Journalism.sg, 15 Feb 2009
It's been said that think tanks help society "think the unthinkable". Journalists depend on the intellectual capital they generate. The bad news for Singapore journalism, though, is that the country is not yet regarded as a global think tank hub.
According to a survey by Foreign Policy magazine:
* Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and Tokyo are the regional think tank hubs of Asia.
* No Singapore institution ranks among the top 50 non-US think tanks. The Japan Institute for International Affairs, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, Indonesia's Centre for Strategic and International Studies and India's Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis are in the top 50.
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