UNIVERSITY AS AN INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT by Evgeniya I. Mikhailova, Vasilii M. Savvinov

“…Universities start to take on new roles as generating centers of new knowledge, ideas, and initiatives, as centers for accumulation scientific and technological potential of the regions, as urban studies institutes, «think tanks », and the centers of attraction of high-tech industries to the region. …”
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A Worthy Heir: Donald Trump, the Republican Party and Climate Change by Jean-Daniel Collomb

“…The aim of this article is to demonstrate that Donald Trump’s commitment to climate skepticism and his hostility toward the very idea of a proactive federal apparatus of environmental regulation do not mark a departure from Republican and conservative orthodoxy but, rather, signal his adherence to positions developed and refined by the libertarian and free-market conservative think tanks that have been supplying the Republican Party with ideas and policy proposals since the 1970s. …”
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Revisiting community-based traditional irrigation systems in India by Kumar Gaurav, Prabhakar Sharma, Aviram Sharma

“…Several scholars, policy think tanks and advocacy groups have advocated for reviving community-based traditional irrigation systems. …”
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Globalizing opposition to pro-environmental institutions: The growth of counter climate change organizations around the world, 1990 to 2018. by Jared Furuta, Patricia Bromley

“…More than two decades of social scientific research has identified the growing network of corporations, think tanks, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations that aim to obstruct climate change action within the United States. …”
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Evolution of Political Risk Concept: Classical and Contemporary Interpretations by D. A. Nechkin

“…This paper examines both classical approaches to defining political risk, which were elaborated by the leading experts in this field in the 1970–1980s, and its contemporary interpretations proposed in academic literature, and reports of think tanks and consultancies over the last decade. …”
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Potential risks to the National Health Service (NHS) of a Post-Brexit US Trade Deal by Louise Dalingwater

“…At the very heart of the pro-Brexit narrative, currently supported by Eurosceptic politicians such as Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and David Davis, and Conservative think tanks including the Institute of Economic Affairs and Adam Smith’s Institute, is the belief that breaking European ties will enable Britain to reunite with the Anglosphere and notably its treasured ally, the United States. …”
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Evolution of the U.S. Republican Party’s Foreign Policy Platform and Its Implementation Challenges (2000–2004) by K. K. Sukhoverkhov

“…Bush and shaped by influential conservative think tanks, embraced a strategy known as "compassionate conservatism." …”
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Common Fisheries Policy of the EU through the Lens of Multi-Level Governance Framework by V. O. Kolomin

“…For example, the author highlights a clear desire of the supranational bodies to acquire additional competences and to bring about redistribution of power in their favor through mobilizing the support of sub-national actors and think-tanks and at the expense of national actors. However, the author concludes that in order to provide a truly comprehensive understanding of the EU CFP, the traditional focus of the MLG approach should be expanded to encompass yet another level of analysis — the global one.…”
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China’s Perceptions of Russia during the Ukraine Conflict by Srikanth Kondapalli

“…The article employs an inductive approach, analyzing China's predicaments at four levels: perceptions within the decision-making bodies of the Communist Party, the foreign ministry, think-tanks, and the media community. It argues that in conjunction with China's economic contraction resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian military operation has prompted China to seriously contemplate how to safeguard its national interests, particularly with regard to Taiwan and its strategic objectives of attaining a prominent global position. …”
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Political and Institutional Approaches to Advancing International Religious Freedom in the U.S. Foreign Policy in 1998–2020 by V. A. Shchipkov

“…The article starts by reviewing the history of the emergence and development of the institutional infrastructure (legal acts, administrative entities, public and political organizations, think tanks, expert platforms, interdepartmental coordination formats, human rights projects, funding and grant programs, and new international organizations) that supported the US foreign policy advancing international religious freedom. …”
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Análisis comparativo de la política de Japón y la República Popular China hacia América Latina by Luis Alberto Quiñónez

“…Se llevó a cabo un exhaustivo análisis documental de las políticas y estrategias de ambos países hacia América Latina, utilizando fuentes primarias y secundarias como discursos oficiales, documentos gubernamentales, informes de think tanks y medios de comunicación. Los resultados de la investigación revelaron que tanto Japón como China buscan fortalecer sus relaciones con América Latina a través de la expansión del comercio, la inversión y la cooperación en áreas como la infraestructura y la energía, aunque con enfoques diferentes. …”
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Análisis comparativo de la política de Japón y la República Popular China hacia América Latina by Luis Alberto Quiñónez

“…Se llevó a cabo un exhaustivo análisis documental de las políticas y estrategias de ambos países hacia América Latina, utilizando fuentes primarias y secundarias como discursos oficiales, documentos gubernamentales, informes de think tanks y medios de comunicación. Los resultados de la investigación revelaron que tanto Japón como China buscan fortalecer sus relaciones con América Latina a través de la expansión del comercio, la inversión y la cooperación en áreas como la infraestructura y la energía, aunque con enfoques diferentes. …”
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The Method of Situation Analysis of International Relations as A Forecasting Tool Under Conditions of Transforming World Order by V. G. Baranovsky, I. Ya. Kobrinskaya, S. V. Utkin, B. E. Frumkin

“…The more direct roots of the method are various problem-solving techniques practiced in world’s leading international relations think-tanks such as RAND Corporation. The article also overviews the major principles of situation analysis: 1) participants must have high level of expertise; 2) situational analysis is multidisciplinary; 3) situational analysis allows focusing on key aspects of a problem when there is no clear, unambiguous understanding of it and when the views of experts vary widely; 4) to obtain significant analytical results, it is necessary to move above the situation under analysis in search of wider generalizations; 5) situational analysis is opposite to propaganda, it must be averted to conformism and partisanship; 6) situation analysis should be aimed at realizing national interests; 7) situation analysis is directed towards future. …”
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