Inter-Asia think tank partners ranked among the best in the world

An important aspect of the Inter-Asia research group's current project The impact of East Asia in the Spanish context: Cultural production, politics/policies and society, funded by the Spanish government, is the role of our close cooperation with external entities that promote the project and observe its results (Entes Promotores Observadores; EPOs), including leading think tanks in Spain and in China.The International Relations Program of the University of Pennsylvania has recently published its 2012 Global Go To Think Tanks Report and Policy Advice, lead by Professor James G. McGann, and the only international ranking system for think tanks available to date.

According to the 2012 edition, one of Inter-Asia's closest collaborators, the CIDOB Foundation (the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs; Centro de Estudios y Documentación Internacionales de Barcelona) has been recognised as the most influential Think Tank in the South of Europe. CIDOB was ranked 18th in the top 75 think tanks in Western Europe, 35th in the worldwide (non US) category, and 64th among the 150 top think tanks worldwide (US and non US).

According to this new edition of the Global Go To Think Tanks, with the 18th position (up 15 posts from last year’s position) CIDOB is the most valued Spanish think tank within category of the top 75 think tanks in Western Europe.

Within the category of the top 100 think tanks Worldwide (Non-U.S.) CIDOB is ranked number 35, up from position number 37 in 2010. Compared to 2011 edition, CIDOB not only improves its score in the Western Mediterranean ranking, but this year appears within the Top 150 think tanks Worldwide (US and non-US) in position number 64, thus entering the global elite of think tanks for the first time. "In a year in which CIDOB is celebrating 40 years, it is placed as one of the top think tanks in Europe. The big challenge ahead is to consolidate the position and try to improve it", says Carles A. Gasòliba, President of CIDOB, in a preliminary assessment of the results of the survey.

Several of the Chinese think tanks with which Inter-Asia collaborates together with the CIDOB Foundation have also been very highly ranked:

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Top 150 Think Tanks – Worldwide (US and Non-US) (#17)
Top 100 Think Tanks – Worldwide (Non-US) (#5)
Top   45 Think Tanks in China, India, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (#1)
Top   80 Domestic Economic Policy Think Tanks (#11)
Top   50 International Development Think Tanks (#14)
Think Tanks with Outstanding Policy-Oriented Research Programs (#18)
Think Tanks with the Most Significant Impact on Public Policy (#14)

Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP, CASS)
Top 80 Domestic Economic Policy Think Tanks (#11)
Top   50 International Development Think Tanks (#27)

Central Party School
Best Think Tanks with Political Party Affiliation§ (#12)

China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)
Top 150 Think Tanks – Worldwide (US and Non-US) (#38)
Top 100 Think Tanks – Worldwide (Non-US) (#36)
Top   45 Think Tanks in China, India, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (#8)
Best Government Affiliated Think Tanks (#7)