Top 30 think tanks in Middle East and North Africa 2011

By Xu Lin
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The Carnegie Middle East Center of Lebanon tops the list in the latest think tanks rankings of the Middle East and North Africa, according to a latest report released by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania's International Relations Program.

This annual report named "The 2011 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings," the fifth edition of the kind, contains the most comprehensive rankings of the world's top think tanks, which has been described as the insider's guide to the global marketplace of ideas.

A total of 6,545 think tanks in the world were contacted and encouraged to participate in the nominations process, and a group of over 6000 scholars, journalists, policymakers, public and private donors, think tanks, and regional and subject area specialists were involved. The nominations and rankings were based on the detailed set of criteria, including the think tanks' production of rigorous and relevant research, publications, and programs in one or more substantive areas of research.

The following is the list of the top 30 think tanks in Middle East and North Africa 2011:

Ranking

Organization

Country/Region

1

Carnegie Middle East Center

Lebanon

2

Gulf Research Center (GRC)

United Arab Emirates

3

Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

Egypt

4

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) FNA Jafee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University

Israel

5

Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)

Turkey

6

Center for Economics and Policy Studies (EDAM)

Turkey

7

Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

Israel

8

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

Qatar

9

Brookings Doha Center

Qatar

10

Centre des Etudes et Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS)

Morocco

11

Center for Strategic Studies

Jordan

12

RAND-Qatar Policy Institute

Qatar

13

Association for Liberal Thinking

Turkey

14

Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies

Israel

15

Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research

United Arab Emirates

16

Center of Arab Women for Training and Research

Egypt

17

Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs

Egypt

18

Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies

Kuwait

19

Arab Thought Forum

Jordan

20

Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS)

Lebanon

21

Issam Fares Center for Public Policy and International Affair (IFI), American, University of Beirut

Lebanon

22

Dubai Institute of Government

United Arab Emirates

23

Rabin Centre for Israeli Studies

Israel

24

Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information

Palestinian Authority

25

Egyptian Center for Economic Studies

Egypt

26

Israel Democracy Institute

Israel

27

European Stability Initiative

Turkey

28

Amadeus Center

Morocco

29

Harry S. Truman Institute for Advancement of Peace

Israel

30

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Israel

 

• Full list of top 30 think tanks in the world 2011:
http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2012-01/30/content_24505936.htm

• Top countries/regions with largest number of think tanks:
http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2012-02/08/content_24582673.htm

• Top think tanks by region:
Western Europe          • Central and Eastern Europe
Asia                             • Middle East and North Africa

• Top think tanks by area of research:
Security and international affairs  • International development  • International economic policy

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