Top 40 Think Tanks in Asia

I am happy to share that my organization, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, is the only think tank from the Philippines included in the Top 40 Think Tanks in Asia! Congratulations PIDS!
1. Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), Japan

2. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS),China

3. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, RSIS,Singapore

4. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia

5. China Institute for Contemporary International Relations

(CICIR),China

6. Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research (HKCER), Hong

Kong

7. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

8. Shanghai Institute for International Studies, China

9. Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, India

10. Lowy Institute for International Policy, Australia

11. Centre for Policy Research, India

12. Korea Development Institute, South Korea

13. Center for Civil Society, India

14. China Institute for International Studies (CIIS), China

15. Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), Singapore

16. Liberty Institute, India

17. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Beijng),China

18. Asian Forum Japan (AFJ), Japan

19. Institute for International Policy Studies, Japan

20. Institute of Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ),Japan

21. India Council for Research on International Economic Relations, India

22. Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia

23. Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, Taiwan

24. Cathay Institute for Public Affairs, China

25. Centre for Development Studies, India

26. National Institute for Research Advancement, Japan

27. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India

28. Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Japan

29. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

30. Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Bangladesh

31. Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, India

32. Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER), Malaysia

33. Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam

34. National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan

35. Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Philippines

36. Energy and Resources Institute, India

37. Third World Network, Malaysia

38. Institute of Economic Growth, India

39. Institute for Integrated Development Studies, Nepal

40. Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka

Source: Table 12, pp. 40-41, The Global “Go-To Think Tanks”, The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations In The World (Revised January 2010), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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