U.S. Think Tanks Summary

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U.S. Think Tanks Summary

HERE are 42 top "Think Tanks" in the U.S., created for the purpose of influencing United States government policies. By nature, most think tanks are conservative, and seek to promote the aims of rich US special interest groups, be they commercial, private, or military.

The think tanks are organized by date of creation. White papers, lobbyists, and "news releases" are used to change and direct U.S. government policies, to the benefit of the think tank organizations.

. U.S. Think Tanks by FOUNDED DATE
Founded	Abbrev.	Institution Name	Focus	Go To Rank		Founded / Location
Founded	Abbrev.	Institution Name	Focus	2009	2010	Founded / Location
1907 1910	RSF CEFIP	Russell Sage Foundation Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace	social peace	- 2	- 3	1907 - New York, NY 1910 - Washington, DC
1916 1919	BI HI	Brookings Institution Hoover Inst. on War, Rev. and Peace	research war, peace	1 10	1 13	1916 - Washington, DC 1919 - Stanford, CA
1921	CFR	Council on Foreign Relations	foreign policy	3	2	1921 - New York, NY
1943 1943 1946 1948	AEI NBER FEE -	American Enterprise Institute National Bureau of Economic Research Foundation for Economic Education Rand	conservative economics liberal ap. research	9 14 - 4	7 12 - 5	1943 - Washington, DC 1943 - Washington, DC 1946 - Irvington, NY 1948 - Santa Monica, CA
1950 1952 1952 1955 1956 1958	- - RFF FPRI - RTI	Aspen Institute for Int. Economics Population Council Resources For the Future Foreign Policy Research Institute Asia Society Research Triangle International	economics pop. control resource econ. research promote asia research	13 - 36 - - -	50 - 36 - - -	1950 - Washington, DC 1952 - New York, NY 1952 - Washington, DC 1955 - Philadelphia, PA 1956 - New York, NY 1958 - Research T.P., NC
1960 1961 1961 1962 1963 1963 1968 1968	- - - CSIS AIPAC IPS - WWICS	East-West Center Atlantic Council Hudson Institute Center for Strategic and Inter. Studies American Israel Public Affairs Committee Institute for Policy Studies Urban Institute Woodrow Wilson Inter. Cen. for Scholars	research inter. security conservative strategy Israel progressive social education	28 30 32 6 - - 22 8	31 19 21 4 - 30 20 11	1960 - Honolulu, HA 1961 - Washington, DC 1961 - Indianapolis, IN 1962 - Washington, DC 1963 - Washington, DC 1963 - Washington, DC 1968 - Washington, DC 1968 - Washington, DC
1972 1973 1974 1975 1977	GMF HF HIID IFPRI -	German Marshall Fund Heritage Foundation Harvard Inst. for Inter. Development Inter. Food Policy Research Institute Cato Institute	grants conservative int. devel. hunger libertarian	15 5 26 39 7	22 6 15 - 8	1972 - Washington, DC 1973 - Washington, DC 1974 - Cambridge, MA 1975 - Washington, DC 1977 - Washington, DC
1980 1981 1982 1982 1983 1984 1984 1985 1985	EWI PIIE - WRI NED CEI USIP CIS WINEP	EastWest Institute Peterson Institute for Inter. Economics Carter Center World Resources Institute National Endowment for Democracy Competitive Enterprise Institute United States Institute of Peace Center for Immigration Studies Washington Instit. for Near East Policy	security economics humans environm. democracy free market peace immigration Israel	- 11 27 34 - 38 16 - -	- 9 - 29 - - 16 - -	1980 - New York, NY 1981 - Washington, DC 1982 - Atlanta, GA 1982 - Washington, DC 1983 - Washington, DC 1984 - Washington, DC 1984 - Washington, DC 1985 - Washington, DC 1985 - Washington, DC
1999 1999	CEPR NAF	Center for Economic and Policy Research New America Foundation	economics everything	- -	- 24	1999 - Washington, DC 1999 - Washington, DC
2001 2003 2004	CGD CAP PRC	Center for Global Development Center for American Progress Pew Research Center	int. devel. progressive research	19 17 23	18 10 14	2001 - Washington, DC 2003 - Washington, DC 2004 - Washington, DC
60	60	300 - 768	100	30	30	190

. U.S. Think Tank TAG LINES
#	Founded	Institution Name	. Tag Line/ Focus
#	Founded	Institution Name	. Tag Line/ Focus
1 2	1907 1910	Russell Sage Foundation Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace	1. research in the social sciences 2. economic, political, peace research
3 4	1916 1919	Brookings Institution Hoover Institution on War, Rev. and Peace	3. independent research and policy institute 4. research in domestic policy and international affairs
5	1921	Council on Foreign Relations	5. nonpartisan research center
6 7 8 9	1943 1943 1946 1948	American Enterprise Institute National Bureau of Economic Research Foundation for Economic Education Rand	6. public policy research 7. research organization 8. home to free market education 9. independent research - science and technology
10 11 12 13 14 15	1950 1952 1952 1955 1956 1958	Aspen Institute for Int. Economics Population Council Resources For the Future Foreign Policy Research Institute Asia Society Research Triangle International	10. foster enlightened leadership 11. global operations research program 12. nonpartisan, independent economic research 13. providing ideas in service to our nation 14. educating americans, fostering understanding with Asians 15. contract research - pharmaceuticals, public health
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23	1960 1961 1961 1962 1963 1963 1968 1968	East-West Center Atlantic Council Hudson Institute Center for Strategic and Inter. Studies American Israel Public Affairs Committee Institute for Policy Studies Urban Institute Woodrow Wilson Inter. Cen. for Scholars	16. education and research organization 17. ideas, influence, impact 18. domestic and foreign policy 19. non-profit, private, foreign policy research institute 20. what are you doing to protect Israel? 21. ideas into action for peace, justice, environ. 22. research of record 23. individual research
24 25 26 27 28	1972 1973 1974 1975 1977	German Marshall Fund Heritage Foundation Harvard Inst. for Inter. Development Inter. Food Policy Research Institute Cato Institute	24. strenghtening transatlantic relations 25. policy research and analysis 26. development assistance, training, and research 27. sustainable food policy 28. public policy analysis
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37	1980 1981 1982 1982 1983 1984 1984 1985 1985	EastWest Institute Peterson Institute for Inter. Economics Carter Center World Resources Institute National Endowment for Democracy Competitive Enterprise Institute United States Institute of Peace Center for Immigration Studies Washington Inst. for Near East Policy	29. forging collective action for a safer and better world 30. international economic policy 31. international nonprofit public policy center 32. climate change and the environment 33. supporting freedom around the world 34. free markets and limited government 35. global conflict management 36. low-immigration, pro-immigrant 37. pro-israel institute
38 39	1999 1999	Center for Economic and Policy Research New America Foundation	38. promote democratic debate 39. invests in new thinkers
40 41 42	2001 2003 2004	Center for Global Development Center for American Progress Pew Research Center	40. practical ideas for global prosperity 41. progressive ideas for a strong, just America 42. Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
30	60	300 - 768	378

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Old (removed) Data Source: National Institute for Research Advancement
http://www.nira.go.jp/ice/tt-info/nwdtt/id-nor.html#304

This Vaughns Think Tanks Summary web page was updated on 2011-12-30.