Other Freedom House--published reports include the similar "Freedom of the Press" and "Freedom of the Net.". Argentina Australia Belgi (Nederlands) Belgique (Franais) Brasil The number of categories in which a think tank was ranked by the University of Pennsylvania (Lauder Institute) in its, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $7,700,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): <100, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #1 (University-Affiliated Think Tank), Notable Figures: Graham Allison, Stephen Biddle (former), Robert Blackwill, William Clark, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $5,200,000, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #36 (US), #5 (University Affiliated), #26 (Environment), Notable Figures: Scott Barrett, Robin Bell, Michael Gerrard, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $392,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 1,298, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #9 (US), #17 (world), Notable Figures: Michael J. Gerson (former), Rebecca Hagelin (former), Edwin Meese III (former), Walter E. Williams (former), Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $301,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): Unknown, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: None, Notable Figures: Michele Alexander, Carroll Bogert, Kenneth Roth, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $356,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 874, Notable Figures: Drew Altman, Diane Rowland, Mollyann Brodie, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $203,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 993, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #4 (US), #8 (world), #4 (Foreign Policy and International Affairs), Notable Figures: Madeleine Albright (former), Tom Brokaw (former), Colin Powell (former), Fareed Zakaria (former), Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $169,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 2,434, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #1 (World), #1 (US), #4 (Defense and Security), #1 (Foreign Policy and International Affairs), #1 (Domestic Economic Policy), #4 (Environmental Policy), #3 (Education Policy), #3 (Domestic Health Policy), Notable Figures: Ben Bernanke (former), Jon Huntsman (former), Robert Kagan (former), Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $63,400, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 718, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #8 (US), #16 (worldwide), #5 (Domestic Economic Policy), #4 (Education Policy), Notable Figures: 10 Nobel Prize--winners in Economic Sciences have worked with Cato, including both Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman; other notable former fellows include Vaclav Klaus (the second President of the Czech Republic, 2003--2013) and, Political Orientation:Libertarian/Classical Liberal, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $39,700, Notable Figures: Andrew Napolitano, Ron Paul, Murray Rothbard (former), Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $53,600, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 1,100, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #13 (Defense and National Security), Notable Figures: Former UN Ambassador John Bolton; former NEH chairperson Lynne Cheney; author and former Dutch parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali; sociologist and best-selling author Charles A. Murray; and PBS Think Tank host Ben J. Wattenberg, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $121,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 618, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #7 (world), #6 (US), #2 (Domestic Health Policy), #2 (Education Policy), #5 (Energy and Resource Policy), #2 (Defense and Security), Notable Figures: 32 Nobel Prize recipients have been associated with RAND in the last 60 years, including John Forbes Nash, Jr., Thomas C. Schelling, and Oliver Williamson, Political Orientation: Liberal/Progressive, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $59,900, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 843, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #10 (US), Notable Figures: Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (former); the late Elizabeth Edwards; former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence Korb (former), Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $157,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 279, Notable Figures: Kinsey Hasstedt and Elizabeth Nash, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $67,300, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 461, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #23 (US), #14 (Social Policy), #20 (Domestic Economic Policy), #49 (Best Managed), Notable Figures: Jared Bernstein, Kathy Ruffing, Paul N. Van de Water, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $60,600, Average Media References per Year (by Others): Unknown, though NBER claims it is the second most-cited think tank, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #11 (US), #2 (Domestic Economic Policy), Notable Figures: Milton Friedman (former), Paul Krugman (former), Joseph Stiglitz (former), Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $99,200, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 275, Notable Figures: Khaliah Barnes, Marc Rotenberg, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $117,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 260, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #13 (US), #15 (world), #4 (Domestic Economic Policy), Notable Figures: Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer; Chevron Corp. Chairman David O'Reilly; Former President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $192,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 692, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #4 (world), #5 (Foreign Policy and International Affairs), #1 (Defense and Security), Notable Figures: former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (former), former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (former), former Undersecretary of Defense Michele Flournoy (former), Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $41,700, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 546, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #20 (US), #1 (Education Policy), Notable Figures: Harry P. Hatry, Rudolph G. Penner, Robert D. Reischauer, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $103,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 555, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #46 (US), #55 (Domestic Economic Policy), Notable Figures: Josh Bivens, Daniel Costa, Emma Garcia, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $48,600, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 203, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #45 (US), Notable Figures: David Devlin-Foltz, Maurice LaMee, Peter Waanders, Damian Woetzel, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $23,000, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 200, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #5 (US), #10 (world), Notable Figures: Lawrence K. Altman, Charles Armstrong, Cynthia Arnson, Political Orientation: Conservative/Libertarian, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $15,500, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 335, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #19 (US), Notable Figures: Robert Conquest, Richard A. Epstein, Niall Ferguson, Timothy Garton Ash, Victor Davis Hanson, Henry Kissinger, Harvey Mansfield, Allan H. Meltzer, Douglass C. North, Sam Nunn, Condoleezza Rice, George P. Schultz, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $44,700, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 277, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #39 (US), Notable Figures: Claire Berlinski, Theodore Dalrymple, Heather Mac Donald, John McWhorter, Jason Riley, Luigi Zingales, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $62,400, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 276, Notable Figures: Mark Krikorian, John Miano, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $36,700, Average Media References per Year (by Others): 371, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #4 (world), #3 (US), #1 (Defense and Security), #5 (Foreign Policy and International Affairs), Notable Figures: James Acton, Rachel Kleinfeld, Richard Sokolsky, Michael D. Swaine, Moises Naim, Sarah Chayes, Marwan Muasher, and Dmitri Trenin, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $14,600, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #8 (Transparency and Good Governance), #29 (Impact on Public Policy), #42 (US), Notable Figures: George Soros, Jonathan Soros, Christopher Stone, Monetary Value of Monthly Traffic: $25,200, 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Rankings: #3 (Top Transparency and Good Governance), Notable Figures: Daniel Calingaert, Susan Corke, Lawrence Lessig, P.J. (Stanford, CA) WebExample: Responsible Statecraft and Quincy Institute About Responsible Statecraft is the online magazine of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. (Washington, DC) American think tanks are constantly researching solutions to a variety of the world's problems, and then arguing, advocating, and lobbying for policy changes at local, state, and federal levels. Support (Washington, DC) Baked chicken tostadas with guacamole are a fun, healthful dinner, These teriyaki-inspired salmon bowls are sticky, sweet and savory, This burrata-topped burger is big, beautiful and ready in about 30 minutes, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, The Heritage Foundations James Jay Carafano, the American Conservatives Daniel Larison, a vigorous marketplace for foreign policy ideas, Bacevichs latest Los Angeles Times op-ed. If you oppose keeping thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Syria indefinitely, prize steely-eyed diplomatic solutions over launching Tomahawks, or dare to question a single precept of U.S. strategy over the past 30 years, you better brace yourself youre an isolationist.. Originally appeared on The American Conservative.. Stephen Kinzer comments on the creation of a new think tank, The Quincy Institute, committed to promoting a foreign policy of restraint and non-interventionism:. Founded in 1974, Cato Institute moved to Washington, DC, in 1981 in an attempt to become more influential. CAP's influence climaxed during the 2008 Presidential election, due in part to its campus outreach group, Generation Progress. And if you think low-blows are going to work, you are sadly mistaken. Correction: This article originally said that the Koch brothers are supporting the Quincy Institute. As non-profit organizations, think-tanks must make their revenue numbers available to the public; the greater its revenue, the more influential the think tank---other things being equal. Updated August 19, 2022 2 min read. Each year, the Center publishes Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom.. Andrew Carnegie was nothing if not ambitious, and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs is a great example of that ambition. That withdrawing from Syria is the right choice does not mean it will be easy. The Boston Globes Stephen Kinzer was the first to report on the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, which will promote an approach to the world based on diplomacy and restraint rather than threats, sanctions, and bombing., Two things stand out about the Quincy Institute: its funders and its founders. Aspen is headquartered in Washington, DC, but has additional campuses in Colorado and Maryland, as well as partner Aspen Institutes in Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Paris, Lyon, Tokyo, New Delhi, Prague, and Bucharest.