Friday List: Top 30 Think Tank in Asia

Institutes	Country	2011 Rank	2010 Rank	2009 Rank
Chinese Academy of Social Science	China	1	1	2
Japan Institute of International Affairs	Japan	2	2	1
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)	Indonesia	3	4	4
Centre for Policy Research	India	4	10	11
Lowly Institute	Australia	5	8	10
China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)	China	6	5	5
Australian Institute for International Affairs	Australia	7	19	-not ranked-
Shanghai Institute for International Studies	China	8	7	8
Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy	Singapore	9	21	7
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)	Singapore	10	20	3
Korea Development Institute	Korea	11	6	12
Asia Forum	Japan	12	-not ranked-	18
National Institute for Defense Studies	Japan	13	13	-not ranked-
Singapore Institute of International Affairs	Singapore	14	-not ranked-	15
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations	India	15	23	21
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS), ASLI	Malaysia	16	-not ranked-	-not ranked-
The Energy Research Institute	India	17	-not ranked-	27
Center for Civil Society	India	18	-not ranked-	27
Center for International and Strategic Studies at Peking University	China	19	-not ranked-	-not ranked-
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy	Taiwan	20	17	23
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)	Singapore	21	15	29
East Asia Institute	Korea	22	12	-not ranked-
Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research	Hong Kong	23	14	6
Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses	India	24	3	9
Center for Economic Research	Uzbekistan	25	-not ranked-	-not ranked-
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)	Malaysia	26	22	22
Cathay Institute for Public Affairs	China	27	-not ranked-	24
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy	China	28	-not ranked-	-not ranked-
Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies	Bangladesh	29	16	30
Institute for International Policy Studies	Japan	30	9	19

 Report is release by Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, International Relations Program, University of Pennsylvania.

The report can be found here.

If you wonder how the ranking is derived, it is a highly democratic process (or popularity contest).

I'm thrilled for ISIS to be ranked as Top 30 but I know we still have a very long way to go reach number 1. By the way CASS has more than 3000 researchers.

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