The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice in the United States

Section 1: US INTRODUCTION.- Section 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.- Section 3: FORMER PRESIDENT’S HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.- Building the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.- Think Tanks: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going.- Looking Back at the Stimson Center’s role in the early 21st century.- Section 4: CURRENT PRESIDENTS.- Achieving Inclusivity by Redefining the Think Tank Scholar.- Think Tanks Breaching the Partisan and Geopolitical Divide.- Re-imagining the Think Tank Post COVID-19.- The Challenges of Regulating Technology and the Role of Think Tanks in Informing Sound Tech Policy.- Think Tanks and the Enduring Value of Hard Questions.- The Future of Think Tanks: The Impact of Technology on Society.- Crowded, Chaotic, Contested: The New Geopolitical Order and Marketplace of Ideas.- Fighting For Progress in the Age of Disruption.- International Development Cooperation into the Decade Ahead.-Think Tanks in the New Century.- Bridging Policy Needs with Technology Solutions.-America’s Think Tanks: Meeting the Challenges of Increasing Competition and New Technologies, and Maintaining Relevance in an Ever-changing World.- Reflections on the Future of Think Tanks, Drawing on Three Decades in Public Policy Research.- Thought Leadership in Uncertain Times: Four Global Trends.- The Crisis of Liberalism and the Future of Think Tanks.- Section 5.- Technology and Think Tanks: Survived the First Wave; Might not Survive the Second.- Increasing Relevance, Diminishing Access Require Unchanging Values for a Changing Audience.- Truth Decay: A Threat to Democracy and Think Tanks Alike.- The Role of the Think Tank in Creating a More Equitable and Resilient Shared Future.- The world — and the workplace — are changing. Our mission stays the same.- Section 6: CONCLUSIONS.- Are Think Tanks Fit for an Uncertain Future?.<p></p>