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Best Think Tanks & Research

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B

Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC

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C

Chatham House

Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is an independent policy institute based in London

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C

Council on Foreign Relations

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan member organization, think tank, and publisher

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F

Freedom House

American think tank (1941-)

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R

Razumkov Centre

organization

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Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

research institute in Naples, Italy

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The top-rated think tanks & research based on community votes are: #1 Brookings Institution, #2 Chatham House, #3 Council on Foreign Relations. See the full rankings above.

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