Saving the Think Tank label:

Reputational Risks, Transparency and Research Integrity

Reading List
Till Bruckner, Transparify
London, 13 Feb 2017
tillbruckner@gmail.com
www.transparify.org

DONOR-SIDE APPROACHES

Disclosure Feud Over Corporate Campaign Money

https://www.bna.com/disclosure-feud-corporate-n57982078089/

Hewlett: Learning, Transparency, and Blogs

http://www.hewlett.org/learning-transparency-and-blogs/

Capital Rivals: Koch Brothers vs. George Soros

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/opensecrets-battle---koch-brothers/

Devaluing the Think Tank

http://bit.ly/LCbbfL

Letter from Elizabeth Warren

http://1.usa.gov/LFDE4c

Royal Society tells Exxon: stop funding climate change denial

http://bit.ly/1aDmcGm

GM Pulls Money From Think Tank.

http://bit.ly/1bxFhab

LEGAL AND REGULATORY APPROACHES

Commission calls for think-tanks funding disclosure

https://www.ft.com/content/e304d018-ff20-11e0-9b2f-00144feabdc0#axzz2qakDenRn

Lobbying bill sinister and partisan, says Labour

http://bbc.in/1eST1AQ

The Corruption of Think Tanks

http://bit.ly/1mhNGUb

Be On the Lookout
http://bit.ly/1j8gKgW

Lobby transparency spotlight falls on think-tanks

http://bit.ly/LqXQX2

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INTERESTING CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING THINK TANKS

Admiral used in Japans PR war on Beijing

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/admirals-name-touted-in-pr-war-on-beijing-2p0p6xzbp

Americas Middle East Policy Think Tanks: What Went Wrong?

http://bit.ly/1dThcOm

Chuck Hagel's Think Tank, Its Donors, and Intellectual Independence

http://bit.ly/1eYYkhZ

Fight Over Minimum Wage Illustrates Web of Industry Ties

http://nyti.ms/1bOvqgo

Chatham Houses independent expert is lobbyist

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/12/08/chatham-houses-independent-expert-is-
lobbyist/

British Think Tank IISS Covertly Funded by Bahraini Royals

http://www.thinktankwatch.com/2016/12/british-think-tank-iiss-covertly-funded.html

CAP Offered Access to Clinton for $250,000

http://bit.ly/1if9KkR

The Secret Donors Behind the Center for American Progress and Other Think Tanks
https://www.thenation.com/article/secret-donors-behind-center-american-progress-and-other-
think-tanks-updated-524/

Meet the Think Tank Scholars who are also Beltway Lobbyists
https://newrepublic.com/article/113158/report-dozens-lobbyists-work-think-tank-scholars

Think Tankers Often Asked to Manipulate Data, Claims Expert

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/till-bruckner/think-tanks-lobbying-corr_b_7792956.html

Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study

http://bit.ly/1eM8PmH

Corporate America's New Scam: PR Firm Poses as Think Tank

http://bit.ly/1bbzZ3K

Foreign Lobbyist Gets Free Platform at Georgetown University, Atlantic Council

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/till-bruckner/brenda-shaffer-oil-gas_b_7654646.html

INTEGRITY SAFEGUARDS

Peterson Institute for International Economics Principles

https://piie.com/sites/default/files/supporters.pdf

Bruegel safeguards
http://bruegel.org/2014/12/think-tank-transparency-bruegel-awarded-five-stars-by-transparify/

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THINK TANK RESPONSES TO REPUTATIONAL HAZARD EVENTS

Heartland Institute: Reply to Critics

https://www.heartland.org/about-us/reply-to-critics/index.html

The Atlantic Council, Foreign Funding, and Intellectual Independence

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-atlantic-council-foreign-funding-and-
intellectual-independence

Brookings response to NYT criticisms

https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-york-times-allegations-and-response/

IISS activities in the Kingdom of Bahrain

https://www.iiss.org/en/about%20us/press%20room/press%20releases/press%20releases/archive/
2016-3b31/december-a51e/iiss-activities-in-the-kingdom-of-bahrain-528f

Letter Correcting Politico Article re: States & ObamaCare Exchanges

http://bit.ly/1ojZxom

Atlantic Council releases list of foreign donors for Hagel

http://bit.ly/1hFvd3F

CGD Statement on New York Times Story on Think Tank Funding

https://www.cgdev.org/article/cgd-statement-new-york-times-story-think-tank-funding

VOICES IN DEFENSE OF OPACITY

IEA London response to 2017 Transparify rating

https://twitter.com/K_Niemietz/status/829664691219742720

Adam Smith Institute response to 2016 Transparify rating

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/think-tanks-accused-influencing-public-policy-without-
disclosing-donors/

Misconceptions About Dark Money

https://web.archive.org/web/20160422035125/http://www.spn.org/publications/detail/misconcept
ions-about-dark-money

Donor Disclosure Wont Help Think Tanks

https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/donor-disclosure-wont-help-think-tanks

Left-Wing Think Tank Hoist By Its Own Corporate Funding Petard

http://bit.ly/1iCitOp