Do Think Tanks in Georgia Lobby for Foreign Powers?
Do think tanks promote independent policy research and critical thinking, or simply serve to push pre-defined policy agendas defined by their funders? While in in...
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UK Think Tanks Reveal Who Funds Them as Sector Embraces Transparency
Think tanks in the UK are warming up to the idea of disclosing who funds them and for what, perhaps mirroring an ongoing trend from the United States and elsewhere. Till...
Australian Think Tanks Least Transparent in the World, New Data Shows
Researchers from Transparify have just rated Australian think tanks as the least transparent in the world. This post discusses these findings and calls for Australian...
Djibéry Doucoure and Mohamed Fadel Ball, from Mauritanie Perspectives
With less than four million inhabitants, widespread illiteracy and a long history of authoritarian rule by military strongmen, Francophone Mauritania seems an unlikely...
The Think Tank Scholar: Tom Medvetz
Tom Medvetz presents a fresh and critical view of the role that think tanks play in a democracy, and how the level of the discussion they generate can, on a deeper level, reinforce the...
Cheikh Oumar Ba, Executive Director of the Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR)
Dr. Cheikh Oumar Ba discusses the current trends, main challenges and prospects of Senegalese policy research. He talks about the role of new thinktankers and funding (and...
Donald Abelson, Professor at Western University
Donald Abelson discusses with Till Bruckner the role of think tanks in democratic societies, such as the US and Canada, taking into account the scope of their influence and the ethical issues...
How Think Tanks Can Support the Fight Against Corruption
What is the role think tanks can have in the fight against corruption in developing countries? Till Bruckner discusses how think tanks can occupy a space left open by the...
Gilles Yabi from West Africa Citizen Think Tank
Gilles Yabi, founder of West Africa Citizen Think Talk, talks about his personal and professional motivations for setting up this new think tank. The interview also discusses the main...
It works both ways: American Think Tanks and Foundations Manipulate German Politics
Till Bruckner reviews and presents highlights of a bestselling book in Germany written by journalist Udo Ulfkotte, which discusses the consequences of think tanks being...
Transparency and Funding of Think Tanks in France
¿How transparent are French think tanks in regards to their funding? In this post, Transparify presents a compilation of publications on think tank funding, think tank transparency, and a...
Transparify: Donors need to reveal their funding to think tanks abroad
Till Bruckner writes about the importance of demanding more openness from think tanks. He argues that their funders should expect them to be open about their sources of...
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