International policy news
Think tanks are a vital part of the ecosystem in which academics and policy makers collide. They usually publish long reports and small articles, are backed by big donors (usually governments) and act almost like lobby groups in some cases. There are too many to mention them all but Carnegie, CSIS, RUSI, Chatham House, CFR, IFRI and Wilson Center are the ones that come to mind. It’s important to read them but also the ones from other countries as they often have different takes on things based on their national context (reading only American IR will keep you out of the other national bubble). Also it’s useful to read non-think tank political magazines of foreign affairs in general as they offer a more balanced view (although sometimes biased, of course). The Economist is good, so is “Internationale Politik” in Germany and “Pol