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Table: Media References to Major U.S. Think Tanks |
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Think Tank
| Political Orientation
| Number of Media Citations 1995
| Number of Media Citations 1996
| Number of Media Citations 1997
| Brookings Institution
| U.S. Centrist
| 2192
| 2196
| 2296
| Heritage Foundation
| U.S. Conservative
| 2268
| 1779
| 1813
| American Enterprise Institute
| U.S. Conservative
| 1297
| 1401
| 1323
| Cato Institute
| U.S. Conservative/libertarian
| 1163
| 1136
| 1286
| RAND Corporation
| U.S. Center-right
| 795
| 826
| 865
| Council on Foreign Relations
| U.S. Centrist
| 747
| 727
| 755
| Center for Strategic and International Studies
| U.S. Conservative
| 612
| 586
| 668
| Urban Institute
| U.S. Center-left
| 749
| 655
| 610
| Economic Policy Institute
| U.S. Progressive
| 399
| 452
| 576
| Freedom Forum
| U.S. Centrist
| 496
| 625
| 531
| Hudson Institute
| U.S. Conservative
| 354
| 396
| 481
| Institute for International Economics
| U.S. Centrist
| 410
| 288
| 438
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
| U.S. Progressive
| -
| 359
| 425
| Hoover Institution
| U.S. Conservative
| 570
| 350
| 355
| Carnegie Endowment
| U.S. Centrist
| 517
| 502
| 352
| Competitive Enterprise Institute
| U.S. Conservative
| 298
| 205
| 290
| Manhattan Institute
| U.S. Conservative
| 254
| 227
| 261
| Progressive Policy Institute
| U.S. Centrist
| 455
| 279
| 251
| International Institute for Strategic Studies
| U.S. Conservative
| 177
| 145
| 177
| Institute for Policy Studies
| U.S. Progressive
| 161
| 110
| 172
| Worldwatch Institute
| U.S. Progressive
| 201
| 186
| 168
| Center for Defense Information
| U.S. Progressive
| 136
| 187
| 158
| Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
| U.S. Center-left
| 255
| 228
| 158
| Progress and Freedom Foundation
| U.S. Conservative
| 570
| 234
| 122
| Reason Foundation
| U.S. Conservative/libertarian
| 229
| 133
| 92
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RAND
RAND (an acronym for research and development) is a non-profit institution that tries to "improve public policy through research and analysis". RAND was created at the urging of its original sponsor, the Air Force (then the Army Air Forces) and employs more than 500 people. Most work in RAND's Santa Monica, California headquarters, others are based in Washington, D.C. Some operate from RAND's Council for Aid to Education in New York City and from RAND Europe in Delft, the Netherlands. Areas of research are: Foreign relations and diplomacy, security and defense, economic issues, regional studies, social issues, health and welfare, education, labor and human resource development, science and technology.
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