This article is a list of notable think tanks sorted by country.
Afghanistan Afghanistan Institute of Peace
Albania Albanian Institute for International Studies
Argentina Balseiro Institute Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for Defense Leloir Institute National Agricultural Technology Institute National Atomic Energy Commission National Institute of Industrial Technology National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Australia
Air Power Australia Asia Education Foundation Asialink Australia Institute (TAI) Australian Fabian Society Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) Australian Institute of Policy and Science Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) Bennelong Society Beyond Zero Emissions Breakthrough – National Centre for Climate Restoration Brisbane Institute Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) Centre for Policy Development Centre for Public Integrity (Australia) Chifley Research Centre Christian Research Association Committee for Economic Development of Australia Common Cause (South Australia) Development Policy Centre Doctors Reform Society of Australia East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) Energy Policy Institute of Australia Evatt Foundation Grattan Institute H.R. Nicholls Society Infrastructure Partnerships Australia Institute of Public Affairs (Australia) (IPA) International Energy Centre International WaterCentre Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Lowy Institute Menzies Research Centre National Civic Council Perth USAsia Centre Prosper Australia Psychology Beyond Borders Public Interest Journalism Initiative Samuel Griffith Society SEARCH Foundation Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) Sydney Institute Tasman Institute The Green Institute The McKell Institute The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering TJ Ryan Foundation United States Studies Centre Western Australia Policy Forum
Austria European Institute for Counter Terrorism and Conflict Prevention
Azerbaijan Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication (CAERC)
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Bangladesh Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Making Our Economy Right (MOER)
Belgium
Bruegel Centre for European Policy Studies Centre for the New Europe Egmont European Centre on the International Political Economy European Policy Centre Global Governance Institute International Crisis Group Itinera Institute Liberales Nova Civitas Vlaamse Volksbeweging
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Foreign Policy Initiative BH
Brazil Fundação Getúlio Vargas Institute of Applied Economic Research Plataforma Cipó InterAgency Institute
Canada
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Atlantic Institute for Market Studies Atlantic Provinces Economic Council Broadbent Institute C. D. Howe Institute Caledon Institute of Social Policy Canada West Foundation Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Canadian Global Affairs Institute Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Canadian International Council Canadian Tax Foundation Cascade Institute Centre for International Governance Innovation Conference Board of Canada Council of Canadians Fraser Institute Frontier Centre for Public Policy Institute for Liberal Studies Institute for Research on Public Policy International Institute for Sustainable Development Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms Macdonald-Laurier Institute Montreal Economic Institute Mowat Centre North-South Institute Pembina Institute Public Policy Forum Wellesley Institute
Chile Centro de Estudios Públicos Libertad y Desarrollo
China China Center for International Economic Exchanges China Development Institute Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences State Information Center of China Taihe Institute Center for China and Globalization People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy China Development Institute China Institute of International Studies China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Costa Rica Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Croatia ZRIN - Institute for Development and Sustainability of Croatia https://www.zrin-institut.hr/
Czech Republic CEVRO Institute for Social and Economic Analyses Liberální institut
Denmark
CEPOS Copenhagen Institute Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
European Union European Council on Foreign Relations Global Governance Institute Leap2020 OneEurope
Egypt
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Finland
Åland Islands Peace Institute Crisis Management Initiative Demos Helsinki European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats Finnish Institute of International Affairs Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
France
Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII) Cercle de l'Oratoire Conférence Olivaint European Union Institute for Security Studies Gracques Groupement de recherche et d'études pour la civilisation européenne Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI) Institut Montaigne Jacques Delors Institute Mont Pelerin Society Saint-Simon Foundation Sport and Citizenship
Georgia Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies New Economic School – Georgia
Germany
Atlantic Community Bonn International Center for Conversion Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik Centre for European Policy Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS) Deutsche Gesellschaft für auswärtige Politik Friedrich Ebert Foundation Friedrich Naumann Foundation German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) German Institute for International and Security Affairs German Institute of Global and Area Studies Hanns Seidel Foundation Heinrich Böll Foundation Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IFO) Konrad Adenauer Foundation Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV) Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) Walter Eucken Institut
Greece Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) International Center for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS)
Hong Kong
Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre Central Policy Unit – a government department Civic Exchange HKGolden50 Hong Kong Democratic Foundation New Century Forum One Country Two Systems Research Institute Our Hong Kong Foundation Path of Democracy The Global Institute for Tomorrow The Lion Rock Institute The Professional Commons
Hungary Centre for Fair Political Analysis Danube Institute Millennium Institute
India
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) – New Delhi Public Policy and Governance Society (PPGS) – IIT Kharagpur Centre for Civil Society (CCS) – New Delhi Centre for Policy Research (CPR) - New Delhi Centre for Public Policy Research – Kochi, Kerala Chennai Centre for China Studies (CCCS) Foundation for Democratic Reforms (FDR) – Hyderabad, Telangana Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) - New Delhi Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS), Bhubaneswar Observer Research Foundation (ORF) – New Delhi Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) – New Delhi Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) – Mumbai Tillotoma Foundation (TF) – New Delhi and Kolkata United Service Institution of India (USI-India) – New Delhi RisingIndia ThinkTank (Venture Studio, Bangalore) – Chittorgarh, Rajasthan Indic Researchers Forum (IRF) - New Delhi Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) – New Delhi
Indonesia
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Ireland
Institute of International and European Affairs (IEA) Iona Institute TASC (Think-Tank for Action on Social Change)
Iran
Association for Iranian Studies Foundation for Iranian Studies Institute of Iran and Eurasia Studies (Iras) Ravand Institute Scandinavian Society for Iranian Studies
Israel
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies Institute for National Security Studies Israel Council on Foreign Relations Israel Democracy Institute Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS) Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research Kohelet Policy Forum Reut Institute Shaharit Shalem Center Shalom Hartman Institute Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Italy
Bruno Leoni Institute Centro Studi Internazionali Club of Rome European University Institute Future Italy Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) Istituto Affari Internazionali Trinità dei Monti
Japan
Asian Development Bank Institute Genron NPO Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) Japan Institute of International Affairs National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KISS)
Kenya Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
Lebanon Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs Synaps
Malaysia Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) IDE Research Centre @ Institut Darul Ehsan (IDE)
Mexico Center of Research for Development (CIDAC) Instituto de Pensamiento Estratégico Ágora (IPEA) Netherlands
Center for European Renewal Edmund Burke Foundation International Institute for Research and Education Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies The Hague Institute for Global Justice Wiardi Beckman Foundation (PvdA)
New Zealand
Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand Helen Clark Foundation Maxim Institute McGuinness Institute Motu Economic and Public Policy Research New Zealand Initiative New Zealand Institute (2004–2012) New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
Nigeria
African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS) National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)
Pakistan
Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC) Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS) Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Institute of Regional Studies(IRS) Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS) Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) Pakistan Academy of Sciences Capacity Analytics Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA) Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) [{National Institute of Maritime Affairs}] (NIMA)
Philippines Center for Research and Communication (CRC) Foreign Service Institute (FSI)
Poland
Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) Institute of Economics Polish Institute of International Affairs Sobieski Institute The Casimir Pulaski Foundation (FKP)
Russia
Agentura.Ru Carnegie Moscow Center (United States–based) Center for Strategic Research (Russia) Central Economic Mathematical Institute Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Civil Society Development Foundation Dialogue of Civilizations (DOC) (Berlin-based) Gorchakov Fund INSOR Institute for Election Systems Development Institute for US and Canadian Studies Institute of Democracy and Cooperation (IDC) (Paris-based) Institute of World Economy and International Relations Izborsky club Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISI) Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)Carolina Vendil Pallin and Susanne Oxenstierna. (August 2017). Russian Think Tanks and Soft Power. SOVA Center Valdai Discussion Club
Saudi Arabia King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center
Serbia Balkan Trust for Democracy Centre for Contemporary Politics European Fund for the Balkans Institute of International Politics and Economics