ABSTRACT
This chapter identifies and analyzes the means by which supranational think tanks gauge their success. It focuses on the means through which supranational think tanks evaluate their impact on the policymaking and public policy communities. The chapter also identifies how the underpinnings of policy network analysis (PNA) can be applied to the study of supranational think tanks, specifically in terms of analyzing their 'success. The employment of quantitative and qualitative indicators of success through various think tank events will be elucidated, focusing on the aspects of their events and membership that are most abundantly highlighted and marketed by think tanks. The chapter considers how supranational think tanks have used their membership characteristics as a representation of success, once again from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective. It discusses how supranational think tanks use their 'knowledge management' function for pragmatic purposes, namely the solicitation of funding.
