroad.
- Center for Urban Policy Research
- For more than 25 years, the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University has informed the nation with its broad spectrum of urban research. Under the directorship of Norman J. Glickman, CUPR has made its mark in analyses of urban poverty, community development, economic development and forecasting, housing, land use, environmental policy, and Geographic Information Systems. CUPR is concerned with both academic urban research and the practical application of research results to policy design and implementation.
- Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy
- The Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy serves as a catalyst for the participation of women from diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds in the political life of the Commonwealth (Massachussetts) and the nation. The Center collaborates with a range of organizations, institutes, and media to promote awareness of issues involving women, politics, and policy development.
- Centre for Independent Studies
- The Centre for Independent Studies is the leading independent public policy research institute in Australia and New Zealand committed to individual liberty and choice, including freedoms of association, religion, speech and the right to property; an economy based on free and competitive markets; democratic government under the rule of law; the importance of an autonomous and free civil society.
- Claremont Institute
- The Claremont Institute seeks is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. It upholds the ideas of liberty and equality. It believes there can be no freedom and justice without a limited and accountable government that respects private property, promotes stable family life and maintains secure borders and a strong defense.
- Commonwealth Club of California
- The Commonwealth Club of California is the largest and most prestigious public affairs speaking forum in the United States.
- Council on Foreign Relations
- The Council on Foreign Relations, established in 1921, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that takes no position on issues but is dedicated to improving the understanding of international affairs and American foreign policy through the free exchange of ideas.
- The Discovery Institute
- The Discovery Institute is a center for national and international affairs based in Seattle, WA. Its programs center on the application of advanced technology to individual liberty, representative democracy, free enterprise, internationalism, and the enduring moral principles of civilized society.
- Economic Policy Institute
- Founded in 1986 by a group of economic policy experts, the Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.
- Economic Strategy Institute
- The Economic Strategy Institute was founded out of the deep concern of key U.S. industry and labor leaders with the erosion of America's economic leadership, and with the hostility of media and academic commentators toward efforts to halt the slide. ESI works to define a new economic agenda by challenging old assumptions and developing an integrated, macro/micro economic strategy to realize the full potential of America's rich material and human resources.
- Education Policy Institute
- The Education Policy Institute is non-profit organization devoted to educational research, policy analysis, and training from a public choice and market oriented perspective.
- Employee Benefit Research Institute
- Established in 1978, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) is the only nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to original public policy research and education on economic security and employee benefits. The Institute's mission is to advance the public's, the media's and policymakers' knowledge and understanding of employee benefits and their importance to our nation's economy.
- Employment Policies Institute
- The Employment Policies Institute is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to studying entry-level employment issues such as the minimum wage, part-time workers, welfare to work and illiteracy.
- Empower America
- Empower America was formed in 1993 to support basic principles of economic growth, spreading freedom and democracy world-wide, and restoring America's cultural heritage.
- Ethics and Public Policy Center
- The Ethics and Public Policy Center was established in 1976 to clarify and reinforce the bond between the Judeo-Christian moral tradition and the public debate over domestic and foreign policy issues. Its program includes research, writing, publication, and conferences. The Center affirms the political relevance of the great Western ethical imperatives--respect for the dignity of every person, individual freedom and responsibility, justice, the rule of law, and limited government. It maintains that moral reasoning is an essential complement to empirical calculation in the shaping of public policy.
- Foreign Policy Institute - Turkey
- FPI was founded in 1974 as an independent research organization to study issues related with Turkish Foreign Policy. During the past twenty one years it has enlarged its activities to cover strategic and regional studies and international affairs.
- Fraser Institute - Canada
- The Fraser Institute was founded in 1974 to redirect public attention to the role markets can play in providing for the economic and social well-being of Canadians.
- George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
- Founded on June 5, 1993, the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies is dedicated to stabilizing and thereby strengthening Post-Cold War Europe. Specifically, it aids defense and foreign ministries in Europe's aspiring democracies to develop national security organizations and systems that reflect democratic principles.
- Heartland Institute
- The Heartland Institute, incorporated in 1984, sponsors and promotes sound research on the problems faced by state and local governments.
- Heritage Foundation
- The Heritage Foundation was established in 1973 as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt policy research institute dedicated to the principles of free competitive enterprise, limited government, individual liberty and a strong national defense.
- Hoover Institution
- The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, founded in 1919, is a center for advanced study in domestic and international affairs.
- Hudson Institute
- Hudson Institute is a private, not-for-profit research organization founded in 1961. Hudson analyzes and makes recommendations about public policy for business and government executives and for the public at large. More than thirty years of work on the most important issues of the day has allowed Hudson to forge a viewpoint that embodies skepticism about the conventional wisdom, optimism about solving problems, a commitment to free institutions and individual responsibility, an appreciation of the crucial role of technology in achieving progress, and an abiding respect for the importance of values, culture, and religion in human affairs.
- Independence Institute
- The Independence Institute is established upon the eternal truths of the Declaration of Independence. Founded in 1985, the Independence Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit public policy research organization dedicated to providing timely information to concerned citizens, government officials, and public opinion leaders.
- Independent Institute
- Through this uncommon independence, depth, and clarity, the Independent Institute pushes at the frontiers of our knowledge, redefines the debate over public issues, and fosters new and effective directions for government reform.
- Institute of Economic Affairs - United Kingdom
- The Institute of Economic Affairs is a research and educational charity that was incorporated in 1955 and began publishing regularly in 1957. It specializes in studies of markets and pricing systems as technical devices for registering preferences and apportioning resources.
- Institute for Fiscal Studies - United Kingdom
- The Institute for Fiscal Studies is one of Europe's pre-eminent centres of policy research. IFS aims to bridge the gap between policy-makers and academics: to bring academic rigour to policy discussion, and policy relevance to academic research. It has proved invaluable to civil servants, the Press and private companies in explaining policy issues.
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
- Founded in 1976, the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA), Inc., is an independent and nonpartisan research and strategic planning organization that specializes in issues of national security, foreign policy, political economics, and government-industrial relations. Building on thorough and innovative analysis, the Institute and its small-business subsidiary, National Security Planning Associates, Inc. (NSPA), provide a wide range of programs and services.
- Institute for National Strategic Studies
- The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) was established in July 1984 as an interdisciplinary research institute staffed by senior civilian and military analysts from all four Services. The Director of INSS reports through the President of the National Defense University to the Secretary of Defense, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to the Commanders-in-Chief of the Unified Commands. The Institute Director sets the research agenda of the Institute to meet the needs and requirements of the Department of Defense.
- Institute for Policy Innovation
- The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy "think tank" based in Lewisville, Texas and founded in 1987 to research, develop and promote innovative and non-partisan solutions to today's public policy problems.
- Institute for Socioeconomic Studies
- The Institute for Socioeconomic Studies is a non-profit operating foundation with broad research interests relating to the quality of life, social motivation, poverty, urban regeneration, and the problems of the elderly, primarily as they relate to domestic government policy. Since its founding in 1974 by Dr. Leonard M. Greene, the Institute has been exploring approaches to comprehensive welfare reform, work incentives, national health care financing, and related social policy issues.
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is an independent, non-profit, 501(c)(3) certified, scientific research organization incorporated in the District of Columbia, established in 1987 to rectify the limited availability of policy relevant research on women's lives and to inform and stimulate debate on issues of critical importance for women. Unlike most other research institutes, IWPR's work places women's experiences at the center of each analysis.
- International Institute For Strategic Studies
- The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), founded in 1958, is an independent centre for research, information and debate on the problems of conflict, however caused, that have, or potentially have, an important military content. Its work is grounded in an appreciation of the various political, economic and social problems that can lead to instability, as well as the factors that can lead to international cooperation.
- James Madison Institute
- The James Madison Institute is a Florida-based nonprofit research and educational organization chartered in 1987. The guiding philosophy of the Institute is based on a profound belief in such timeless ideals as economic freedom, limited government, federalism, traditional values, the rule of law, and individual liberty coupled with individual responsibility.
- Japan Information Access Project
- The Japan Information Access Project is a Washington, DC-based, independent, nonprofit research center to strengthen international understanding of Japanese science, technology, industry, security, and policy.
- Japan Policy Research Institute
- The Japan Policy Research Institute is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the promotion of understanding of Japan's political economic behavior and growing significance in world affairs.
- The Levy Institute
- The Levy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independently funded research organization devoted to public service. Through scholarship and economic forecasting it generates viable, effective public policy responses to important economic problems that profoundly affect the quality of life in the United States and abroad.
- The Locke Institute
- The Locke Institute was founded in 1989 as an independent, non-partisan educational and research organization. Named for the philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704), the Institute ascribes to his theory that society is based on natural law and that the individual is the ultimate source of political sovereignty. The Institute endorses Locke's proposition that individuals are possessed of inalienable rights to life, liberty, and property.
- The Massachusetts Institute for a New Economy
- The Massachusetts Institute for a New Economy (MassINC) is an independent state-based think tank informing the public debate about the most critical economic and social issues affecting the health of Massachusetts and its working -- and middle-class citizens. MassINC initiates a dialogue which will help us to pursue the American Dream in Massachusetts -- a sustainable vision of life which restores our ability to invest in family, community, education, and the quality of our lives.
- Milken Institute
- The Milken Institute's mission is to explore and explain the dynamics of world economic structure, conduct, and performance by conducting research in economics, business, and finance. The objective is a better-informed public, more thoughtful public policies, improved economic outcomes, and better lives for people.
- National Academy of Social Insurance
- The National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes research and education concerning Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Workers' Compensation, the appropriate role of government in protecting individuals from the costs of personal health care services, and related public and private programs.
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- The National Center for Policy Analysis is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt public policy research institute which supports free enterprise, low taxes, limited government and a strong national defense.
- National Center for Public Policy Research
- The National Center for Public Policy Research, founded in 1982, is a tax-exempt conservative action foundation. It uses research, information dissemination and grassroots & coalition educational programs to develop and illustrate to the general public the conservative perspective on issue of national concern.
- National Center on Education and the Economy
- The National Center on Education and the Economy is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development of a comprehensive US system of education, employment and training.
- National Regulatory Research Institute
- The National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI) was established by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) at The Ohio State University in 1976 to provide research, educational services, and technical services to the state regulatory commissions. At the highest level of generalization, the goals of the NRRI are accomplished through research, education, and service. To the NRRI, this means respectively, (1) contributing to basic and applied research in the diverse fields of utility regulation, (2) providing educational and training experiences to the members of the regulatory community, and (3) offering technical assistance and expertise to the public service commissions. From this, it follows that the central objective of the NRRI is to help strengthen state public service commission regulation.
- The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
- The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York, was established in 1982 to bring the resources of the 64-campus SUNY system to bear on public policy issues. The Institute is actively involved nationally in research and special projects on the role of state governments in American federalism and the management and finances of both state and local governments in major areas of domestic public affairs.
- Nuclear Energy Institute
- The Nuclear Energy Institute is the nuclear energy industry's Washington-based policy organization.
- The Pacific Institute
- The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security is an independent, non-profit center created in 1987 to do research and policy analysis in the areas of environment, sustainable development, and international security. Underlying all of the Institute's work is the recognition that the pressing problems of environmental degradation, regional and global poverty, and political tension and conflict are fundamentally interrelated, and that long-term solutions must consider these issues in an interdisciplinary manner. The Pacific Institute addresses the breadth and long-term nature of both problems and necessary solutions. The Institute strives to improve policy through sound research and consistent dialogue with action-oriented groups from the international to local level.
- Pacific Research Institute
- The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy promotes the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility. The Institute believes these principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government. By focusing on public policy issues such as education, the environment, law, economics, and social welfare, the Institute strives to foster a better understanding of the principles of a free society among leaders in government, academia, the media, and the business community.
- Political Economy Research Center
- The Political Economy Research Center (PERC) is a market-oriented think tank focusing on environmental and natural resource issues. Its research and policy analysis covers endangered species, forestry, fisheries, parks, public lands, property rights, Superfund, water, and environmental education.
- Progress and Freedom Foundation
- The Progress and Freedom Foundation is a private, non-profit, non-partisan idea center organized to restore, to renew and to recreate America's sense of its future, a future woven inextricably with the ideas of progress and freedom.
- Progressive Policy Institute
- The Progressive Policy Institute is a center for policy innovation that develops alternatives to the exhausted debate between the Left and the Right. PPI advocates growth-oriented economic policies designed to stimulate broad upward mobility and foster a more inclusive, more democratic capitalism; social policies that move beyond maintaining the poor to liberating them from poverty and dependence; and a foreign policy of resolve in defending America's interests and promoting democracy abroad.
- Public Policy Institute of California
- The Public Policy Institute of California is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to independent, nonpartisan research on economic, social, and political issues that affect the lives of Californians. The Institute was established in 1994 with an endowment from William R. Hewlett.
- Public Service Research Foundation
- The Public Service Research Foundation is a research and education organization studying the impact of unions in government on government. Since 1980 it has published a quarterly journal, the Government Union Review, which contains many excellent scholarly articles on this topic.
- RAND
- Rand is a private, nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy through research and analysis.
- Reason Foundation
- The Reason Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research and educational organization dedicated to advancing the principles of a free society.
- Resources for the Future
- Resources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonprofit research organization that aims to help people make better decisions about the conservation and use of their natural resources and the environment. As the world's knowledge of the environment grows and competition for natural and financial resources becomes more intense, the need for policies based on information rather than inclination becomes increasingly crucial. RFF strives to provide accurate, objective information to policy makers, legislators, public opinion leaders, and environmentalists to help them responsibly meet the nation's and the world's long-term environmental and economic needs.
- Henry L. Stimson Center
- The Henry L. Stimson Center was founded in 1989 and is a non-profit, non-partisan institution that concentrates on particularly difficult national and international security and foreign policy issues where technology, policy, and politics intersect. We deal extensively with reducing and eliminating weapons of mass destruction, foreign policy issues and the conflict of U.S. involvement abroad, and confidence building measures in South-East Asia and China.
- Tax Foundation
- The Tax Foundation, commemorating its 60th anniversary in 1997, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research organization that monitors fiscal issues at the federal, state, and local levels.
- Twentieth Century Fund
- Since 1919, the Twentieth Century Fund, a nonpartisan foundation, has been at the forefront researching and writing about progressive public policy. It produces books, reports, and other publications and convene task forces of citizens and experts -- all with an eye toward finding fresh approaches to the major issues of the day.
- W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research was founded in 1945 to research and promote solutions to employment related problems. It is a not-for-profit, independent research institution with nine professional economists on staff. The Institute also sponsors a competitive grant program that funds original research, and publish monographs and working papers.
- Urban Institute
- The Urban Institute is a private, nonprofit policy research and educational organization, established in 1968, to investigate the social and economic problems confronting the nation and government policies and programs designed to alleviate such problems.
- World Water Council
- The mission of the World Water Council is to promote awareness about critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, and to facilitate the efficient protection, development, planning, management and use of global water on an environmentally sustainable basis for the benefit of all people.
- Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars
- The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the United States' official memorial to Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. The Center aims, in a strictly nonpartisan fashion, to foster scholarship and promote the exchange of views between scholars and decision makers that was envisaged by Woodrow Wilson--a college teacher and university president, as well as a politician and international statesman.
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