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Who runs AEI, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest public policy think tank alternatives.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs AEI

AEI aei.org

Economic Policy Studies Advancing free-market solutions and fiscal responsibility for a dynamic, growing economy. Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Strengthening our military and alliances to support America’s global leadership. Domestic Policy Studies Expanding opportunity for...

Wikidata: American conservative think tank founded in 1938

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What AEI tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

6 of the 12 alternatives below have fewer, 5 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
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US company
3 tools
  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to AEI

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Fewer trackers than AEINo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to AEI match.

  1. 01

    Peterson Institute for International Economics

    The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical policy solutions.

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  2. 02
    Council on Foreign Relations cfr.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Council on Foreign Relations

    The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan member organization, think tank, and publisher.

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  3. 03
    NBER nber.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    National Bureau of Economic Research | NBER

    Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

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  4. 04
    CIA cia.gov Top 10K English No trackers

    CIA

    national foreign intelligence agency of the United States

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  5. 05
    Freedom House freedomhouse.org English 1 tracker

    Freedom House | Expanding and Defending Freedom Worldwide

    Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people.

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  6. 06
    United States Census Bureau census.gov Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Census.gov | U.S. Census Bureau Homepage

    The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.

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  7. 07
    Privacy Guides privacyguides.org English No trackers

    Privacy Guides

    Established in 2021, Privacy Guides is the largest impartial, non-profit media outlet focused on finding privacy tools and learning about protecting your digital life.

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  8. 08
    Grants.gov grants.gov English No trackers

    Home | Grants.gov

    USA federal website

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  9. 09
    Bureau of Economic Analysis bea.gov English 1 tracker

    U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

    United States federal agency

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  10. 10
    CDC cdc.gov Top 1K English No trackers

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

    United States government public health agency

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    Gapminder gapminder.org English 1 tracker

    Gapminder

    Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker (1948–2017)

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    NSF nsf.gov Top 10K English 1 tracker

    NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation

    NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

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  13. 13
    Fight for the Future fightforthefuture.org English No trackers

    Fight for the Future

    Who are we? We are a group of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists who have been behind the largest online protests in human history, channeling Internet outrage into political power to win public interest victories previously thought to be impossible. We fight for a future where technology is a force for liberation— not oppression. Battle […]

    Compare Fight for the Future with AEI →
  14. 14
    Human Rights Watch hrw.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide

    Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice

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    United States Department of Justice justice.gov Top 10K English No trackers

    Department of Justice | Homepage | United States Department of Justice

    Official website of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ’s mission is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.

    Compare United States Department of Justice with AEI →
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    American Civil Liberties Union aclu.org Top 10K English No trackers

    American Civil Liberties Union | The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

    The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

    Compare American Civil Liberties Union with AEI →
  17. 17

    CGIAR research center on food policy, founded in 1975 and based in Washington, D.C.

    Compare International Food Policy Research Institute with AEI →
  18. 18
    osce.org English 1 tracker

    Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

    security-oriented intergovernmental organization

    Compare osce.org with AEI →
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    jhuapl.edu English 1 tracker

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

    Johns Hopkins APL provides solutions to complex national security and scientific challenges with technical expertise and prototyping, research and development, and analysis.

    Compare jhuapl.edu with AEI →
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    United States Department of Energy energy.gov Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Department of Energy

    U.S. Department of Energy - Home

    Compare United States Department of Energy with AEI →

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04 · History

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05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 19 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,216
Vector
384-d
Query
36 ms

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