as in think factory
an organization that consists of a group of people who think of new ideas on a particular subject or who give advice about what should be done
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That's according to the Migration Policy Institute, an independent nonpartisan and nonprofit think tank.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Israeli officials and pro-Israeli think tanks would make the counterfactual argument that Hezbollah’s arsenal, especially of advanced weapons, would have been much larger without Mabam operations.
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Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Social change tools once reserved for elites — academics, think tanks, publishers, media moguls — were now on everyone’s phones.
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Henry De Sio,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Hezbollah first identified drones as a decisive part of future conflicts in late 2024, according to the Alma Research and Education Center, an Israeli think tank.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 June 2026
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Israeli officials and pro-Israeli think tanks would make the counterfactual argument that Hezbollah’s arsenal, especially of advanced weapons, would have been much larger without Mabam operations.
—
Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Social change tools once reserved for elites — academics, think tanks, publishers, media moguls — were now on everyone’s phones.
—
Henry De Sio,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Hezbollah first identified drones as a decisive part of future conflicts in late 2024, according to the Alma Research and Education Center, an Israeli think tank.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 June 2026
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