Worldpress.org’s index of international think tanks and research organizations.
Note: Off-site links open in new window.
To submit a Think Tank or NGO to be considered for inclusion, or if any information is incomplete or inaccurate, please click here
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
Z
Action Volunteer Alliance
New Dundee, Ontario, Canada
Adam Smith Institute
London, United Kingdom
Adam Smith Research Center
Warsaw, Poland
The Adam Smith Society
Milan, Italy
Adelphi
Berlin
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
Kabul, Afghanistan
Africa Institute of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Africa Research Institute
London
African Institute for Economic Development and Planning
Dakar, Senegal
African Institute for Economical and Social Developement
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Afro-Middle East Centre
Johannesburg, South Africa
Agency for Social Analyses
Sofia, Bulgaria
AID Kenya Foundation
Nairobi, Kenya
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Cairo, Egypt
Alfred Mozer Foundation
Amsterdam, Netherlands
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Washington, D.C.
American Foreign Policy Council
Washington, D.C.
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
Washington, D.C
American Security Council Foundation
Washington, DC
Americas Program
Silver City, N.M.
Amnesty International
London, United Kingdom
APOYO Institute
Lima, Peru
Applied Research Institute — Jerusalem
Bethlehem, Palestine
Argentine Center of International Studies
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art of Living
Washington, D.C.
The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Seoul, South Korea
Asia Society
New York, N.Y.
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Stanford, Calif.
The Asia-Australia Institute, University of New South Wales
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Aspen Institute
Washington, D.C.
Association on Third World Affairs Inc.
Washington, D.C.
The Atlantic Council of the United States
Washington, D.C.
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Fairfax, Va.
The Australia Institute
Canberra, Australian Capitol Territory, Australia
Australia-Japan Research Center
Canberra, Australian Capitol Territory, Australia
Australian Institute of International Affairs
Deakin, Australian Capitol Territory, Australia
Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies
Vienna, Austria
Austrian Society for Foreign Policy and International Relations
Vienna, Austria
Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights
Washington, D.C.
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-llan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
Berkeley, Calif.
Bonn Institute for Economic and Social Research
Bonn, Germany
Bremen Economic Research Institute
Bremen, Germany
British American Security Information Council
London, United Kingdom and Washington, D.C.
The Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C.
C.D. Howe Institute
Toronto, Ontario
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Cairo, Egypt
Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Canadian Foundation for the Americas
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Toronto, Ontario
The Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies
Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Network for NGOs in Ethiopia (CANGO)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Canadian Policy Research Networks
Ottawa, Ontario
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
New York, N.Y.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, D.C.
Carnegie Middle East Center
Beirut, Lebanon
The Carter Center
Atlanta, Ga.
Cascade Policy Institute
Portland, Ore.
CASE Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Cato Institute
Washington, D.C.
Center for an Urban Future
New York, N.Y.
Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiations
Geneva, Switzerland
Center for Asian Strategic Studies
New Delhi, India
Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, Calif.
Center for Defense Information
Washington, D.C.
Center for Development Research
Copenhagen, Denmark
Center for Economic and Social Development
Baku, Azerbaijan
Center for Economic Development
Bratislava, Slovakia
Center for Economic Policy Research
London, United Kingdom
Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education — Economics Institute
Prague, Czech Republic
Center for European Policy Studies
Brussels, Belgium
Center for Global Development
Washington, D.C.
Center for Global Studies
London, United Kingdom
Center for International Governance Innovation
Waterloo, Ontario
Center for International Policy
Washington, D.C.
Center for International Prospective Studies
Paris, France
Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Miss.
Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass.
Center for Latin American Monetary Studies
Durango, Mexico
Center for National Policy
Washington, D.C.
Center for National Security Studies
Washington, D.C.
Center for Pacific Asia Studies
Stockholm, Sweden
Center for Policy Research
New Delhi, India
Center for Policy Studies
London, United Kingdom
Center for Research in Economics and Statistics
Paris, France
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Washington, D.C.
Center for Strategic Studies
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University in St. Louis [see Weidenbaum Center]
Center for the Study of Democracy
Sofia, Bulgaria
Center of International Studies, Princeton Universityr [see Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS)]
Center of Studies for Development
Caracas, Venezuela
Center of Studies on Economics Development
Bogota, Colombia
Center on International Cooperation, New York University
New York, N.Y.
Central American Institute of Public Administration
San Jose, Costa Rica
The Centre for Economic Development in Uzbekistan
Tashkent City, Uzbekistan
Centre for Public Policy Alternatives
Lagos Island, Nigeria
Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Century Foundation [formerly the Twentieth Century Fund]
New York, N.Y.
Chatham House [formerly The Royal Institute of International Affairs]
London, United Kingdom
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs [formerly The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations]
Chicago, Ill.
Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
Taipei, Taiwan
CIVICUS — World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Washington, D.C.
Civita
Norway
Committee for Economic Development
New York, N.Y.
Committee for Economic Development of Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, N.Y.
Commonwealth Institute
Cambridge, Mass.
Contraditório
Portugal
Costa Sur
Chile
Council on Foreign Relations
New York, N.Y.
Counterpoint
London, United Kingdom
Danish Institute of International Affairs
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish National Institute of Social Research
Copenhagen, Denmark
Demos
London, United Kingdom
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Bonn, Germany
The Development Group for Alternative Policies
Washington, D.C.
Development Research Institute
Tilburg, Netherlands
The Diplomatic Society
Libertyville, IL
Discovery Institute
Seattle, Wash.
The Distribution Economics Institute of Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Drug Policy Alliance
New York, N.Y.
East Asian Institute, Columbia University
New York, N.Y.
East-West Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
EastWest Institute [formerly Institute for EastWest Studies]
New York, N.Y.
Ecologic Institute
Berlin, Brussels, Vienna and Washington D.C.
Economic and Social Research Institute
Dublin, Ireland
Economic Development and Research Center
Yerevan, Armenia
Economic Growth Center, Yale University
New Haven, Conn.
Economic Opportunity Institute
Seattle, Wash.
Economic Policy Institute
Washington, D.C.
Economic Strategy Institute
Washington, D.C.
Economists Platform
Istanbul, Turkey
The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Washington, D.C.
The Eisenhower Institute
Washington, D.C.
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Employee Benefit Research Institute
Washington, D.C.
Employment Policies Institute
Washington, DC
Environmental Research and Policy Advisory Center
Accra, Ghana
Ethics and Public Policy Center
Washington, D.C.
The Eurasia Foundation
Washington, D.C.
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
Maastricht, The Netherlands
European Human Rights Center
Strasbourg, France
European Institute for Risk, Security and Communication Management
Bucharest, Romania
European Institute of Public Administration
Maastricht, Netherlands
The European Policy Center
Brussels, Belgium
Exit Poverty
Nairobi, Kenya
Federal Institute for Russian, East European and International Studies
Koln, Germany
Federation of American Scientists
Washington, D.C.
Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Helsinki, Finland
Florida Chamber Foundation
Tallahassee, FL
Focus on the Global South
Bangkok, Thailand
Foreign Policy Association
New York, N.Y.
Foreign Policy in Focus
Silver City, N.M.
Foreign Policy Institute
Ankara, Turkey
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Freedom Forum
Arlington, Va.
Freedom House
New York, N.Y.
French Institute for International Relations
Paris, France
FRIDE
Madrid, Spain
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Bonn, Germany
Friends of Europe
Brussels, Belgium
Friends of Mabureh
Canada/Sierra Leone
The Fund for Peace
Washington, D.C.
Gateway House
Mumbai, India
The Gdansk Institute for Market Economics
Gdansk, Poland
German Business Institute
Koln, Germany
German Council on Foreign Relations
Berlin, Germany
German Institute for Economic Research
Berlin, Germany
Global Financial Integrity
Washington, D.C.
Global Political Trends Center, Istanbul Kultur University
Istanbul, Turkey
Global Volunteer Network
Wellington, New Zealand
The Globalisation Institute
Brussels, Belgium
Gold Mercury International
London, United Kingdom
Good Governance Forum
Sindh, Pakistan
GoVote.com
The Green Institute
Washington, D.C.
Harvard Institute for International Development
Cambridge, Mass.
The Henry L. Stimson Center
Washington, D.C.
The Heritage Foundation
Washington, D.C.
Hong Kong Policy Research Institute
Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
Stanford, Calif.
Hudson Institute Inc.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Human Rights Watch
New York, N.Y.
Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Munchen, Germany
Imam Shirazi World Foundation
Washington, DC
The Independent Institute
Oakland, Calif.
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
New Delhi, India
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Bombay, India
Institut Thomas More
Brussels, Belgium and Paris, France
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton, N.J.
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
Washington, D.C.
Institute for Contemporary Studies
Oakland, Calif.
Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies
Singapore, Singapore
Institute for Development Studies
Sussex, UK
Institute for EastWest Studies [see EastWest Institute]
Institute for Economic Policy, University of Cologne
Koln, Germany
Institute for Economic Research
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Institute for the Economy in Transition
Moscow, Russia
Institute for Food and Development Policy
Oakland, Calif.
The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis Inc.
Cambridge, Mass.
Institute for the Future
Menlo Park, Calif.
The Institute for Future Technology
Tokyo, Japan
Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Institute for International Economics
Washington, D.C.
Institute for International Policy Studies
Tokyo, Japan
Institute for International Relations
Zagreb, Croatia
Institute for International Relations, National Chengchi University
Taipei, Taiwan
Institute for Liberty and Democracy
Lima, Peru
Institute for National Policy Research
Taipei, Taiwan
Institute for National Strategic Studies
Washington, D.C.
Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Institute for Policy and Strategy
Herzliya, Israel
Institute for Policy Studies
Washington, D.C.
Institute for Public Affairs
Bratislava, Slovakia
Institute for Public Policy Research
London, United Kingdom
Institute for Research on Public Policy
Montreal, Quebec
Institute for Science of Labour
Kanagawa, Japan
Institute for Security and Development Policy
Stockholm, Sweden
Institute for Security and International Studies
Sofia, Bulgaria
Institute for Security Studies
Pretoria, South Africa
The Institute for Urban Economics
Moscow, Russia
Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest, Hungary
The Institute of Applied Energy
Tokyo, Japan
Institute of Asian Affairs
Hamburg, Germany
Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
Tokyo, Japan
Institute of Development Studies
Brighton, United Kingdom
Institute of Economic Affairs
London, United Kingdom
Institute of Economic Analysis
Moscow, Russia
Institute of Economic and Social Development
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi
Delhi, India
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Novosibirsk, Russia
Institute of International Affairs
Rome, Italy
Institute of International Relations
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Institute of Policy Studies
Washington, D.C.
Institute of Public Affairs
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Institute of Research and Innovation
Tokyo, Japan
Institute of Social Studies
The Hague, Netherlands
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Singapore, Singapore
Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Institute of Systems Science Research
Kyoto, Japan
Institute on Governance
Ottawa, Ontario
InterAction — American Council for Voluntary International Action
Washington, D.C.
Inter-American Dialogue
Washington, D.C.
Interhemispheric Resource Center [see International Relations Center]
International Center for Economic Growth, University of the Pacific
Stockton, Calif.
International Crisis Group
Brussels, Belgium
International Development Center of Japan
Tokyo, Japan
International Development Research Center
Ottawa, Ontario
International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, D.C.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Laxenburg, Austria
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Stockholm, Sweden
International Institute for Environment and Development
London, United Kingdom
International Institute for Strategic Studies
London, United Kingdom
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Winnipeg, Manitoba
International Institute of Public Finance
Paris, France
International Peace Research Institute Oslo
Oslo, Norway
International Relations and Security Network
Zurich, Switzerland
International Relations Center [formerly Interhemispheric Resource Center]
Silver City, N.M.
Inyathelo - The South African Institute for Advancement
Cape Town, South Africa
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
Jerusalem, Israel
Japan Center for Economic Research
Tokyo, Japan
The Japan Institute of International Affairs
Tokyo, Japan
Japan Policy Research Institute
Cardiff, Calif.
Japan Research Institute
Tokyo, Japan
Japanese Institute of Middle Eastern Economies
Tokyo, Japan
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Washington, D.C.
Kansai Institute of Information Systems
Osaka, Japan
Kiel Institute of World Economics
Kiel, Germany
Korea Development Institute
Seoul, South Korea
Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade
Seoul, South Korea
Korea Institute for National Unification
Seoul, South Korea
Kyushu Economic Research Center
Fukuoka, Japan
Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning
Santiago, Chile
The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Vilnus, Lithuania
Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Marga Institute
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Marin Peace & Justice Coalition
Marin County, CA
The Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Middle East Futures Network
London, England
Middle East Institute
Washington, D.C.
Middle East Policy Council
Washington, D.C.
Middle East Political and Economic Institute
Bucharest, Romania
Migration Policy Institute
Washington, D.C.
Mine Action Information Center
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Tel Aviv, Israel
The National Bureau of Asian Research
Seattle, Wash.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Cambridge, Mass.
National Center for Policy Analysis
Dallas, Tex.
National Council of Applied Economic Research
New Delhi, India
The National Endowment for Democracy
Washington, D.C.
National Institute for Public Policy
Fairfax, Va.
National Institute for Research Advancement
Tokyo, Japan
The National Institute of Development Administration
Bangkok, Thailand
National Institute of Development Research and Documentation
Gaborone, Botswana
National Institute of Economic and Social Research
London, United Kingdom
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies
Paris, France
National Security Archive, The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development
Berkeley, Calif.
New America Foundation
Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, CA
New Zealand Business Roundtable
Wellington, New Zealand
Nippon Research Institute
Tokyo, Japan
The Nixon Center
Washington, D.C.
North American Congress on Latin America Inc.
New York, N.Y.
Northeast-Midwest Institute
Washington, D.C.
The North-South Institute – l’Institut Nord-Sud
Ottawa, Ontario
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Oslo, Norway
Office of Community-Based Research, University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, Canada
Open Briefing
London
Overseas Development Council
Washington, D.C.
Overseas Development Institute
London, United Kingdom
Oxfam International
Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford Research Group
London, England
OXONIA: The Oxford Institute for Economic Policy
Oxford, United Kingdom
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
San Francisco, Calif.
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Islamabad, Pakistan
People for Successful COrean Reunification (PSCORE)
Washington, D.C. and Seoul, South Korea
Peru Support Group
London, United Kingdom
Philippine Institute for Development Studies
Manila, Philippines
PIR Center for Policy Studies
Moscow, Russia
Policy Network
London, United Kingdom
The Policy Studies Institute
London, United Kingdom
Population Council
New York, N.Y.
Population Reference Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS)
Princeton, N.J.
Progressive Policy Institute
Washington, D.C.
Public Policy Degree
Public Policy Institute of California
San Francisco, Calif.
RAND Corporation
Santa Monica, Calif.
The Re’ut Institute
Tel Aviv, Israel
Reason Foundation
Los Angeles, Calif.
Reporters Without Borders
Paris, France
Research Institute for European and American Studies
Athens, Greece
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
Helsinki, Finland
Research Institute of the German Society for Foreign Affairs
Berlin, Germany
Research Institute on the National Economy, Kokumin Keizai Research Institute
Tokyo, Japan
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Resources for the Future
Washington, D.C.
Right Web
Silver City, N.M.
The Royal Institute of International Affairs [see Chatham House]
Russell Sage Foundation
New York, N.Y.
Sampsonia Way Magazine
Pittsburgh, PA
The Science Policy Research Unit [see SPRU-Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex]
The Sejong Institute
Seoul, South Korea
SEPLAA - Seeds of Education, Policy & Legal Awareness Association
Lahore, Pakistan
SERUDS Foundation
Andhra Pradesh, India
SETA DC
Washington, DC
The Sobieski Institute
Warsaw, Poland
Social Market Foundation
London, United Kingdom
Social Research Informatics Center
Budapest, Hungary
Social Science Research Council
New York, N.Y.
South African Institute of Race Relations
Braamfontein, South Africa
The Southern Center for International Studies
Atlanta, Ga.
SPRU-Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex [formerly The Science Policy Research Unit]
Brighton, United Kingdom
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Berlin, Germany
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Solna, Sweden
The Streit Council
Washington, DC
Studentenforum im Tönissteiner Kreis e.V.
Berlin, Germany
Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Academia Sinica
Taipei, Taiwan
Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Stockholm, Sweden
Systems Research & Development Institute of Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
Taipei, Taiwan
TakingITGlobal
Toronto, Ontario
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
The Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation
Bangkok, Thailand
Tönissteiner Kreis e.V.
Berlin, Germany
Transnational Institute
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Transparency International
Berlin, Germany and London, United Kingdom
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
Karaköy, Istanbul
Twentieth Century Fund [see The Century Foundation]
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Geneva, Switzerland
United States Institute of Peace
Washington, D.C.
Urban Institute
Washington, D.C.
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
Vienna, Austria
VSO [Voluntary Services Abroad]
London, UK
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Washington, D.C.
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.
Weidenbaum Center, Washington University in St. Louis [formerly Center for the Study of American Business]
St. Louis, Mo.
Western Policy Center
Washington, D.C.
Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development
Morrilton, Ark.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, D.C.
World Engagement Institute
Chicago, IL
World Policy Institute
New York, N.Y.
World Resources Institute
Washington, D.C.
Worldwatch Institute
Washington, D.C.
Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research
Lusaka, Zambia
Americas 
