Both left-wing and right-wing critics of these institutions argue that many are effectively now partisan advocacy organizations, citing examples like the Center for American Progress.
In August 2017, it was revealed the UAE gave 20 million dollars to one of these institutions in secret in order to counter "egregious misperceptions." A comprehensive directory of these institutions is provided by the "Go To" index reports of the University of Pennsylvania's TTCSP initiative, which ranks them. Thanks to pressure from Google, Barry Lynn was recently fired from one of these organizations headed by Anne-Marie Slaughter. (*) Tyler Cowen heads one of these institutions sponsored by George Mason University called the Mercatus Center. Both left-wing and right-wing critics of these institutions argue that many are effectively now partisan advocacy organizations, citing examples like the Center for American Progress. For 10 points, identify these alliteratively-named nonprofit research groups, such as the Brookings Institution.
In August 2017, it was revealed the UAE gave 20 million dollars to one of these institutions in secret in order to counter "egregious misperceptions.
think tanks [prompt on research institutes or policy institutes or research foundations by asking “we’re looking for a specific broad term”] &lt;WA, Other&gt;