Guides: Public Policy Research Think Tanks: Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Top Think Tanks in Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) -- Singapore
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) -- Malaysia
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) -- Singapore
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) -- Indonesia
Lowy Institute for International Policy -- Australia
Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) -- New Zealand
Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) -- Malaysia
Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) -- Australia
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) -- Taiwan
Strategic and Defense Studies Centre (SDSC) -- Australia
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) -- Indonesia
Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) -- Thailand
East Asian Institute (EAI) -- Singapore
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) -- Singapore
Sustainable Development Policy Institute -- Pakistan
Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) -- Australia
Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies (BIDS) -- Bangladesh
Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) -- Vietnam
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) -- Taiwan
Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA) -- Pakistan
Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) -- Taiwan
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) -- Bangladesh
Centre for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA) -- Nepal
Institute of Policy Studies -- Singapore
Institute for International Relations -- Taiwan
Alternate Solutions Institute -- Pakistan
Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) -- Singapore
National Policy Foundation (NPF) -- Taiwan
Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET-N) -- Nepal
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) -- Bangladesh
Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS) -- Philippines
Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) -- Cambodia
Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS) -- Sri Lanka
Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG) -- Bangladesh
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) -- Sri Lanka
Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS) -- Thailand
Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS) -- Myanmar
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) -- Pakistan
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) -- Philippines
Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) -- Pakistan
Brunei Darussalam Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (BDIPSS) -- Brunei
Diplomatic Academcy of Vietnam -- Vietnam
Center for Research on Economic and Social Transformation (CREST) -- Pakistan
Vietnam Institute of Economics (VIE) -- Vietnam
Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) -- Sri Lanka
Institute of Water Policy -- Singapore
Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG) -- Singapore
Economic Institute of Cambodia (EIC) -- Cambodia
Alternative Development Initiative (ADI) -- Bangladesh
Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) -- Cambodia
Center for Strategic and Policy Studies (CSPS) -- Brunei
Political Risks Assessment Group -- Singapore
Institute of National Capacity Studies (INCS) -- Indonesia
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) -- Bangladesh
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) -- Bangladesh
Prospect Foundation -- Taiwan
Institute of Governance Studies (IGS) -- Bangladesh
Associates for Community and Population Research (ACPR) -- Bangladesh
Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) -- Vietnam
Australian Strategic Policy Institute -- Australia
Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC) -- Pakistan
Area Study Centre for Far East and Southeast Asia (FESEA) -- Pakistan
Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) -- Nepal
Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research -- Bhutan
Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) -- Bangladesh
Institute of Social Welfare and Research (ISWR) -- Bangladesh
Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS) -- Nepal
Chula Global Network -- Thailand
Asian Institute of Management Policy Center (APC) -- Philippines
Nepal South Asia Centre (NESAC) -- Nepal
Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies (CIRSS) -- Philippines
Center for People and Forests (RECOFTCO) -- Thailand
Australia China Relations Institute (ACRI) -- Australia
Center for Indonesian Policy Studies -- Indonesia
Ecologic Foundation -- New Zealand
Pacific Island Forum -- Fiji
Grattan Institute -- Australia
Centre for Policy Development (CPD) -- Australia
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict -- Australia
Institute of Public Policy Studies -- Thailand
Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) -- Australia
Malaysian Institute Of Economic Research -- Malaysia
Nepal Economic Forum (NEF) -- Nepal
Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) -- Bangladesh
Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) -- Malaysia
Sajha Foundation -- Nepal
Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) -- Philippines
Institut Rakyat -- Malaysia
Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) -- Malaysia
Institute for Regional Security -- Australia
Taiwan Society of Japan Studies -- Taiwan
New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA) -- New Zealand
Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) -- Bangladesh
Tagaung Institute of Political Studies -- Myanmar
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies -- Brunei
Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation -- Nepal
Vietnam Institute for American Studies -- Vietnam
Policy Research Institute of Market Economy -- Pakistan
Future Innovative Thailand Institute -- Thailand
Institute for National Security Studies -- Sri Lanka
Foundation on Asia-Pacific Peace Studies -- Taiwan
Nepal Consortium for South Asian Think Tanks -- Nepal
Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP) -- Myanmar
Asian Institute of Technology -- Thailand
Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL) -- Sri Lanka
Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development (ACERD) -- Phillippines
Asia-Europe Institute -- Malaysia