Charles Douglas "Cully" Stimson joined an American conservative think tank based in what location?
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Charles Stimson Charles Douglas "Cully" Stimson (born June 13, 1963) is an American lawyer and government official. Stimson served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs from 2005 until his resignation on February 2, 2007, following a controversy about his statements on legal representation for prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. Following his time in the George W. Bush administration, Stimson joined The Heritage Foundation, where he is currently a senior legal fellow and manager of the National Security Law Program. Earlier in his career, Stimson served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and as Vice President for Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions at Marsh & McLennan Companies.
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The Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage) is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage's policy study "Mandate for Leadership". Heritage has since continued to have a significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and is considered to be one of the most influential conservative research organizations in the United States. After the 2016 election of Donald Trump as U.S. President, Heritage leader Rebekah Mercer played a major role in shaping his transition team.
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Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) is a non-profit advocacy group in Silicon Valley, California, in the United States. Its members are businesses that operate in the valley and its purpose is to influence public policy relating to the valley.
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Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. ( , informally: Booz Allen) is an American management consulting firm, sometimes referred to as a government-services company, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in Greater Washington, D.C., with 80 other offices around the globe.
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Alaska Policy Forum The Alaska Policy Forum (APF) is a conservative think tank located in Anchorage, Alaska. Education policy is the main focus of the organization.
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Beacon Center of Tennessee The Beacon Center of Tennessee, formerly the Tennessee Center for Policy Research (TCPR), is a non-profit free-market think tank based in Nashville, Tennessee. The organization's stated mission is to "empower Tennesseans to reclaim control of their lives, so that they can freely pursue their version of the American Dream."
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Cato Institute The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries. In July 1976, the name was changed to the Cato Institute.
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The Reform Institute The Reform Institute is an American non-partisan, not-for-profit think tank based in Alexandria, VA that describes itself as centrist oriented. According to its website it is an "organization working to strengthen the foundations of our democracy and build a resilient society. The Institute formulates and advocates valuable, solutions-based reform in vital areas of public policy."
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Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) is a conservative, state-based think tank in Oklahoma, USA.
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Maine Heritage Policy Center The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) is a free-market think tank located in Portland, Maine. According to its mission statement, the MHPC is "a research and educational organization whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise; limited, constitutional government; individual freedom; and traditional American values–all for the purpose of providing public policy solutions that benefit the people of Maine." The organization has an associated media outlet, "The Maine Wire."
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Center for Individual Rights The Center for Individual Rights (CIR) is a non-profit public interest law firm in the United States. Based in Washington, D.C., the firm is "dedicated to the defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments". The Center is officially nonpartisan. Its work focuses on enforcement of constitutional limits on state and federal power, primarily through litigation.
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Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies The Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies is a U.S.-based policy research and advocacy organization. Their website describes them as ""a nonprofit center where we study global military policies, arms holdings, production and trade, arms control and peace-building efforts; and run educational programs on current and alternative policies."" IDDS was founded in 1980 by Director Dr. Randall Forsberg and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One of the founding members of the board was former Manhattan Project physicist Philip Morrison.
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Center for Security Policy The Center for Security Policy (CSP) is a conservative, Washington, D.C.-based think tank. The organization's founder and current president is Frank Gaffney Jr. The organization's mission statement is "To identify challenges and opportunities likely to affect American security", where main activities are focused on exposing and researching what it believes to be jihadist threats to the United States. The Center has been accused of engaging in conspiracy theorizing by a range of individuals, media outlets and organizations. It has been described as "not very highly respected" by BBC News. In 2016, the Southern Poverty Law Center described the CSP as a hate group and a "conspiracy-oriented mouthpiece for the growing anti-Muslim movement", a characterization disputed by the CSP.
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Arkansas Policy Foundation The Arkansas Policy Foundation (APF) is a conservative think tank based in Little Rock, Arkansas. According to APF, the organization "emphasizes the importance of tax policy and education reform."
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Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (also referred to as WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university located in the St. Louis metropolitan area and in Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all 50 U.S. states and more than 120 countries. Twenty-five Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university. Washington University's undergraduate program is ranked 18th by "U.S. News & World Report" in 2018 and 11th by the Wall Street Journal in their 2018 rankings. The university is ranked 20th in the world in 2017 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
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Center for Research and Security Studies The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) is a Pakistani independent non-profit think tank founded by civil society activists to conduct research and advocacy on democratic governance, regional peace and security, human rights, and counter-radicalization. CRSS was founded in 2007 by journalist and writer Imtiaz Gul.
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Center for Effective Government The Center for Effective Government, formerly OMB Watch, was a liberal think tank and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. It was focused on government transparency. Founded in 1983, the organization ceased operations in 2016, folding its work into the Project On Government Oversight.
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Center for a Just Society The Center for a Just Society is a conservative non-profit organization located in Washington, DC. The Center focuses on providing conservative answers to social justice issues and is most known for the work of its chairman, Ken Connor. Connor was the lawyer for Jeb Bush during the Terri Schiavo case and served as the president of the Family Research Council before leaving and founding the Center in 2004. The Center is known for its online publications and has raised controversy in the conservative community for its work defending access to the courts.
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International Institute for Strategic Studies The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a British research institute (or think tank) in the area of international affairs. Since 1997 its headquarters have been Arundel House, in London, England. The 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index ranked IISS as the thirteenth-best think tank worldwide.
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British American Security Information Council The British American Security Information Council (BASIC) is a small, but influential, think tank based in London. BASIC takes an inclusive approach to promote nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation by working with politicians, civil society, and other people who share this vision, as well as with those who might oppose it. BASIC's non-partisan and dialogue-based approach stands as a trusted and independent source of information, sharing ideas and perspectives to inform debate, challenge assumptions, and foster creative solutions.
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Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center The Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center is a research, educational and professional development center for international affairs at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. The center was founded in 1993 to serve as a resource center for students interested in pursuing careers in foreign affairs and to process subject-related inquiries from outside entities like government agencies, NGOs, corporations, other universities and foreign embassies.
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Pelican Institute The Pelican Institute is a free market think tank headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kevin Kane founded the Pelican Institute in 2008 and served as the organization's president until his death in 2016. The Pelican Institute's goals include increased government transparency, lower taxes, and improved schools. The Institute's stated mission is "to conduct scholarly research and analysis that advances sound policies based on free enterprise, individual liberty, and constitutionally limited government." The Pelican Institute publishes policy studies and commentaries via their news outlet, "The Pelican Post". Issues addressed include health care, state and federal spending, energy, environmental issues, poverty, and corruption.