Leading Think Tanks

Lowy Institute
www.lowyinstitute.org

Australian Institute for International Affairs (AIIA)
www.aiia.asn.au

Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies (BIDS)
www.bids-bd.org

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
www.bic.cass.cn

China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)
www.cicir.ac.cn

Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS)
www.siis.org.cn

Center for International and Strategic Studies at Peking University
www.ciss.pku.edu.cn

Cathay Institute for Public Affairs
www.chinaipa.org

Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
www.carnegietsinghua.org

Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research
www.hkcer.hku.hk

Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
www.cprindia.org

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
www.icrier.org

The Energy Research Institute (TERI)
www.teriin.org

Centre for Civil Society (CCS)
www.ccsindia.org

Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
www.idsa.in

Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
www.csis.or.id

Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
www.jiia.or.jp

Asian Forum
www.asianforum.jp

National Institute of Defense Studies (NIDS)
www.nids.go.jp

Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS)
www.iips.org

Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS)
www.cpps.org.my

Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)
www.isis.org.my

Korea Development Institute (KDI)
www.kdi.re.kr

East Asia Institute (EAI)
www.eai.or.kr

Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
www.spp.nus.edu.sg/ips

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), formerly known as FNA Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS)
www.rsis.edu.sg

Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA)
www.siiaonline.org

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
www.iseas.edu.sg

Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
www.tfd.org.tw/english

Center for Economic Research
www.cer.uz

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS)
www.aims.ca

C.D. Howe Institute
www.cdhowe.org

Canadian Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
www.cdfai.org

Canadian International Council (CIC)
www.onlinecic.org

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
www.cigionline.org

Conference Board of Canada
www.conferenceboard.ca

Fraser Institute
www.fraserinstitute.org

Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP)
www.fcpp.org

Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)
www.irpp.org

Institute of Politics (IOP)
www.iop.harvard.eu

International Development Research Center IDRC)
www.idrc.ca

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
www.iisd.org

Montreal Economic Institute
www.iedm.org

North-South Institute (NSI)
www.nsi-ins.ca

Public Policy Forum
www.ppforum.ca

Queen’s Centre for International Relations (QCIR)
www.queensu.ca

Center of Research for Development (CIDAC)
www.cidac.org

Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica (CIDE)
www.cide.edu

Centro de Investigaciones Sobre la Libre Empresa (CISLE)
www.cisle.org.mx

Centro des Estudios Espinosa Yglesias (CEEY)
www.ceey.org.mx

Colegio de Mexico
www.colmex.mx

Coletivo de Analisis para la Seguridad con Democracia (CASEDE)
www.seguridadcondemocracia.org

Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales (COMEXI)
www.consejomexicano.org

FUNDAR, Centro Analisis e Investigacion
www.fundar.org.mx

Instituto de Pensamiento Estrategico Agora (IPEA)
www.ipea.org.mx

Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad (IMCO)
www.imco.org.mx

Instituto para la Seguridad y la Democracia
www.insyde.org.mx

Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS)
www.aiis-albania.org

Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
www.cesd.az

Center for Liberal Strategies (CLS)
www.cls-sofia.org

Institute for Market Economics (IME)
www.ime.bg

Adriatic Institute for Public Policy
www.adriaticinstitute.org

Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI)
www.pssi.cz

Institute of International Relations (IIR)
www.iir.cz

Europeum-Institute for European Policy
www.europeum.org

PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies
www.praxis.ee

New Economic School (NES)
www.nesgeorgia.org

Center for Policy Studies, Central European University (CPS)
www.cps.ceu.hu

Center for Security and Defense Studies Foundation
www.bhkka.hu

Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA)
www.hiia.hu

Lithuanian Free Market Institute
www.lrinka.lt

Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM)
www.cedem.me

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
www.pism.pl

Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE)
www.case-research.eu

Center for Eastern Studies (OSW)
www.osw.waw.pl

Adam Smith Center
www.smith.org.pl

Carnegie Moscow Center
www.carnegie.ru

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
www.mgimo.ru

Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO-RAS)
www.imemo.ru

Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR)
www.cefir.ru

Institute for the USA and Canadian Studies
www.iskran.ru

Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP)
www.svop.ru

Independent Institute for Social policy
www.socpol.ru

Instituto para la Seguridad y la Democracia
www.insyde.org.mx

Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA)
www.sfpa.sk

Razumkov Center
www.razumkov.org.ua

Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC)
www.cippec.org

Center for the Study of State and Society (CEDES)
www.cedes.org

Fundacion de Investigaciones Economicas Latinoamericanas (FIEL)
www.fiel.org

Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
www.clacso.org.ar

Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI)
www.cari.org.ar

Fundacion Libertad
www.libertad.org.ar

Fundaçao Getulio Vargas (FGV)
www.fgv.br

Centro Brasileiro de Relaçoes Internacionais (CEBRI)
www.cebri.com.br

Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso (IFHC)
www.ifhc.org.br

Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA)
www.ipea.gov.br

Centro Brasileiro de Analise e Planejamento (CEBRAP)
www.cebrap.org.br

Nucleo de Estudios de la Violencia de la Universidad de Sao Paulo (NEV/USP)
www.nevusp.org

Centro de Estudios Publicos (CEP)
www.cepchile.cl

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL)
www.eclac.cl

Corporacion des Estudios para Latinoamerica (CIEPLAN)
www.cieplan.org

Fundacion Chile XXI (21)
www.chile21.cl

Fundacion para la Educacion Superior y el Desarollo (FEDESARROLLO)
www.fedesarollo.org.co

Fundacion Ideas para la Paz
www.ideaspaz.org

Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)
www.flacso.or.cr

Fundacion para el Avance de las Reformas y las Oportunidades (Group FARO)
www.grupofaro.org

Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economia Politica (IEEP)
www.ieep.org.ec

Fundacion Salvadorena para el Desarrollo Economico y Social (FUSADES)
www.fusades.org

Centro de Investigaciones Economicas Nacionales (CIEN)
www.cien.org.gt

Asociacion de Investigacion y Estudios Sociales (ASIES)
www.asies.org.gt

Grupo de Analisis para el Desarollo (GRADE)
www.grade.org.pe

Instituto Libertad y Democracia (ILD)
www.ild.org.pe

Consejo Uruguayo para las Relaciones Internacionales (CURI)
www.curi.org.uy

Centro de Estudio de Realidad Economica y Social (CERES)
www.ceres-uy.org

Centro Latinoamericano de Economia Humana (CLAEH)
www.claeh.org.uy

Centro de Divulgacion del Conocimiento Economico para la Libertad (CEDICE Libertad)
www.cedice.org.ve

International Crisis Group (ICG)
www.crisisgroup.org

Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
www.ceps.be

Bruegel
www.bruegel.org

Carnegie Europe
www.carnegieeurope.eu

Centre for European Studies
www.thinkingeurope.eu

Egmont Institute, Royal Institute for International Relations
www.egmontinstitute.be

European Policy Center (EPC)
www.epc.eu

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
www.diis.dk

French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
www.ifri.org

Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Sciences Po
www.ceri-sciencespo.com

European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
www.iss-europa.eu

Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique
www.fondapol.org

Transparency International (TI)
www.transparency.org

Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES)
www.fes.de

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik SWP)
www.swp-berlin.org

German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
www.dgap.org

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)
www.kas.de

Kiel Institute for World Economy
www.ifw-kiel.de

Bertelsmann Foundation
www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de

Heinrich Boell Stiftung
www.boell.de

Ecologic Institute
www.ecologic.eu

Friedrich Naumann Foundation
www.en.freiheit.org

Deustsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, German Development Institute (GDI)
www.die-gdi.de

Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
www.iai.it

Instituto Bruno Leoni
www.brunoleoni.it

Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
www.prio.no

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
www.nupi.no

Fundacion par alas Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo (FRIDE)
www.fride.org

Centro de Estudios y Documentacion Internacionales de Barcelona (CIDOB)
www.cidob.org

Fundacion para el Analisis y los Estudios Sociales (FAES)
www.fundacionfaes.org

Real Instituto Elcno, Eclano Royal Institute
www.realinstitutoelcano.org

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
www.sipri.org

Timbro
www.timbro.se

World Economic Forum
www.weforum.org

Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations
www.clingendael.nl

European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
www.ecdpm.org

Chatham House (CH), Royal Institute of International Affairs
www.chathamhouse.org

Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org.uk

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
www.iiss.org

Adam Smith Institute
www.adamsmith.org

Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
www.cepr.org

European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
www.ecfr.eu

IDEAS, London School of Economics
www.lse.ac.uk

Civitas: Institute for Study of Civil Society
www.civitas.org.uk

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
www.odi.org.uk

Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
www.rusi.org

Demos
www.demos.co.uk

Center for European Reform (CER)
www.cer.org.uk

Center for Policy Studies (CPS)
www.cps.org.uk

Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
www.ippr.org

Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
www.acpss.ahram.org.eg

Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs
www.sis.gov.eg/En

Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)
www.eces.org.eg

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
www.inss.org.il

Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
www.biu.ac.il

Jafee Centre for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University
www.inss.org.il

Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
www.dayan.org

Rabin Centre for Israeli Studies
www.rabincenter.org.il

Israel Democracy Institute
www.idi.org.il

Harry S. Truman Institute for Advancement of Peace
www.truman.huji.ac.il

Center for Strategic Studies
www.jcss.org

Arab Thought Forum
www.multaqa.org

Carnegie Middle East Center
www.carnegie-mec.org

Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS)
www.lcps-lebanon.org

Issam Fares Center for Public Policy and International Affair (IFI), American University of Beirut
www.aub.edu.lb/ifi

Centre des Etudes et Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS)
www.cerss-ma.org

Amadeus Center
www.amadeusonline.org

Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI)
www.ipcri.org

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
www.studies.aljazeera.net

Brookings Doha Center
www.brookings.edu/doha

RAND-Qatar Policy Institute
www.rand.org/qatar.html

Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
www.tesev.org.tr

Center for Economic and Policy Studies (EDAM)
www.edam.org.tr

Association for Liberal Thinking
www.liberal.org.tr

European Stability Initiative (ESI)
www.esiweb.org

Gulf Research Center (GRC)
www.grc.ae

Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR)
www.ecssr.ac.ae

Dubai School of Government (DSG)
www.dsg.ae

Acton Institute
www.acton.org

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI)
www.aie.org

Aspen Institute
www.aspeninstitute.org

Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS)
www.acus.org

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
www.belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu

Brookings Institution
www.brookings.edu

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
www.carnegiecouncil.org

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CSIS)
www.carnegieendowment.org

Cato Institute
www.cato.org

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
www.cnas.org

Center for American Progress
www.americanprogress.org

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
www.c2es.org

Center for Global Development (CGD)
www.cgdev.org

Center for International and Strategic Studies (CISS)
www.ciss.org

Center for International Development, Harvard University
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid

Center for the National Interest, (CFTNI) Formerly Nixon Center
www.cftni.org

Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University
www.transatlantic.sais-jhu.edu