# List of think tanks

This article is a list of notable think tanks sorted by country.

## United Nations

* United Nations University (UNU)
* Global Governance Institute (GGI)

## European Union

* European Council on Foreign Relations
* Global Governance Institute
* Leap2020
* OneEurope

## Afghanistan

* Afghanistan Institute of Peace

## Albania

* Albanian Institute for International Studies

## Argentina

* Balseiro Institute
* Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for Defense
* Leloir Institute
* National Agricultural Technology Institute
* National Atomic Energy Commission
* National Institute of Industrial Technology
* National Scientific and Technical Research Council

## Australia

* Australia Institute (TAI)
* Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA)
* Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
* Brisbane Institute
* Centre for Independent Studies
* Centre for Policy Development
* Chifley Research Centre
* Committee for Economic Development of Australia
* Development Policy Centre
* East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER)
* Evatt Foundation
* Grattan Institute
* H.R. Nicholls Society
* Institute of Public Affairs (Australia) (IPA)
* Lowy Institute for International Policy
* Menzies Research Centre
* Prosper Australia
* Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)
* Sydney Institute
* The McKell Institute
* United States Studies Centre
* Western Australia Policy Forum

## Austria

* European Institute for Counter Terrorism and Conflict Prevention

## Azerbaijan

* Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication (CAERC)
* Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)

## Bangladesh

* Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
* Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA)
* Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS)
* Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
* Making Our Economy Right (MOER)

## Belgium

* Bruegel
* Centre for European Policy Studies
* Centre for the New Europe
* Egmont
* European Centre on the International Political Economy
* European Policy Centre
* Global Governance Institute
* International Crisis Group
* Itinera Institute
* Liberales
* Nova Civitas
* Vlaamse Volksbeweging

## Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Foreign Policy Initiative BH

## Brazil

* Fundação Getúlio Vargas
* Institute of Applied Economic Research

## Canada

* Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
* Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
* Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
* Broadbent Institute
* C. D. Howe Institute
* Caledon Institute of Social Policy
* Canada West Foundation
* Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
* Canadian Global Affairs Institute
* Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
* Canadian International Council
* Canadian Tax Foundation
* Cascade Institute
* Centre for International Governance Innovation
* Conference Board of Canada
* Council of Canadians
* Fraser Institute
* Frontier Centre for Public Policy
* Institute for Liberal Studies
* Institute for Research on Public Policy
* International Institute for Sustainable Development
* Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
* Macdonald-Laurier Institute
* Montreal Economic Institute
* Mowat Centre
* North-South Institute
* Pembina Institute
* Public Policy Forum
* Wellesley Institute

## Chile

* Centro de Estudios Públicos
* Libertad y Desarrollo

## China

* China Center for International Economic Exchanges
* China Development Institute
* Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
* Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
* State Information Center of China
* Taihe Institute
* Center for China and Globalization
* People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences
* China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy
* China Development Institute
* China Institute of International Studies
* China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

## Costa Rica

* Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales

## Croatia

* ZRIN - Institute for Development and Sustainability of Croatia https://www.zrin-institut.hr/

## Czech Republic

* CEVRO
* Institute for Social and Economic Analyses
* Liberální institut

## Denmark

* CEPOS
* Copenhagen Institute
* Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

## Egypt

* Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

## Finland

* Åland Islands Peace Institute
* Crisis Management Initiative
* Demos Helsinki
* European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
* Finnish Institute of International Affairs
* Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

## France

* Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII)
* Cercle de l'Oratoire
* Conférence Olivaint
* European Union Institute for Security Studies
* Gracques
* Groupement de recherche et d'études pour la civilisation européenne
* Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics
* Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI)
* Institut Montaigne
* Jacques Delors Institute
* Mont Pelerin Society
* Saint-Simon Foundation
* Sport and Citizenship

## Georgia

* Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies
* New Economic School – Georgia

## Germany

* Atlantic Community
* Bonn International Center for Conversion
* Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik
* Centre for European Policy
* Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS)
* Deutsche Gesellschaft für auswärtige Politik
* Friedrich Ebert Foundation
* Friedrich Naumann Foundation
* German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
* German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
* German Institute for International and Security Affairs
* German Institute of Global and Area Studies
* Hanns Seidel Foundation
* Heinrich Böll Foundation
* Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IFO)
* Konrad Adenauer Foundation
* Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
* Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
* Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV)
* Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
* Walter Eucken Institut

## Greece

* Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE)
* Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
* International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS)

## Hong Kong

* Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre
* Central Policy Unit – a government department
* Civic Exchange
* HKGolden50
* Hong Kong Democratic Foundation
* New Century Forum
* One Country Two Systems Research Institute
* Our Hong Kong Foundation
* Path of Democracy
* The Global Institute for Tomorrow
* The Lion Rock Institute
* The Professional Commons

## Hungary

* Centre for Fair Political Analysis
* Danube Institute
* Millennium Institute

## India

* Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) – New Delhi
* Public Policy and Governance Society (PPGS) – IIT Kharagpur
* Centre for Civil Society (CCS) – New Delhi
* Centre for Policy Research (CPR) - New Delhi
* Centre for Public Policy Research – Kochi, Kerala
* Chennai Centre for China Studies (CCCS)
* Foundation for Democratic Reforms (FDR) – Hyderabad, Telangana
* Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) - New Delhi
* Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
* Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS), Bhubaneswar
* Observer Research Foundation (ORF) – New Delhi
* Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) – New Delhi
* Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) – Mumbai
* Tillotoma Foundation (TF) – New Delhi and Kolkata
* United Service Institution of India (USI-India) – New Delhi
* RisingIndia ThinkTank (Venture Studio, Bangalore) – Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
* Indic Researchers Forum (IRF) - New Delhi
* Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) – New Delhi

## Indonesia

* Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

## Ireland

* Institute of International and European Affairs (IEA)
* Iona Institute
* TASC (Think-Tank for Action on Social Change)

## Iran

* Association for Iranian Studies
* Foundation for Iranian Studies
* Institute of Iran and Eurasia Studies (Iras)
* Ravand Institute
* Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies

## Israel

* Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
* Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies
* Institute for National Security Studies
* Israel Council on Foreign Relations
* Israel Democracy Institute
* Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
* Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research
* Kohelet Policy Forum
* Reut Institute
* Shaharit
* Shalem Center
* Shalom Hartman Institute
* Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

## Italy

* Bruno Leoni Institute
* Centro Studi Internazionali
* Club of Rome
* European University Institute
* Future Italy
* Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
* Istituto Affari Internazionali
* Trinità dei Monti

## Japan

* Asian Development Bank Institute
* Genron NPO
* Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
* Japan Institute of International Affairs
* National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)

## Kazakhstan

* Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KISS)

## Kenya

* Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis

## Lebanon

* Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

## Malaysia

* Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)
* IDE Research Centre @ Institut Darul Ehsan (IDE)

## Mexico

* Center of Research for Development (CIDAC)
* Instituto de Pensamiento Estratégico Ágora (IPEA)

## Netherlands

* Center for European Renewal
* Edmund Burke Foundation
* International Institute for Research and Education
* Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
* Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael
* The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
* The Hague Institute for Global Justice
* Wiardi Beckman Foundation (PvdA)

## New Zealand

* Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand
* Helen Clark Foundation
* Maxim Institute
* McGuinness Institute
* Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
* New Zealand Initiative
* New Zealand Institute (2004–2012)
* New Zealand Institute of Economic Research

## Nigeria

* African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS)
* National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS)
* Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)
* Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)

## Pakistan

* Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC)
* Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS)
* Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)
* Institute of Regional Studies(IRS)
* Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS)
* Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)
* Pakistan Academy of Sciences
* Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
* Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA)
* Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC)

## Philippines

* Center for Research and Communication (CRC)
* Foreign Service Institute (FSI)

## Poland

* Adam Smith Centre
* Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
* Institute of Economics
* Polish Institute of International Affairs
* Sobieski Institute
* The Casimir Pulaski Foundation (FKP)
* The Kosciuszko Institute

## Russia

* Agentura.Ru
* Carnegie Moscow Center (United States–based)
* Center for Strategic Research (Russia)
* Central Economic Mathematical Institute
* Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies
* Civil Society Development Foundation
* Dialogue of Civilizations (DOC) (Berlin-based)
* Gorchakov Fund
* INSOR
* Institute for Election Systems Development
* Institute for US and Canadian Studies
* Institute of Democracy and Cooperation (IDC) (Paris-based)
* Institute of World Economy and International Relations
* Izborsky club
* Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISI)
* Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
* SOVA Center
* Valdai Discussion Club

## Saudi Arabia

* King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center

## Serbia

* Balkan Trust for Democracy
* Centre for Contemporary Politics
* European Fund for the Balkans
* Institute of International Politics and Economics
* Institute of Political Studies in Belgrade

## Singapore

* East Asian Institute (Singapore)
* Institute of Policy Studies
* ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
* Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
* Singapore Institute of International Affairs
* S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

## Slovakia

* Forum Minority Research Institute
* Globsec
* Institute for Public Affairs (IVO)

## South Africa

* Centre for Conflict Resolution
* Free Market Foundation
* Institute for Security Studies

## South Korea

* Korea Development Institute
* National Assembly Budget Office
* The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
* Samsung Economic Research Institute
* Center for Free Enterprise
* Korea International Trade Association
* The Yeouido Institute
* The Economic Information and Education Center
* Jeju Peace Institute
* Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
* Korea Institute of Public Administration
* Sejong Institute

## Spain

* Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
* Club of Madrid
* Elcano Royal Institute
* Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies (FAES)
* FRIDE
* Fundación Alternativas
* IDEAS Foundation for progress
* Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas
* Royal Institute of European Studies (RIEE)

## Sri Lanka

* Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies
* LIRNEasia

## Sweden

* Captus
* Eudoxa
* Ratio Institute
* Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
* Timbro

## Switzerland

* Avenir Suisse
* Center for Security Studies
* foraus · Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy
* Geneva Centre for Security Policy
* Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
* Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
* Horasis
* Liberales Institut
* World Economic Forum

## Taiwan

* Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
* Industrial Technology Research Institute
* Institute for Information Industry
* Institute for National Defense and Security Research
* National Applied Research Laboratories
* Prospect Foundation
* Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation
* Taiwan Competitiveness Forum
* Taiwan External Trade Development Council
* Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
* Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

## Turkey

* Al Sharq Forum
* Foreign Policy Institute (FPI)
* Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA)
* Global Political Trends Center (GPoT Center)
* Global Relations Forum (GRF)
* Intellectuals' Hearth
* SHURA Energy Transition Center
* Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)

## Ukraine

* Centre of Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR)
* Center for Policy Studies in Ukraine
* International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS)
* The Razumkov Centre
* Transatlantic Dialogue Center (TDC)

## United Arab Emirates

* Gulf Research Center

## United States

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* Politics portal