Think Tanks:Quick Reference A-C

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The term think tank is broadly defined for the inclusion of an organisation on this list. It pretty much runs the gamut as any organisation having a remote link to policy. This listing is for names beginning with the letter A, B or C. Presently there are two more pages, D-M and N-Z.

The list is basically just the name and the url to the homepage of the org, if found. It offers a quick check for the existence of a Source Watch stub as well as a launching point for research.

If the second column says FFRDC, it is one of the 36 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, which has its own link page. Any other unusual data that was scooped while looking for a solid url pointer was placed in the notes below the table. This data is usually something indicating a non-existent org, or contradictory data already published on Sourcewatch. If you are able to resolve it, either remove the note, or leave a message on the talk page for this site.

Also, it is doubtful that a link listing like this one will ever be near to completion. If you know of an org not listed, please enter it, or drop it on the talk page.

thank you.

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Think Tank List Data Table (A-C)


Think Tank NameThink Tank URL
Abundant Wildlife SocietyNo url yet - considered antigreen
Accuracy in Mediawww.aim.org
Adam Smith Institutewww.adamsmith.org
Aerospace FFRDC at The Aerospace Corp.[1] FFRDC
Air Hygiene Foundationwww.ihfincorp.com
Alexis de Tocqueville Institutionwww.adti.net
Alliance for Environment and ResourcesNo url yet - considered antigreen
Alliance for Justice aka Independent Judiciarywww.independentjudiciary.com
American Academy in Berlinwww.americanacademy.de
American Academy in Romewww.aarome.org
American Academy of Diplomacywww.academyofdiplomacy.org
American Beverage Institutewww.abionline.org
American Council for Capital Formationwww.accf.org
American Council on Germanywww.acgusa.org
American Council on Science and Healthwww.acsh.org
American Councils on Foreign Relationsno URL found - see note below
American Defense Internationalwww.americandefense.net
American Ditchley Foundationwww.ditchley.co.uk/ - needs researching info
American Eugenics Societyno URL found (org looks inactive)
American Family Foundationcsj.org
American Foreign Policy Councilwww.afpc.org
American Industrial Health Councilwww.aiha.org
American Jewish Councilajcouncil.freeyellow.com url-404- see note below
American Life Leaguewww.all.org
American Majority Institute - see note
American Petroleum Institutewww.api.org
American Policy Centerwww.americanpolicy.org
American Security Councilwww.ascusa.org
Americans for Peace Now aka PeaceNow.orgpeacenow.org
ANSER Institute for Homeland Security[2] - FFRDC
Ariel Center for Policy Researchwww.acpr.org.il
Ashbrook Center for Public Affairswww.ashland.edu/ashbrook
Arroyo Center (FFRDC) at RAND Corp.FFRDC
Asia-Pacific Policy Programwww.ap.harvard.edu
Asia Societywww.asiasociety.org
Aspen Institute / Aspen Strategy Groupwww.aspeninst.org
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Managementwww.appam.org
Atlantic Council of the United Stateswww.acus.org
Atlantic Institute / Atlantic Institute of International AffairsNothing found in English (maybe in French?)
Atlas Economic Research Foundationwww.atlasusa.org
Baker Institute for Public Policybakerinstitute.org
BilderbergNo web url yet
The Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE)brie.berkeley.edu
Brookings Institutionhttp://www.brook.edu/
World Business Council for Sustainable Developmentwww.wbcsd.ch - see below
Bureau of Governmental Researchwww.bgr.org
Business CouncilNo web url yet
C3I FFRDC at MITRE Corp.FFRDC
California Desert CoalitionNo url yet - considered antigreen
Campaign Finance Institute (CFI)www.cfinst.org
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternativeswww.policyalternatives.ca
Capital Research Centerwww.capitalresearch.org
Carnegie Endowment for International Peacehttp://www.ceip.org/
Carter Centerhttp://www.cartercenter.org/
Cascade Policy Institutehttp://www.cascadepolicy.org/
Catalyst InstituteProject of New Mexico Media Literacy Project [3] - See below
Cato Institutehttp://www.cato.org/
Center for American Progresswww.americanprogress.org
Center for American Women and Politicshttp://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp
Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategiessee below
Center for Congressional and Presidential Studieswww.american.edu/academic.depts/spa/ccps
Center for Consumer Freedomwww.consumerfreedom.com/
Center for Defense Informationhttp://www.cdi.org/about/index.cfm
Center for Democracy and Technologywww.cdt.org
Center for Democracywww.centerfordemocracy.org - see below
Center for Digital Democracywww.democraticmedia.org
Center for Economic Conversionsee below]
Center for Environmental Education Research (CERE)dep.state.ct.us/educ/cere
Center for Global Developmentwww.cgdev.org
Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studieswww.socsci.uci.edu/gpacs
Center for Governmental Studieswww.cgs.org
Center for International Security and Strategic Studieswww.msstate.edu/dept/ciss
Center for National Policywww.cnponline.org
Center for Strategic and International Studieswww.csis.org
Center for Voting and Democracywww.fairvote.org
Center for the Study of American Businesscsab.wustl.edu
Center for the Study of the Presidencywww.cspresidency.org
Center of International Studieswww.wws.princeton.edu/~cis - see note
Century Foundationwww.tcf.org
Citizens for the EnvironmentNo url yet - considered antigreen
Committee for Economic Developmentwww.ced.org
Committee for Justicecommitteeforjustice.org
Commonwealth Institutewww.comw.org
The Corner Housewww.thecornerhouse.org.uk

Data Table Notes

American Councils on Foreign Relations

  • No url found.
  • Only one reference found on a preliminary google that did not look like a wikipedia page, a SourceWatch page or a page that referenced data from those two previous resources.
  • That page was on The Hudson Institute's site, on a page with a short data set for their a short data set of the Director of their Center for Middle East Policy; Director, Meyrav Wurmser - [4]

American Ditchley Foundation

The listed websitewww.ditchley.co.uk is a link to a UK hosted website called Ditchley Foundations. It looks as if the American Ditchley Foundation is a sub-group under it. Needs to be researched.

American Jewish Council

  • listed url[5] is a 404, it is also a subdomain of freeyellow.com
  • a quick google, offered many data regarding many individuals' present or past affiliation with the organisation, but no direct data regarding its location, contact, or web url

American Majority Institute

Never fully rolled-out as a think-tank with this name. It seems that it is operational uder the name of The Center for American Progress.

Click this link for more details.

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

The Business Council for Sustainable Development needs to be moved to reflect their actual name.

It is the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and it looks like regionals use a prefix to identify themselves

Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies

Effective November 1, 2003, the faculty and staff formerly of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies are now affiliated with the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

Catalyst Institute

Not a think tank, but seminars held by the New Mexico Media Literacy Project to teach learning professionals about media's usage in society

NMMLP’s Catalyst Institute, held two or three times a year, offers an intensive four-day training experience in media literacy concepts and skills. NMMLP staff and guest speakers lead participants in workshops, exercises, video screenings and discussions designed to deepen understanding of media issues and provide a solid foundation for media activism. The Catalyst Institute is ideal for teachers, health professionals, community activists and others who want to make a difference.[6]

Center for Democracy

org is now defunct.

The Center for Democracy opened its offices in December 1984 and ended its almost-20 years of global democratic assistance programs in August 2003. The Center's activities are described on this website.[7]

Center for Economic Conversion

website listed on several think tank list pages is a unused placeholder *(www.conversion.org/)

Center of International Studies

In 2003, the Center of International Studies (CIS) (formerly a research program within the Woodrow Wilson School) and the University's Council on Regional Studies were merged, combining their strengths and activities to form a new institute, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). www.princeton.edu/~piirs

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