The CICA Think Tank Forum (TTF) was established in 2014 at the initiative of China.

Its coordinating agency is the Shanghai Institutes of International Studies (SIIS).

Based on the decision jointly made by CICA member states in October 2021,

the CICA-TTF is mandated to perform as a consulting institution that provides CICA with information

and analytical support and ensures vibrant interactions between think tanks of CICA member states. 

Today, the CICA-TTF members include research institutions and think tanks from 23 CICA member states.


Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) Bahrain Center for Strategic, International, and Energy Studies “Derasat” Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) Asian Vision Institute (AVI) Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies Indian Council of World Affairs Institute for Political and International Studies IDC Herzliya, International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) Arab Thought Forum, ATF Republican State Institution Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan The National Institute for Strategic Studies of the Kyrgyz Republic Institute for Strategic Studies under National Security Council of Mongolia Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad Social and Economic Survey Research Institute of Qatar University, SESRI National CICA Research Centre Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) Center for Strategic Research under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Institute of Asian Studies of Chulalongkorn University Center for Strategic Research (SAM) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Center for Security and Development Research, Institute of Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam
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