The Atlantic Council is delighted to be ranked in the top ten of global think tanks for defense and national security, for institutional collaboration, and as a think tank to watch.
The Council is also ranked in the top ten in the US in Foreign Policy and International Affairs, Energy and Resource Policy, Conferences, External Relations/Public Engagement, Management, and Quality Assurance and Integrity Policies.
The rankings are contained in the latest 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report, from The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. The Index is used to identify and recognize centers of excellence in policy research, forge knowledge and policy partnerships and create a global think tank village. The Atlantic Council is delighted to have steadily climbed up the rankings in the last decade, a mark of our success and recognition by our peers and colleagues.
Some Atlantic Council data from the report:
- Top Think Tanks in United States: #13
- Top Defense and National Security: #9 (#6 in the US)
- Top Foreign Policy and International Affairs Think Tanks: #16 (#8 in the US)
- Top Energy and Resource Policy Think Tanks: #27 (#10 in the US)
- Best Institutional Collaboration Involving Two or More Think Tanks (#2)
- Best Managed Think Tanks: #19 (#9 in the US)
- Best Think Tank Conference: #14 (#4 in the US)
- Think Tank to Watch in 2018: #8 – (#5 in the US)
- Think Tanks with the Best External Relations/Public Engagement Program: #14 (#7 in the US)
- Think Tanks with the Most Significant Impact on Public Policy: #21 (#12 in US)
- Best Quality Assurance and Integrity Policies and Procedures: #18 (#9 in the US)
- Best New Idea: #19 (#11 in the US)
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