{"id":110642,"date":"2020-02-06T12:49:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T22:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=110642"},"modified":"2020-02-06T12:49:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T22:49:18","slug":"east-west-center-think-tank-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/06\/east-west-center-think-tank-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"East-West Center ranked <abbr title=\"number\">No.<\/abbr> 4 Best Government Affiliated Think Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/system-ewc-think-tank-1.jpg\" alt=\"East-West Center building\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-90468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/system-ewc-think-tank-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/system-ewc-think-tank-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastwestcenter.org\/\">East-West Center<\/a> (<abbr>EWC<\/abbr>), adjacent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>, has been ranked <abbr title=\"number\">No.<\/abbr> 4 in a University of Pennsylvania\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/repository.upenn.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&#038;context=think_tanks\">2019 list of Best Government Affiliated Think Tanks<\/a> worldwide, the same ranking the center received in last year\u2019s list.<\/p>\n<p>It is notable that the three institutions ranked higher than <abbr>EWC<\/abbr> are affiliated with large organizations such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and United States Congressional Research Service. In addition, the center ranked ninth in the Best Regional Studies (Free Standing) category.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re very pleased to once again receive this important recognition of the East-West Center\u2019s high-quality research and analysis work, and happy to see that our ranking has held steady among the top five institutions of our kind,&rdquo; said <abbr>EWC<\/abbr> President Richard R. Vuylsteke. &ldquo;Many thanks to the survey organizers for putting this valuable list together each year, and hearty congratulations to our many colleagues and partner institutions who were also recognized.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A panel of experts, convened by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gotothinktank.com\/\">Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program<\/a> at Pennsylvania\u2019s Lauder Institute, annually ranks policy and issue research organizations based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The quality and commitment of the institution\u2019s leadership.<\/li>\n<li>The quality and reputation of expert staff and the research and analysis they produce.<\/li>\n<li>Impact on policymakers and society.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to convene key policy actors and develop effective networks and partnerships.<\/li>\n<li>News media reputation and the ability to use digital and social media to engage effectively with policymakers, journalists and the public.<\/li>\n<li>Effective management of institutional resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/a> and East-West Center are separate institutions, they have long been close partners and neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>From an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastwestcenter.org\/news-center\/news-releases\/ewc-again-ranked-among-top-government-affiliated-think-tanks-worldwide\">East-West Center news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Pennsylvania 2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report also ranked the East-West Center ninth in the Best Regional Studies category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-110642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-east-west-center","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110642"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110667,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110642\/revisions\/110667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}