Turning to the South: African Think Tanks as Potential Partners for the EAEU Think Tanks
https://doi.org/10.31249/kgt/2022.04.07
Abstract
The article contains an overview of the leading think tanks of African countries, based on international databases: The 2020 Go To Think Tanks Report (University of Pennsylvania) and an Open Think Tank Directory, with elements of comparative analysis with think tanks of the EAEU countries. The features of the international assessment of African analytical centers, the specifics of their formation and development, as well as the impact on socio-political processes in their countries are determined, a brief description of their activities is given. The article contains possible directions and ways of cooperation with the think tanks from Russia and other EAEU countries in the ongoing for intensification of the multilateral cooperation with African countries.
About the Author
M. V. Vilisov
Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAN);
MGIMO-University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maxim V. VILISOV, Candidate of Political Sciences, Leading Researcher of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research; Senior Researcher of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security Institute of International Studies
Nakhimovsky Avenue, 51/21, Moscow, 117418;
Vernadskogo Avenue, 76, Moscow, 119454
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Vilisov M.V. Turning to the South: African Think Tanks as Potential Partners for the EAEU Think Tanks. Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2022;15(4):116-136. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31249/kgt/2022.04.07
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