- What is a think tank?
Wikipedia description of think tanks with links some of the better think tanks
- Brookings Institute
Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, forei
- American Enterprise Institute
a conservative think tank founded in 1943. Its stated mission is "to defend the principles and improve the institutions of Ameri
- Council on Foreign Relations
merican nonprofit and nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to improving the understanding of U.S. foreign policy and in
- The Heritage Foundation
Heritage has since continued to have a significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and is widely considered to be one of
- The Center for Strategic and International Relations
The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank.
- The CATO Institute
The Cato Institute is a pro-free market, right wing think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C.