Oliver Cann, Director, Public Engagement, Tel.: +41 79 799 3405; Email: Oliver.Cann@weforum.org
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 10 November 2014 – The World Economic Forum today launched the Think Tank Leaders Forum, a new community of 25 leading international policy and research institutes that will advise Forum members and constituents on key issues facing the international community.
The Think Tank Leaders Forum will operate as an important intellectual community under the Forum’s Centre for Global Strategies. Specifically, it will leverage the Forum’s platform to bridge the gap between research and policy-making in areas such as globalization, healthcare, ageing, innovation, peace and security, education, the environment, poverty reduction and international economics.
“With globalization seemingly in retreat, the world’s 7.2 billion people urgently need not only new ideas, but also new ways to build consensus that involve all stakeholders in moving the best ideas from theory to practice,” said Martina Larkin, Senior Director and Head of the Global Knowledge. “None of the many issues identified in the recently released Outlook on the Global Agenda 2015 report can be addressed effectively without thorough and continuing consultation across the spectrum of stakeholders.”
A number of events are planned to coincide with the launch of the community at the Summit on the Global Agenda 2014 in Dubai, including a discussion of the main trends coming out of the 2015 Outlook publication, with emphasis on crafting workable responses to pressing issues. The community will also contribute to the Forum’s various events, initiatives and knowledge products, while engaging with various Forum communities to enhance their effectiveness as an important policy formulation group.
“The world is undergoing fundamental geopolitical change, challenging many of the assumptions that have shaped global thinking since the end of the Cold War. At this new inflection point, we need to interpret what this all means,” said Espen Barth Eide, Managing Director and Head of the Centre for Global Strategies. “The Think Tank Leaders Forum community is another way the Forum is fostering collaboration with an important civil society group to better understand the changing dynamics.”
The members of the inaugural community are:
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Strobe Talbott |
Brookings Institution |
US |
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Jessica Tuchman Mathews |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
US |
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John Hamre |
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) |
US |
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Michael Rich |
RAND Corporation |
US |
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Fred Kempe |
The Atlantic Council |
US |
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Anne Marie Slaughter |
New America Foundation |
US |
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Adam Posen |
Peterson Institute for International Economics |
US |
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Alicia Barcena |
Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean (ECLAC) |
Chile |
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Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal |
Fundacion Getulio Vargas |
Brazil |
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Robin Niblett |
Chatham House |
UK |
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John Chipman |
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) |
UK |
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Mark Leonard |
European Council on Foreign Relations |
UK |
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Ian Anthony |
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) |
Sweden |
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Volker Perthes |
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) |
Germany |
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Guntram Wolff |
Bruegel |
Belgium |
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Daniel Gros |
Center for European Policy Studies |
Belgium |
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Jakkie Cilliers |
Institute for Security Studies |
South Africa |
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Elizabeth Sidiropoulos |
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) |
South Africa |
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Abdulaziz Sager |
Gulf Research Center |
Saudi Arabia |
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta |
Center for Policy Research |
India |
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Michael Fullilove |
Lowy Institute for International Policy |
Australia |
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Long Guoqiang |
Development Research Center of the State Council |
China |
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William Overholt |
Fung Global Institute |
HK |
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Joon-Kyung Kim |
Korea Development Institute |
South Korea |
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Nicholas Fang |
Singapore Institute of International Affairs |
Singapore |
The Co-Chairs of the Summit on the Global Agenda 2014 are Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates and Sami Dhaen Al Qamzi, Director-General, Department of Economic Development of the Government of Dubai.
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