Think Tank Row (Washington DC)

Think Tank Row designates the cluster of think tanks that are located on or around Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington DC, between Thomas Circle and Dupont Circle. The expression is a reference to Millionaire Row and Embassy Row, past and present designations for the same area (both actually extending further northwest on Massachusetts Avenue).

James McGann has been credited for coining the expression "Think Tank Row,"^[1] which has been used in various media articles referring to think tanks.^[2][3][4]

Think tanks on Think Tank Row include:

• the Brookings Institution, on 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW since 1960 (and 1780 Massachusetts Avenue NW since 2008);
• the Aspen Institute, on One Dupont Circle;
• the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, on 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW since 1989;
• the Peterson Institute for International Economics, on 1750 Massachusetts Avenue NW since 2001;
• the Center for Strategic and International Studies, on 1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW since 2013;
• the American Enterprise Institute, on 1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW since 2016.

Also on Think Tank Row are several academic institutions that occasionally interact with think tanks:

• the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, on 1717 and 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW since 1962;
• the Carey Business School of Johns Hopkins University, on 1625 Massachusetts Avenue NW;
• the Washington campus of the University of California, on 1608 Rhode Island Avenue NW.

Other nearby think tanks include the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, Resources for the Future, and the New America Foundation. The Cato Institute and Heritage Foundation are also located on Massachusetts Avenue, but at some distance from Think Tank Row.

Gallery

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  Brookings Institution

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  Carnegie Endowment

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  Peterson Institute

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  CSIS

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  American Enterprise Institute

See also

• Embassy Row

References

1. José Luis Chicoma (September 16, 2015). "A Tale of Two Think Tank Summits". On Think Tanks.
2. Elizabeth Bumiller (January 30, 2008). "Research Groups Boom in Washington". New York Times.
3. Howard Schneider (March 12, 2013). "On think tank row, a China critic from China". Washington Post.
4. "Google Masters Think Tank Row". Think Tank Watch. April 14, 2014.