Terrorexpertise:Terrorism Industry and the US Government List
Below is a list of the 50 think-tanks and private research institutes estimated to be most influential with the US Government.
Methodology
The list was compiled by first of all compiling a list of all the institutions directly affiliated with the 100 experts from the Major World Newspapers List. ‘Direct affiliation’ was construed as meaning employment or appointment in an institution; excluding looser affiliations such as personal or social connections, partnership on particular projects, or contractual work. Affiliations to universities, government institutions or the media were not included. This yielded a list of 110 unique institutions.
Each of these institutions were then ‘Googled’ using Google’s U.S. Government Search at http://www.google.com/ig/usgov on 13 June 2008. The number of results, as well as the specific search terms used, are set out in the table below.
Terrorism Institutes ranked according to influence with US Government
| Institution | Search term used | Approx. no. pages returned | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism | "Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism" | 66,000 |
| 2 | Human Rights Watch | "Human Rights Watch" | 42,500 |
| 3 | United States Institute of Peace | "U.S. Institute of Peace" OR "United States Institute of Peace" | 41,700 |
| 4 | Center for Strategic and International Studies | "Center for Strategic and International Studies" | 29,100 |
| 5 | RAND Corporation | "RAND Corporation" | 23,000 |
| 6 | Brookings Institution | "Brookings Institution" | 21,100 |
| 7 | Amnesty International | "Amnesty International" | 13,000 |
| 8 | Defence Academy | Defence Academy UK OR "United Kingdom" | 13,000 |
| 9 | Council on Foreign Relations | "Council on Foreign Relations" | 10,700 |
| 10 | Institute for National Strategic Studies | "Institute for National Strategic Studies" | 10,300 |
| 11 | Chatham House | "Chatham House" OR "Royal Institute of International Affairs" | 9,470 |
| 12 | American Enterprise Institute | "American Enterprise Institute" | 9,340 |
| 13 | Cato Institute | "Cato Institute" | 5,230 |
| 14 | Hoover Institution | "Hoover Institution" | 4,470 |
| 15 | Washington Institute for Near East Policy | "Washington Institute for Near East Policy" | 3,200 |
| 16 | International Crisis Group | "International Crisis Group" | 2,400 |
| 17 | Independent Institute | "Independent Institute" | 2,310 |
| 18 | Risk Management Solutions | "Risk Management Solutions" | 1,680 |
| 19 | AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies | "AEI-Brookings Joint Center" | 1,420 |
| 20 | Jamestown Foundation | "Jamestown Foundation" | 1,120 |
| 21 | Boston Consulting Group | "Boston Consulting Group" | 1,090 |
| 22 | New America Foundation | "New America Foundation" | 1,040 |
| 23 | International Institute for Strategic Studies | "International Institute for Strategic Studies" | 958 |
| 24 | Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies | "Royal United Services Institute " | 799 |
| 25 | Center for Biosecurity | "Center for Biosecurity" | 772 |
| 26 | Foreign Policy Research Institute | "Foreign Policy Research Institute" | 688 |
| 27 | Kroll Associates | "Kroll Associates" | 592 |
| 28 | Good Harbor Consulting | "Good Harbor Consulting" | 550 |
| 29 | Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy | "Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy" | 465 |
| 30 | Combating Terrorism Center | "Combating Terrorism Center" | 393 |
| 31 | SITE Institute | "SITE Institute" | 389 |
| 32 | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs | "Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs" | 379 |
| 33 | Jane Information Group | "Jane Information Group" | 339 |
| 34 | Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies | "Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies" | 260 |
| 35 | National Center for Disaster Preparedness | "National Center for Disaster Preparedness" | 192 |
| 36 | Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs | "Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs" | 191 |
| 37 | Foundation for the Defense of Democracies | "Foundation for the Defense of Democracies" | 165 |
| 38 | Committee on the Present Danger | "Committee on the Present Danger" | 158 |
| 39 | Oxford Research Group | "Oxford Research Group" | 156 |
| 40 | British American Security Information Council | "British American Security Information Council" | 143 |
| 41 | Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies | "Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies" | 104 |
| 42 | Middle East Forum | "Middle East Forum" | 101 |
| 43 | BERG Associates | "BERG Associates" | 93 |
| 44 | Gulf Research Center | "Gulf Research Center" | 69 |
| 45 | Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies | "Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies" | 62 |
| 46 | Kissinger Associates | "Kissinger Associates" | 56 |
| 47 | Ditchley Foundation | "Ditchley Foundation" | 53 |
| 48 | Sageman Consulting | "Sageman Consulting" | 53 |
| 49 | Centre for Strategic and International Studies | "Centre for Strategic and International Studies" | 52 |
| 50 | Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs | "Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs" | 44 |
| 51 | National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism | "National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism" | 44 |
