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USD 3 billion a year goes to the Top 50 Western Foreign Policy Think Tanks, Institutions which have failed to win either wars or change minds

Rank by Influence UPenn Index Think tank City / Country Latest total funding (USD) Sources of funding
1 Brookings Institution Washington DC, USA $130 m Funding page
2 Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace Washington DC, USA $46 m Funding page
3 Center for Strategic & Int’l Studies (CSIS) Washington DC, USA $45 m Funding page
4 Chatham House – RIIA London, United Kingdom $26 m Funding page
5 French Institute of Int’l Relations (IFRI) Paris, France $10 m Funding page
6 Woodrow Wilson Int’l Center for Scholars Washington DC, USA $52 m Funding page
7 German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) Berlin, Germany $8 m Funding page
8 Atlantic Council Washington DC, USA $70 m Funding page
9 Elcano Royal Institute Madrid, Spain $4.5 m Funding page
10 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) New York, USA $95 m Funding page
11 Peterson Institute for Int’l Economics (PIIE) Washington DC, USA $28 m Funding page
12 Institute for Int’l Political Studies (ISPI) Milan, Italy $7.5 m Funding page
13 Stiftung Wissenschaft & Politik (SWP) Berlin, Germany $22 m Funding page
14 RAND Corporation* outlier because most of its $1.4 bn are reimbursable U.S. federal contracts Santa Monica CA, USA $1,400 m Funding page
15 Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Brussels, Belgium $10 m Funding page
16 Stockholm Int’l Peace Research Inst. (SIPRI) Stockholm, Sweden $11 m Funding page
17 Fraser Institute Vancouver, Canada $11 m Funding page
18 Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) London, United Kingdom $12 m Funding page
19 International Crisis Group (ICG) Brussels, Belgium $34 m Funding page
20 Clingendael – Netherlands Inst. of Int’l Relations The Hague, Netherlands $7.5 m Funding page
21 Bruegel Brussels, Belgium $6 m Funding page
22 Centre for Int’l Governance Innovation (CIGI) Waterloo, Canada $13 m Funding page
23 Australian Strategic Policy Inst. (ASPI) Canberra, Australia $21 m Funding page
24 Centre for European Reform (CER) London, United Kingdom $2.6 m Funding page
25 French Institute for Int’l & Strategic Affairs (IRIS) Paris, France $4 m Funding page
26 European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Berlin, Germany $8.5 m Funding page
27 Institute for Security & Development Policy (ISDP) Stockholm, Sweden $3.2 m Funding page
28 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) London, United Kingdom $27 m Funding page
29 Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Berlin, Germany $180 m Funding page
30 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Berlin, Germany $168 m Funding page
31 Heritage Foundation Washington DC, USA $95 m Funding page
32 Hudson Institute Washington DC, USA $47 m Funding page
33 Institute of Int’l & European Affairs (IIEA) Dublin, Ireland $1.9 m Funding page
34 Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Oslo, Norway $8 m Funding page
35 ISIS Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia $2.6 m Funding page
36 Singapore Institute of Int’l Affairs (SIIA) Singapore, Singapore $3.3 m Funding page
37 Prague Security Studies Inst. (PSSI) Prague, Czech Rep. $2.4 m Funding page
38 Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) Warsaw, Poland $5 m Funding page
39 Finnish Institute of Int’l Affairs (FIIA) Helsinki, Finland $3.3 m Funding page
40 Danish Institute for Int’l Studies (DIIS) Copenhagen, Denmark $12 m Funding page
41 Norwegian Institute of Int’l Affairs (NUPI) Oslo, Norway $8 m Funding page
42 Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) Geneva, Switzerland $19 m Funding page
43 Barcelona Centre for Int’l Affairs (CIDOB) Barcelona, Spain $3.8 m Funding page
44 Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Athens, Greece $3.4 m Funding page
45 German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) Washington DC, USA $47 m Funding page
46 Chicago Council on Global Affairs Chicago, USA $18 m Funding page
47 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) London, United Kingdom $12 m Funding page
48 New America Washington DC, USA $42 m Funding page
49 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Washington DC, USA $12 m Funding page
50 Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) Tokyo, Japan $9 m Funding page
Line total (50 rows) $ 2 994 000 000
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