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This is the 13th year it has held academic events with U.S. think-tanks, and such exchanges "help to convey our policy positions and win international support", the council added in an emailed statement.

From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2022

Following the meetings in Helsinki, Russia analysts at various Washington-based think-tanks received informal phone calls from National Security Council officials seeking to gauge general reaction to Mr. Trump’s performance, not to debrief them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 19, 2018

And Taiwanese officials are increasingly being invited to regional dialogues on the Indo-Pacific organised by think-tanks.

From Economist • Jun. 14, 2018

The pair have long been interested in Libertarian ideas - David ran as the Libertarian Party's vice-presidential candidate in the 1980 race, and the brothers fund think-tanks that promote the philosophy.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2018

"Say, Walter, it beats the band and the good stuff some of them guys had in their think-tanks, and it fits in, a lot of it, like they were toddlin' around Toronto to-day."

From William Adolphus Turnpike by Banks, William