Futures-oriented think tanks

Battelle
Brookings
Centre for Economic Policy Research
Centre for European Policy Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Club of Amsterdam
Club of Rome
Economic Policy Institute
European Policy Centre
Futuribles
Global Business Network
Hudson Institute
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Institut des relations internationales et stratgiques
Institut du dveloppement durable et des relations
internatonales
Institute for Alternative Futures
Institut Franais des relations internationales
Institute of Business Forecasting
Institute for the Future
Institute for International Economics
International Institute for Strategic Studies
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
International Sociological Association - Futures Research
Institute for Public Policy Research
Long Bets Foundation
RAND
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Sigma Scan
SRI
World Future Society
By focus
Some examples of think tanks and their foci are listed below:

International Affairs, Defence and Security

International Institute for Strategic Studies

Royal United Services Institute

Chatham House: Royal Institute for International Affairs

Democratic Government

The Constitution Unit

New Local Government Network (NLGN)

Institute for Public Policy Research

Development

Institute of Development Studies

International Institute for Environment and Development

Overseas Development Institute

Economy

Catalyst

Centre for Economic and Policy Research

The Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation (CERT)

Ethnicity and Equality

Equality and Human Rights Commission

 European Integration

Global Britain

The European Policy Centre

Centre for European Policy Studies

Centre for Economic Policy Research

Centre for European Reform

Work and Employee Relations

The Work Foundation

The Institute for Employment Rights

By ideology
Below are examples of how think tanks might be grouped according to their
ideological outlooks:

Conservative

International Institute for Strategic Studies

Heritage Foundation

American Enterprise Institute

Centre for Strategic and International Studies

Hoover Institution

Progress and Freedom Foundation

Conservative/Libertarian

Cato Institute

Reason Foundation
 Centre-Right

RAND Corporation

Centre for Policy Studies

The Institute of Economic Affairs

Adam Smith Institute

The Bow Group

C Change

The Centre for Social Justice

Centrist

Brookings Institution

Carnegie Endowment

Council on Foreign Relations

Freedom Forum

Progressive Policy Institute

Institute for International Economics

Centre-Left

Fabian Society

Institute for Public Policy Research

Urban Institute

Liberal/Left

Education Policy Institute

Economic Policy Institute

Institute for Policy Studies

 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Economic Policy Institute

Independent

Demos

Theos

The Federal Trust

Foreign Policy Centre

Institute for Citizenship

Social Market Foundation

New Policy Institute

Nexus

Politeia

The David Hume Trust

Policy Exchange

Reform