However, in contrast to the relative independence of European and American think tanks, in Taiwan, where political power has always held the upper hand over pure academic research, think tanks operate with such obvious political orientations that outsiders naturally assume that think tanks are nothing but parrots reflecting the views of the powers-that-be.
然而，對照歐美智庫「有傾向、無色彩」的獨立運作方式，在政治力一向高過於純學術研究的台灣，各智庫所背負的政治圖騰，難免讓外界有「智庫為政治勢力背書」的聯想。