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• Adam Smith Institute - developing policy including privatization, regulatory reform and government restructuring.
• Advocate Institute of Human Resources, The - non-partisan, non-political think-tank conducts economic, public, and social policy research for human and social development.
• Atlantic Institute for Market Studies - an independent economic and social policy think tank based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• Berne Declaration - independent association for development politics; concerns are: sustainable development, equitable relations in trade, finance, and cultural exchange.
• Brookings Center for Public Policy Education - Sponsors conferences and other educational programs for leaders in government, business and other sectors.
• Business Executives for National Security - national, nonpartisan organization of business leaders who apply the lessons of their successful businesses to making the country safer and more secure.
• C.D. Howe Institute - independent, non-profit, research and educational institution in Canada.
• Canada West Foundation - nonpartisan and non-profit organization active in economic, constitutional, and social policy research.
• Cascade Policy Institute - explores and promotes answers to Oregon's public policy questions from a limited government, free-market perspective.
• Cato Institute - contains prepared statements made by senior Cato policy staff members before Congress, conference and lecture information, a gateway to an extensive WAIS database of policy analysis reports, an on-line book catalog, and more.
• Center for International Policy - research, education, and direct public advocacy center working for a more sympathetic, farsighted, and non-militaristic approach to the developing world.
• Center for National Policy - dedicated to developing better understanding of major issues confronting the nation, providing both a focus for analysis, and a forum for debate.
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - non-partisan public policy institution dedicated to policy analysis and impact.
• Center for the Study of American Business - public policy think tank, located at Washington University in St. Louis, devoted to scholarly research.
• Center of the American Experiment - conservative think tank.
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - nonpartisan policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and middle- income people.
• Centre for Independent Studies, The - information about publications, journal policy, research programs and related activities.
• Centre for Policy Studies - think tank set up in 1974 by Margaret Thatcher and Keith Joseph to promote enterprise, the family, national independence, individualism and liberty.
• Citizens for a Sound Economy - fights for lower taxes and less regulation.
• Competitive Enterprise Institute - includes CEI's environmental, legal, and regulatory studies and features a topic index.
• Competitiveness Policy Council - CPC is a 12-member federal advisory commission made up of business, labor, government and the public working to improve US living standards.
• Congressional Institute, Inc. - helping to better understand and improve public policy debates and the operations of the national legislature.
• Development Group for Alternative Policies, The - works to ensure that the knowledge, priorities and efforts of people in the South inform decisions made in the North about their economies and the environments in which they live.
• Economic Policy Institute
• Ethics and Public Policy Center - studies the interconnections between religious faith, political practice and social values.
• European Policy Centre - action oriented think-tank aims to stimulate debate and action on key European policy issues.
• Fraser Institute, The - researching free market solutions to public policy problems in Canada.
• H.R. Nicholls Society Inc., The - dedicated to reforming Australia'a industrial relation and labor laws, employer and employee relations and union and employer organisation relations.
• Heritage Foundation (1)
• Hoover Institution - Stanford University - a public policy research center devoted to advanced study in domestic public policy and international affairs.
• Japanese National Institute for Research Advancement - independent policy research institute whose aim is to contributes to the resolution of various complex issues facing contemporary society.
• Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs - non-partisan, non-profit educational organization addressing the security requirements of the United States and Israel and the cooperative strategic relationship between them.
• John Stuart Mill Institute - independent policy think-tank for liberals, operating in the UK: details of publications, lectures, conferences.
• Learning Logic Foundation Think Tank - works to decrease illiteracy, homelessness, drug addiction, domestic violence and gang violence.
• Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth - MassINC is a new, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to creating innovative ideas to promote the economic well-being and civic participation of Massachusetts' working and middle class.
• Matsushita Institute of Government and Management
• National Academy of Public Administration - nonpartisan, nonprofit organization chartered by Congress to improve government performance.
• National Defense Council Foundation - defense policy think-tank specializing in low-intensity conflict, drug wars, and energy policy as it pertains to US national security.
• Progressive Policy Institute - works to fashion a public policy for the 21st century by adapting America's progressive tradition of individual liberty, equal opportunity, and civic obligation to the challenges of the Information Age.
• Reason Foundation - national public-policy research organization with a market-based approach and an outside-Washington perspective.
• Ripon Society - centrist-oriented Republican research and public policy organization that provides an opportunity to discuss crucial issues facing our nation.
• Rural Policy Research Institute, The - provides analysis and facilitates public dialogue concerning the impacts of public policy on rural people and places.
• Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies - Cal State Hayward - conservative think tank sponsors lectures, research, seminars, conferences, and courses.
• Thailand Development Research Institute - independent policy research institute, conducting a variety of research projects on Thailand's economic and social development issues.
• Twentieth Century Fund - nonpartisian foundation which sponsors and supervises analyses of economic policy, foreign affairs, and domestic political issues.
• Urban Institute - nonprofit policy research organization investigating social and economic problems.
• Washington Institute for Policy Studies - free-market policy research center founded on the principles of individual liberty, limited government and free enterprise.
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy - a non-partisan research organization which conducts social science research relevant to Washington State and the United States.
• Woodstock Institute - works nationally and locally to promote reinvestment and economic activity in low- and moderate-income communities.
• Index - World Directory of Think Tanks