{"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 No.<\/abbr> 4 Best Government Affiliated Think Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The East-West Center<\/a> (EWC<\/abbr>), adjacent to the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>, has been ranked No.<\/abbr> 4 in a University of Pennsylvania\u2019s 2019 list of Best Government Affiliated Think Tanks<\/a> worldwide, the same ranking the center received in last year\u2019s list.<\/p>\n

It is notable that the three institutions ranked higher than 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

“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,” said EWC<\/abbr> President Richard R. Vuylsteke. “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.”<\/p>\n

A panel of experts, convened by the 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