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Public Policy Research Think Tanks 2019: Eastern Europe

Top 50 Central and Eastern European Think Tanks

This year, the Poland-based Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) received the distinction of “Central and Eastern Europe Center of Excellence” signifying it has ranked as the top think tank in this category for three consecutive years. Read more about this new classification on page 57 of the 2019 Global Go To Think Tank Report.

1. Razumkov Centre -- Ukraine

2. EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy -- Czech Republic

3. Carnegie Moscow Center -- Russia

4. Centre for Liberal Strategies (CLS) -- Bulgaria

5. PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies -- Estonia

6. Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS -- Latvia

7. Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) -- Czech Republic

8. Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) -- Russia

9. European Policy Centre (CEP) -- Serbia

10. Center for Security and Defense Studies (CSDS) -- Hungary

11. Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) -- Poland

12. Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) -- Montenegro

13. Institute for International Relations (IIR) -- Czech Republic

14. Lithuanian Free Market Institute -- Lithuania

15. Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) -- Russia

16. Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) -- Russia

17. Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) -- Slovakia

18. Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) -- Serbia

19. Center for Eastern Studies (OSW) -- Poland

20. WISE Europa -- Poland

21. Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT) -- Hungary

22. Center for Policy Studies (CPS) -- Hungary

23. Albanian Institute for International Studies -- Albania

24. Independent Institute for Social Policy (IISP) -- Russia

25. F. A. Hayek Foundation -- Slovakia

26. Institute for the USA and Canadian Studies -- Russia

27. Institute for Economic Research (IER) -- Slovenia

28. Center for Geopolitical Studies -- Lithuania

29. Liberální Institut -- Czech Republic

30. Institute of World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences -- Hungary

31. Ludwig von Mises Institute -- Romania

32. Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, FKA Institute for the Economy in Transition -- Russia

33. GLOBSEC Policy Institute FNA Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) -- Slovakia

34. International Centre for Defense Studies (ICDS) -- Estonia

35. International Centre for Policy Studies -- Ukraine

36. Casimir Pulaski Foundation -- Poland

37. Open Society Foundations (OSF), FKA Open Society Institute-- Hungary

38. Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU) -- Ukraine

39. European Institute -- Bulgaria

40. TARKI Social Research Institute -- Hungary

41. Center for Security Studies BiH (CSS) -- Bosnia and Herzegovina

42. St. Petersburg Center for Humanities and Political Studies -- Russia

43. Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies -- Slovenia

44. Economic Expert Group (EEG) -- Russia

45. Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF) -- Kosovo

46. Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) -- Macedonia

47. Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) -- Russia

48. Institute for Market Economics (IME) -- Bulgaria

49. Institute for Urban Economics (IUE) -- Russia

50. Institute of Public Affairs -- Bulgaria

51. International Centre for Defense Studies (ICDS) -- Estonia

52. Democratic Initiatives Foundation -- Ukraine

53. Dniprovsky Center for Social Research --Ukraine

54. Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation -- Russia

55. Economics Institute -- Serbia

56. Center for Energy Studies (CENERS) -- Czech Republic

57. Populari -- Bosnia and Herzegovina

58. Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) -- Slovakia

59. Institute of Economics (EIZ) -- Croatia

60. Centre for Independent Social Research -- Russia

61. Institute for Public Policy (IPP) -- Romania

62. Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS) -- Bulgaria

63. Centre for International Relations (CIR) -- Poland

64. Institute of Baltic Studies (IBS) -- Estonia

65. Latvian Institute of International Affairs -- Latvia

66. Institute of Public Finance (IJF) -- Croatia

67. Institute of World Policy -- Ukraine

68. Association for International Affairs (AMO) -- Czech Republic

69. Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA) -- Poland

70. Analitika – Center for Social Research, Sarajevo -- Bosnia and Herzegovina

71. Institute for Public Policy (IPP) -- Moldova

72. Centre for Advanced Study -- Bulgaria

73. Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) -- Hungary

74. Centre for European Affairs -- Slovakia

75. Center for Strategic Research -- Russia

76. Eastern Europe Studies Centre -- Lithuania

77. ISET Policy Institute -- Georgia

78. Center for Economics and Politics -- Czech Republic

79. Fundacja Forum Obywatelskiego Rozwoju (FOR) -- Poland

80. Center for Research and Studies -- Bosnia and Herzegovina

81. Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies -- Georgia

82. Centre for Policy and Governance -- Bosnia and Herzegovina

83. Center for Institutional Development and Analysis -- Romania

84. Institut for Democracy and Economic Analysis (IDEA) -- Czech Republic

85. Institute for Applied Economic Studies -- Russia

86. Institute for Development and Scientific Research -- Montenegro

87. Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting -- Ukraine

88. Institute for Public Affairs -- Poland

89. Foreign Policy Initiative -- Bosnia and Herzegovina

90. Institute for Public Policy and Good Governance -- Albania

91. Institute of Analysis and Advocacy (IAA) -- Ukraine

92. Danube Institute -- Hungary

93. Institute for Democracy and Mediation -- Albania

94. Institute of International Relations -- Poland

95. International Center for Policy Studies (ICPS) -- Ukraine

96. European Policy Institute -- Macedonia

97. Jagiellonian Club's Centre of Analysis -- Poland

98. Institut Alernativa -- Montenegro

99. Center for International and Regional Policy -- Russia

100. Slovak Security Policy Institute (SSPI) -- Slovakia

101. Group for Legal and Political Studies (GLPS) -- Kosovo

102. Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) -- Croatia

103. Institute for Economic and Social Studies -- Slovakia

104. Cooperation and Development Institute (CDI) -- Albania

105. National Institute for Strategic Studies -- Poland

106. PMC Research Center -- Georgia

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