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

Azerbaijan

 * 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
 * Friends of Europe
 * 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
 * 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
 * Club of Budapest
 * Danube Institute
 * Millennium Institute

India

 * Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) – New Delhi
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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)

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)
 * Research Society of International Law (RSIL)
 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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)
 * 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