“Given that todays world is faster paced and more dynamic than ever before, and the increasingly complex and overwhelming amount of information that is therefore available, the rise of organizations whose primary goals include the generation of research and the provision of information should, perhaps, come as no great surprise. Indeed, think tanks have enjoyed massive growth both in number and in their role in global policymaking over the last decade. As policymakers have come to rely on think tanks for the thoughtful research and analysis needed for the generation and implementation of successful policy responses to global issues, think tanks have expanded and diversified, rising to meet the challenge of an increasing informed and globalized world. In this way, think tanks have sought to fill the operational gap, as it has been described policymakers lack of access to the information and tools needed to respond to contemporary issues. To be sure, the information is available, perhaps in excess. It is here, in part, that think tanks are so important, filtering, sorting, and synthesizing information that they then provide to policymakers.”
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