Un Think Tank est une sorte de laboratoire d'idées, regroupant des personnalités de tous horizons.
On peut l'appeler aussi Club ou Cercle de Réflexion, et il prend de plus en plus souvent la forme de Fondation, d'Institut ou d'Association, statut bien pratique lui permettant de payer moins d'impôts tout en récoltant un maximum de fonds.
Il existe des Think Tanks dans le Monde entier, pour quasiment chaque domaine : la politique, la science, l'éducation, la religion, l'environnement, l'armement, l'économie, la finance, la communication, etc...
L'origine des Think Tanks, américaine, reste sujette à controverse.
Certains la situe après la Guerre de Sécession (1861 - 1865), avec notamment la Fabian Society, crée en 1884 et destinée à promouvoir les réformes sociales.
D'autres la datent du lendemain de la Première Guerre Mondiale, avec la création de la Brookings Institution en 1916.
Personnellement, et considérant qu'il existait dès les années 1890 des Groupes tels que The U.S. Industrial Commission (1892), The New York Bureau of Municipal Research (1906) aujourd’hui l’Institut of Public Administration (IAP), The Russell Sage Foundation (1907), et the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1910), j'en déduis que les Think Tanks datent bel et bien de la fin du 19ème siècle.
Cela dit peu importe en réalité. Car si l'origine est floue, l'objectif, lui, l'est beaucoup moins : officiellement les Think Tanks visent à l'analyse objective du monde en vue du bien commun, et non au profit d'intérêts particuliers.
Officieusement ils servent les desseins des instigateurs du Nouvel Ordre Mondial, influençant les politiques publiques dans tous les domaines sus-cités, tout en faisant la plupart du temps des profits fabuleux à un niveau ou l'autre.
Bien souvent d'ailleurs ils appartiennent directement aux dits instigateurs ou à leurs hommes de paille.
Bref, un instrument incontournable du Pouvoir !
Bien qu'il existe des centaines, voire des milliers de Think Tanks de par le Monde, voici une liste alphabétique non exhaustive de certains d'entre eux, considérés comme faisant partie des plus influents :
EUROPE
Adam Smith UK
Association for Liberal Thinking Turkey
Austrian Institute for International Affairs Austria
Bertelsmann Foundation Germany
Bruegel Belgium
Center for a New Europe Belgium
Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP) Germany
Center for European Reform (CER) UK
Center for European Security Studies (CESS) Netherlands
Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Germany
Centre for European Policy Studies Belgium
CIDOB Spain
Danish Institute of International Affairs (DUPI) Denmark
Danish Institute of International Studies Denmark
Demos UK
EU Institute for Security Studies France
European Policy Center Belgium
Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland
FOA Sweden
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) Italy
Foreign Policy Center UK
Foreign Policy Institute Turkey
Foundation for Social Analysis and Study (FAES) Spain
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) France
FRIDE Spain
Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP) Switzerland
German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP) Germany
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Germany
German Institute for International Politics and Security (SWP) Germany
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Greece
Institut Choiseul France
Institut European de la Mediterrania (IEMed) Spain
Institut Montaigne France
Institute for Fiscal Studies UK
Institute for International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) France
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) UK
Institute for Strategic Studies Portugal
Institute of International Affairs (IAI) Italy
Instituto Bruno Leoni Italy
International Affairs Institute Italy
International Crisis Group Belgium
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) UK
International Peace Research Institute Norway
International Policy Network UK
Kiel Institute for World Economy Germany
Liberte Cherie France
Netherlands Institute of Foreign Relations Netherlands
Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael Netherlands
New Defense Agenda Belgium
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Norway
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) UK
Peace Research Institute (PRIF) Germany
Policy Exchange UK
Real Istituto Elcano Spain
Reform UK
Royal Institute of International Affairs – Chatham House (RIIA) UK
Royal International Service Institute (RUSI) UK
Social Market Foundation UK
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Sweden
Strategic Research Foundation (FRS) France
Südosteuropa Gesellshaft (South East European Association) Germany
Swedish Institute of International Affairs Sweden
Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) Finland
Timbro Sweden
University of Iceland Iceland
RUSSIA, EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE
Adriatic Institute for Public Policy Croatia
Center for Liberal Studies Bulgaria
Center for Policy Providus Latvia
Center for Policy Studies at Central European University Hungary
Center for Policy Studies in Russia Russia
Centre for Security and Defense Studies Hungary
Center for Social and Economic Research Poland
Committee of International Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungary
Free Market Center Serbia & Montenegro
Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA) Hungary
Institute for Market Economics Bulgaria
Institute for Security and International Studies Bulgaria
Institute for Strategic and Defense Studies Hungary
Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognosis (ISSP) Montenegro
Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies Russia
Institute of Europe Russia
Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES), Russian Academy of Sciences Russia
Institute of Urban Economics Russia
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) Russia
International Center for Policy Studies Ukraine
Liberalni Institut
Czech
Republic
Lithuanian Free Market Institute Lithuania
New Economic School-Georgia Georgia
PIR Center (Policy Research in Russia) Russia
Polish Institute of International Affairs Poland
Slovak Foreign Policy Association Slovakia
Ukraine Center for European Policy Studies Ukraine
USA/Canada Institute Russia
ASIA
Asian Forum Japan Japan
Australia Strategic Policy Institute Australia
Center for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) China
Center for Independent Studies Australia
Center for Policy Dialogue Bangladesh
Center for Strategic and International Studies Indonesia
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) Japan
Centre for Economic Research Uzbekistan
China Institute for International Studies (CIIS) China
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) China
Chinese Institute of Foreign Affairs China
Delhi Policy Group (DPG) India
Development Research Center for the State Council China
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) India
Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies Singapore
Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis India
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan
Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) Japan
Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies India
Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations Malaysia
Institute of Policy Studies Singapore
Institute of Social Sciences India
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia
Islamabad Policy Research Institute Pakistan
Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) Japan
Kazakstan Institute for Strategic Studies Kazakstan
Korean Development Institute South Korea
Korean Institute for International Economic Policy South Korea
Lowry Institute for International Policy Australia
National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) India
National Institute for Research Advancement Japan
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) India
Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) China
Strategic and Defense Studies Centre Australia
Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) India
Sustainable Development Policy Institute Pakistan
Tata Energy Research Institute India
Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) Thailand
Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) Thailand
The Sejong Institute South Korea
Asian Forum Japan Japan
Australia Strategic Policy Institute Australia
NORTH AMERICA
American Enterprise Institute USA
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies Canada
Baker Institute of Public Policy USA
Brookings Institution USA
Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA) Canada
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace USA
Carter Center USA
CATO Institute USA
Center for American Progress USA
Center for Global Development USA
Center for Strategic and International Studies USA
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities USA
CIDAC: Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C. Mexico
Council on Foreign Relations USA
Economic Policy Institute USA
Fraser Institute Canada
FUNDAR Mexico
Henry L. Stimson Center USA
Heritage Foundation USA
Hoover Institution USA
Hudson Institute USA
Institute for International Economics USA
Institute for Policy Analysis (IPA) Canada
International Development Research Center Canada
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies USA
Manhattan Institute USA
New American Foundation USA
Nixon Center USA
National Bureau of Economic Research USA
National Center for Policy Analysis USA
Progressive Policy Institute USA
RAND USA
Resources for the Future USA
Urban Institute USA
United States Institute of Peace USA
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars USA
World Resources Institute USA
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentine Council for International Relations Argentina
CADAL Argentina
CEDES Argentina
Center for Entrepreneurship Development of the ICESI University Colombia
CEP Chile
CERES Bolivia
CIPPEC: Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el
Crecimiento Argentina
Comisión Andina de Juristas Colombia
Corporación Excelencia en la Justicia Colombia
Fedesarrolla (Foundation for Higher Education and Development) Colombia
Flasco Argentina
Fundação Getulio Vargas Brazil
Fundación Atlas 1853 Argentina
Fundación Libertad Argentina
FUSADES: Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social El Salvador
GRADE Peru
IBASE Brazil
ILD (Institute for Liberty and Democracy) Peru
Instituto Apoyo Peru
Instituto Desarrollo y Libertad Colombia
Instituto Liberal Brazil
IPE Peru
ITDT: Instituto Torcuato Di Tella Argentina
Latin American Economic Research Foundation (FIEL) Argentina
Libertad y Desarrollo Chile
Participa Chile
POLIS Brazil
AFRICA
Africa Institute of South Africa South Africa
Center for Development and Enterprise South Africa
Centre for Conflict Resolution South Africa
Center for Policy Analysis (CEPA) Ghana
Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) Tanzania
Institute for Security Studies South Africa
Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) Kenya
Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER) Ghana
Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) Kenya
Namibia Policy Research Institute (NEPRU) Namibia
South African Institute of Race Relations South Africa
MIDDLE EAST
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies Egypt
Arab Reform Forum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Egypt
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies Israel
Center D'Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS) Morocco
Center for Strategic and Future Studies Kuwait
Center for Strategic Studies Jordan
Center for Sudanese Studies Sudan
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research UAE
Gulf Research Center UAE
Gulf Strategic Studies Institute UAE
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress Israel
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) Israel
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies Israel
King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Saudi Arabia
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research West Bank
Palestinian Center for Political and Survey Research Palestine
The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies Lebanon
The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies Israel
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