List of think tanks

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

United Nations

• United Nations University (UNU)

European Union

• European Council on Foreign Relations
• Leap2020
• OneEurope

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

• Air Power Australia
• Australia Institute (TAI)
• Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA)
• Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
• Brisbane Institute
• Committee for Economic Development of Australia
• Centre for Independent Studies
• Centre for Policy Development
• 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
• Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
• The McKell Institute
• Menzies Research Centre
• Per Capita
• Prosper Australia
• Sydney Institute
• Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)
• United States Studies Centre
• Western Australia Policy Forum

Azerbaijan

• Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
• Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Azerbaijan

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
• Friends of Europe
• 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

• Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
• Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
• Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
• Broadbent Institute
• Canada West Foundation
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Canadian Global Affairs Institute
• Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
• Canadian International Council
• Canadian Tax Foundation
• Centre for International Governance Innovation
• Conference Board of Canada
• Council of Canadians
• C. D. Howe Institute
• 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
• Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
• State Information Center of China
• Taihe Institute

Costa Rica

• Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales

Czech Republic

• Institute for Social and Economic Analyses

Denmark

• CEPOS
• Copenhagen Institute
• Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

Egypt

• Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

Finland

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

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
• Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik
• Bonn International Center for Conversion
• Centre for European Policy
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für auswärtige Politik
• Friedrich Naumann Foundation
• Friedrich Ebert 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 Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV)
• 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
• The Lion Rock Institute
• New Century Forum
• One Country Two Systems Research Institute
• Our Hong Kong Foundation
• The Global Institute for Tomorrow
• The Professional Commons

Hungary

• Centre for Fair Political Analysis
• Club of Budapest
• Millennium Institute

India

Main article: List of think tanks in India

• Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) – New Delhi
• Centre for Civil Society (CCS) – 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)
• Observer Research Foundation (ORF) – New Delhi
• Delhi Policy Group (DPG) - New Delhi
• Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) – New Delhi
• Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) – Mumbai
• The Takshashila Institution (TTI) – Bangalore, Karnataka
• United Service Institution of India (USI-India) – 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
• Reut Institute
• Shaharit
• Shalem Center
• Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

Italy

• Bruno Leoni Institute
• 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

• Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP)
• Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KISS)

Kenya

• African Progress Center
• 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)

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 Institute for Global Justice
• Wiardi Beckman Foundation (PvdA)

New Zealand

• Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand
• Maxim Institute
• New Zealand Initiative
• New Zealand Institute (2004–2012)
• McGuinness Institute
• The Helen Clark Foundation

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)

Norway

• Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (U4)

Pakistan

• Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC)
• 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)
• Pakistan Institute of National Affairs (PINA)
• Research Society of International Law (RSIL)
• Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC)
• Sustainable Development Policy Institute

Philippines

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

Poland

• Adam Smith Centre
• Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
• Institute of Economics
• Sobieski Institute
• The Casimir Pulaski Foundation (FKP)
• The Kosciuszko Institute

Russia

• Agentura.Ru
• Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation
• Carnegie Moscow Center (United States-based)
• Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies
• Center for Strategic Research (Russia)
• Central Economic Mathematical Institute
• Civil Society Development Foundation
• The Constitutional Club
• 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
• 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

• Institute of Policy Studies
• Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
• Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum*Singapore Institute of International Affairs
• S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Slovakia

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

South Africa

• Centre for Conflict Resolution
• Centre for Development and Enterprise
• Free Market Foundation
• Institute for Security Studies
• South African Institute of International Affairs

South Korea

• The Asan Institute for Policy Studies (The Asan Institute)
• Korea Development Institute (KDI)
• Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA)
• Center for Free Enterprise (CFE)
• Sejong Institute

Spain

• Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
• Elcano Royal Institute
• Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies (FAES)
• FRIDE
• Fundación Alternativas
• 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
• Prospect Foundation
• Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation
• Taiwan Competitiveness Forum
• Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
• Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

Turkey

• Global Political Trends Center (GPoT Center)
• International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)
• Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)

Ukraine

• Centre of Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR)
• International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS)
• The Razumkov Centre

United Arab Emirates

• Gulf Research Center

United Kingdom

Main article: List of think tanks in the United Kingdom

United States

Main article: List of think tanks in the United States