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Top 100 Think Tanks – United States – Penn Libraries – University of Pennsylvania

Principles of Government · September 21, 2020 ·

Top 100 Think Tanks – United States

In rank order

  • Brookings
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Heritage Foundation
  • Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
  • Urban Institute
  • Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Center for American Progress (CAP)
  • Atlantic Council
  • RAND Corporation
  • Hudson Institute
  • Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
  • Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
  • Cato Institute
  • Center for New American Security (CNAS)
  • American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) — United States
  • James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
  • Stimson Center
  • Human Rights Watch
  • Resources for the Future (RFF)
  • Freedom House
  • German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)
  • Hoover Institution
  • World Resources Institute (WRI)
  • McKinsey Global Institute
  • National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Inter-American Dialogue
  • Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
  • Center for Global Development (CGD)
  • Chicago Council on Global Affairs
  • United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
  • Acton Institute for Study of Religion and Liberty
  • Pew Research Center
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
  • Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (MI)
  • Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
  • National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
  • Worldwatch Institute
  • Mercatus Center
  • Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
  • Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
  • Independent Institute
  • Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
  • Middle East Institute (MEI)
  • Earth Institute
  • Center for the National Interest (CFTNI)
  • Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
  • Aspen Institute
  • EastWest Institute (EWI)
  • New America Foundation
  • Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR)
  • Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
  • Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
  • Atlas Network
  • Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)
  • Reason Foundation
  • Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
  • Milken Institute
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
  • Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
  • Third Way
  • Committee for Economic Development
  • Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
  • Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
  • McCain Institute for International Leadership
  • Hispanic American Center for Economic Research (HACER)
  • Open Society Foundations (OSF)
  • Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)
  • Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR)
  • Arctic Institute
  • R Street Institute
  • Center for International Security and Arms Control (CISAC)
  • Lugar Center
  • Institute for New Economic Thinking
  • Berggruen Institute
  • Demos
  • Congressional Research Service
  • Africa Center for Strategic Studies
  • Project for the Study of the 21st Century (PS21)
  • Institute of Religion and Democracy (IRD)
  • Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
  • Mackinac Center
  • Center for International Policy
  • Washington Center for Equitable Growth
  • Center for Naval Analyses
  • Institute for Defense Analyses
  • Levy Institute
  • Public Policy Institute of California
  • Goldwater Institute
  • Roosevelt Institute
  • Institute for the Study of War (ISR)
  • Center for Immigration Studies
  • Center for National Policy
  • Pacific Council on International Policy
  • Center for International Development (CID)
  • Pacific Forum
  • Beacon Hill Institute
  • Center for Governmental Research
  • American Foreign Policy Council
  • J Street
  • Federation for American Immigration Reform

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  • GOALS OF PROGRESSIVISM AND THE MODERN LEFT
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