Think tanks and political dilemmas
Almost all think tanks aspire to use their insights and expertise to inform policymaking processes. And as a starting position, this is not problematic. However, a think tank may quickly find...
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Think Tanks and Tax Status: A note on the 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 Tax Categories
In order to understand the activities of US non-governmental organizations, it is helpful to take a look at the US tax code. The tax status of a...
Are think tanks in Asia unique?
Two weeks ago, the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and Tsinghua University convened a workshop in Beijing that was designed to gather contemporary research on the development...
Think tanks and the political and cultural system: the Israeli case
On my last post I discussed approaches to research impact, how academics can amplify the effects of their work on public policy. But what happens when it is the political...
Spads: they exist everywhere but are hardly ever considered as target audiences
Tristan Stubbs pointed them out to me the other day. Spads (or Special Advisers) are often absent from any conversation about or planning of influencing strategies. I...
Challenges and Opportunities for Think Tanks and Advocacy Organisations in the Western Balkans Today
On 21-23rd February, the event Balkan Peer Exchange Enhancing Analysis and Research-Based Advocacy in an Era of Open Data took place in Belgrade. The conference was...
Think tanks and political, economic, and social stability
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...
Politics not metrics can tell us what works
An interesting article by William Schambra, director of the Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal at the Hudson Institute, for Tactical Philanthropy that challenges the role...
Think Tanks and politics
Civil society organisations and politics Recently, civil society organisations have carried out roles that have historically been the compentence of the State and political parties....
Think Tanks and Policy Advice in Countries in Transition
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...
Ideology trumps facts -but facts still matter
Brian Merchant's account of D.R. Tucker's (a U.S. conservative author and radio talk show host) conversion from skeptic to campaigner of climate change policies offers some interesting...
Evo, think tanks and policy in Bolivia
Something for the weekend: This paper on the role of think tanks in Bolivian politics by Rafael Loayza Bueno and Ajoy Datta, has just been published by ODI. It was a particularly...
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