{"id":134803,"date":"2021-02-02T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T22:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=134803"},"modified":"2021-02-02T12:36:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T22:36:32","slug":"east-west-center-maintains-think-tank-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/02\/east-west-center-maintains-think-tank-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"East-West Center maintains No. 4 think tank ranking"},"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 University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa, maintained its <abbr title=\"number\">No.<\/abbr> 4 ranking in a University of Pennsylvania institute\u2019s annual list of <a href=\"https:\/\/repository.upenn.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&#038;context=think_tanks\">best government-affiliated think tanks<\/a> worldwide, the same ranking the center has received for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/06\/east-west-center-think-tank-2019\/\">last several years<\/a>. In addition, <abbr>EWC<\/abbr> moved up a spot to rank eighth in the Best Regional Studies (Free Standing) category.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re very pleased once again to receive this important recognition of the East-West Center\u2019s high-quality research, analysis, and related educational and professional development programs. It is gratifying to see that our ranking has held steady among the top five institutions of our kind,&rdquo; said <abbr>EWC<\/abbr> President <strong>Richard R. Vuylsteke<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The only three institutions ranked higher than <abbr>EWC<\/abbr> overall are affiliated with large organizations, such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and U.S. Congressional Research Service.<\/p>\n<p>A panel of experts convened by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gotothinktank.com\/\">Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program<\/a> at Penn\u2019s Lauder Institute annually ranks policy and issue research organizations based on such criteria as:<\/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 <abbr>ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> and <abbr>EWC<\/abbr> are separate institutions, they have long been close partners and neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastwestcenter.org\/news-center\/news-releases\/ewc-again-ranked-among-top-government-affiliated-think-tanks-worldwide-0\">From an East-West Center news release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>EWC<\/abbr> also moved up a spot to rank eighth in the Best Regional Studies (Free Standing) category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[10,631,9],"class_list":["post-134803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-east-west-center","tag-ranking","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\/134803","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=134803"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134829,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134803\/revisions\/134829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}