Think tank hay to chuc nghien cuu hay vien chinh sach, hoac vien nghien cuu (tieng Anh: think tank) la mot to chuc hoac nhom cac ca nhan hoat đong nghien cuu đua ra cac tu van ve chinh sach, chien luoc trong cac linh vuc, ban đau la quan su, sau đo mo rong sang cac linh vuc khac nhu chinh tri, kinh te, giao duc, khoa hoc – ki thuat, van hoa va xa hoi.
Đa so cac think tank la cac to chuc phi loi nhuan, ma đuoc mien thue o nhieu nuoc nhu o Hoa Ky va Canada. Cac think tank khac đuoc thanh lap hoac tai tro boi cac chinh phu hoac cac nhom loi ich, doanh nghiep hay thu nhap tu viec co van hay nghien cuu lien quan đen cac cong trinh cua ho.
Think tank co the la cac to chuc gan lien voi cac đang phai chinh tri, cac co quan thuoc chinh phu, cac nhom loi ich, hoac cac tap đoan kinh te khac. Think tank co the ton tai nhu mot to chuc phi chinh phu (NGOs). Cac to chuc think tank hoat đong nhu mot cau noi giua gioi han lam – khoa hoc va gioi hoach đinh chinh sach (vi du nhu chinh phu hoac ban giam đoc tap đoan nao đo).


Lich su Think tank(s), co nghia la (nhung) chiec thung cua tu duy. Tu think tank theo nghia hien tai đuoc đe cap đen khoang nhung nam 1950. Đen nay van con su tranh luan ve think tank đau tien. Mot trong so cac think tank đau tien la the Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), thanh lap vao nam 1831 theo sang kien cua Arthur Wellesley o Luan Đon va hoi Fabian cung o Vuong quoc Anh đa co tu 1884.
Sau nam 1930, so luong think tank bung no manh, nhieu think tank moi đuoc thanh lap đe đap ung cho cac linh vuc khac nhau. Đen nhung nam 1940, phan lon cac think tank đuoc biet đen nhu la nhung Vien Chinh sach. Trong The Chien thu Hai, think tank đuoc đe cap cung voi phuong phap "nao cong".
Tuy nhien thuat ngu think tank, đuoc su dung ban đau khi đe cap đen to chuc RAND Corporation, đuoc thanh lap nam 1946, co nhiem vu đua ra cac tu van quan su.


Cac loai hinh think tank Think tank đai dien cho rat nhieu quan điem va y thuc he khac nhau. Mot vai think tank, nhu Heritage Foundation, co xu huong bao thu. Trong khi so khac, nhat la cac think tank hoat đong trong linh vuc cai thien moi truong va xa hoi nhu Tellus Institute, thuong co tu tuong kha thoang. So khac nua, chang han think tank Cato Institute, hoat đong voi ton chi thuc đay cai cach xa hoi va kinh te theo huong tu do.
Hien nay, do he qua cua toan cau hoa bat đau xuat hien hinh thuc hop tac cua nhieu think tank o cac nuoc khac nhau.


Cac think tank cua Viet Nam Theo bang xep hang Global go to Think Tank Index nam 2019 cua Đai hoc Pennsylvania (Hoa Ky), Viet Nam co 7 to chuc think tank đuoc cong nhan va xep hang.

Vien Kinh te va Chinh tri The Gioi (Institute of World Economics and Politics – IWEP)
Hoc vien Ngoai Giao Viet Nam (Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam – DAV)
Vien Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Institute of Economics – VIE)
Vien Nghien cuu Kinh te va Chinh sach (Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research – VEPR)
Vien Nghien cuu chau My (Vietnam Institute for American Studies – VIAS)
Vien Nghien cuu Quan ly Kinh te Trung uong (Central Institute for Economic Management – CIEM)
Trung tam Nghien cuu He thong Y te – thuoc Đai hoc Y Ha Noi (Center for Health System Research – CHSR)
Theo chuyen gia kinh te Le Đang Doanh, vai tro cua cac Think Tank cua Viet Nam con rat han che, chua đap ung đuoc nhu cau nghien cuu thuc te trong phat trien kinh te – xa hoi cua Viet Nam. Theo chuyen gia kinh te Pham Chi Lan, hien đang co 5 han che lon khien cac Think Tank cua Viet Nam kho phat huy đuoc vai tro cua minh, đo la su han che ve khung phap ly, han che ve tu do nghien cuu, huy đong nguon luc, khong đuoc tiep thu ket qua nghien cuu, va khong co su tham gia – trao đoi voi ben ngoai. Ba Pham Chi Lan noi: "Co mot so Think Tank đuoc cac to chuc nuoc ngoai đong y tai tro nghien cuu, nhung khong đuoc co quan nha nuoc cho phep tiep nhan. Chinh vi vay moi xay ra hien tuong "ben ngoai san sang tra, nhung minh khong san sang tiep nhan". Đo la đieu đang tiec!"


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Lien ket ngoai “think tank”, viet-studies, Tran Hai Hac, 21-3-2010
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(tieng Anh)The Economist Magazine and NPR's Marketplace report: "Under the Influence: Think Tanks and The Money That Fuels Them" Luu tru ngay 6 thang 6 nam 2005 tai Wayback Machine
(tieng Anh)Foreign Policy Research Institute, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program Luu tru ngay 9 thang 1 nam 2013 tai Wayback Machine directory of over 5000 think tanks and research on the role and impact of think tanks.
(tieng Anh)PBS: Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg: "Thinking About Think Tanks" – interview with Christopher DeMuth, President of AEI, ngay 13 thang 10 nam 2005


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