Think tanks and political uncertainty
The OTT Conference 2023 will focus on think tanks and political uncertainty. As we develop the programme we have beed discussing what specific issues could be included. Could ChatGPT...
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The OTT Conference 2023 will focus on think tanks and political uncertainty. As we develop the programme we have beed discussing what specific issues could be included. Could ChatGPT...
The first problem with understanding think tanks in Mexico is a linguistic barrier (Salazar, 2003). Literal or poor translations of the term make it difficult for most...
Think tanks across the world face a number of challenges. Among them, their traditional audiences, policymakers, are increasingly aware that they cannot deal in facts...
Presentation (follow the link below) by Enrique Mendizabal at the Maghreb Economic Forum (MEF). The 1st MEF Open Discussion (MEFOD) provided an opportunity to raise questions about the definition and nature of think...
A conference reflecting on the nature and role of a think tank in a new democracy. Presented by: Enrique Mendizabal, the co-founder of Politics and Ideas, the Peruvian Alliance for the Use of Evidence, and the...
The Network of Democracy Research Institutes (NDRI) has just launched its latest report, “Democracy Think Tanks in Action: Translating Research into Policy in Young and Emerging...
Last week I published a short op-ed in Peruvian newspaper: El Comercio (in Spanish). The main argument I was trying to make was this: Peru is a country with...
George Monbiot has published a rather interesting commentary on Comment is Free about the damage that secretive think tanks can make on democratic institutions. I...
This paper by Diane Stone is a few years old but it is still worth reading: Think Tanks and Policy Advice in Countries in Transition (2005). It was commissioned by the...
Peter Shergold in The Australian presents what I think is a rather thorough, although not entirely structured, discussion of barriers and opportunities for research influence in Australian...
Today, political commentators around the world suggested that one way of another the Egyptian State had to address the grievance of its people. I didn't expect to find...