The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice Around the World

Section 1: INTRODUCTION.- Section 2: AFRICA REGION.- The Future of Think Tanks in Africa.- The Future of African Think Tanks.- The Future of Think-Tanks and Policy Advice: An African Perspective.- Bringing Think Tanks Into the Digital Era.- Think tanks in the context of Africa's development.- Section 3: EUROPE REGION.-Artificial Intelligence: An Opportunity and a Challenge for Think Tanks.- Grappling with Dissent: How Can Think Tanks Cope with Politicisation?.- Think Tanks for Future - A Think Piece.- The Future of Think Tanks in the Western Balkans: The old, the new and the upcoming.- The Future of Think Tanks and the Crisis of Democracy.- Data is a powerful assistant but the think tanker is still in charge.- Think Tanks, Covid-19 and Internationalism.- Widening and Deepening: Partnership and Multidisciplinarity in Challenging Times.- Tackling Global Challenges in an Era of Disruption and Contradiction - The Changing Role of Think Tanks.- Scientific Approach, Objective Analysis and National Interests of Russia: IMEMO Traditions are Always In Demand, Always Valued.- The Future of Think Tanks Around the World.- Caught in the Firing Line - How Think Tanks Stay Relevant in Times of Global Transition and Turmoil.- Think Tanks Today and Tomorrow: A View from Ukraine.- Section 4: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION.- To Survive, Think Tanks Must Be Part of the Change.- The Credibility-Funding Nexus and its Impact on Research Quality in Middle East Think Tanks.- How To Reduce the Gap Between Think Tanks and Policymakers- The Experience of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES).- Evolving with the Marketplace of Ideas: How Think Tanks Can Thrive in the Era of Twitter.- Think tanks have stories to tell....- Section 5: CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA REGION.- Think-Tanks Towards the Future: Challenges and Opportunities.- The Digital Transformation in Think Tanks: Moving Forward in the Use of Technology.- The Future of Think Tanks: A Brazilian Perspective.- Section 6: NORTH

James G. McGann is Senior Lecturer of International Studies at the Lauder Institute at the Wharton School and the School of Arts and Sciences, Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program and Senior Fellow at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Director of the Think Tanks and Foreign Policy Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.