UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard speaks about her report on journalist Jamal Khashoggis killing at Brookings Institution in Washington DC, United States on July 02, 2019.The top 50 think tanks that shape policy direction and legislation in Washington received over $174 million in foreign money from 2014 to 2018, according to a new analysis.
Nearly 900 different foreign donations went to these three think tanks from over 80 different countries and international organizations.
What does all this money buy? Think tanks contribute to the Washington ecosystem in a variety of ways: their writers and influence-peddlers appear as experts on news shows and pen op-eds, they conduct in-depth research on policy, they draft legislation, and they write talking points, memos and Congressional scorecards.
Think tank experts even appear as witnesses on important policy matters during congressional hearings.
"FDD says it does not accept money from foreign governments and Hudson only accepts money from Democratic countries allied with the U.S.," reported the AP.The Foreign Agents Registration Act requires lobbyists to make fairly extensive disclosures if they work on behalf of foreign governments or officials.
"A significant amount of foreign funding at think tanks comes from authoritarian regimes whose aims often diverge significantly from U.S. interests. In a variety of instances we've learned that this funding can significantly influence the work being done at think tanks," states the report.
Think tanks "Rarely mention any potential conflicts of interest in their published reports or speeches and think tank experts often fail to report financial ties to foreign governments when testifying before Congress. In fact, a Project on Government Oversight analysis of think tank experts testifying before Congress found that many don't report their employer's foreign funders even when the rules of the house require them to."
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/foreign-funding-of-american-think-tanks-doubles-to-174m/
Nearly 900 different foreign donations went to these three think tanks from over 80 different countries and international organizations.
What does all this money buy? Think tanks contribute to the Washington ecosystem in a variety of ways: their writers and influence-peddlers appear as experts on news shows and pen op-eds, they conduct in-depth research on policy, they draft legislation, and they write talking points, memos and Congressional scorecards.
Think tank experts even appear as witnesses on important policy matters during congressional hearings.
"FDD says it does not accept money from foreign governments and Hudson only accepts money from Democratic countries allied with the U.S.," reported the AP.The Foreign Agents Registration Act requires lobbyists to make fairly extensive disclosures if they work on behalf of foreign governments or officials.
"A significant amount of foreign funding at think tanks comes from authoritarian regimes whose aims often diverge significantly from U.S. interests. In a variety of instances we've learned that this funding can significantly influence the work being done at think tanks," states the report.
Think tanks "Rarely mention any potential conflicts of interest in their published reports or speeches and think tank experts often fail to report financial ties to foreign governments when testifying before Congress. In fact, a Project on Government Oversight analysis of think tank experts testifying before Congress found that many don't report their employer's foreign funders even when the rules of the house require them to."
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/foreign-funding-of-american-think-tanks-doubles-to-174m/
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