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Vice President JD Vance (R) waves goodbye throughout the American Compass suppose tank’s New World Gala on the Nationwide Constructing Museum on June 03, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Ben Freeman and Nick Cleveland-Stout from the Quincy Institute be a part of this system to speak about their Assume Tank Funding Trackera repository that tracks funding from international governments, the U.S. authorities, and Pentagon contractors to the highest 50 suppose tanks in the US over the previous 5 years. The group discusses suppose tanks’ function within the “military-intellectual” complicated, what particular international funders just like the UAE and UK is perhaps trying to affect, why sure governments like Ukraine and China gave little to no cash, the dearth of transparency amongst people working in sectors like journalism and authorities who additionally work with suppose tanks, the utilization (and under-utilization) of the International Brokers Registration Act, find out how to restructure the order in order that experience isn’t restricted to those sorts of establishments, and find out how to make suppose tanks extra democratically accountable within the meantime.
Learn the Quincy Institute’s temporary on their challenge, “Massive Concepts and Massive Cash: Assume Tank Funding in America.”
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Daniel Bessner
Daniel Bessner is an historian of US international relations, and cohost of American Status, a podcast on worldwide affairs.
Derek Davison
Derek Davison is a author and analyst specializing in worldwide affairs and US international coverage. He’s the writer of the International Exchanges publication, cohost of the American Status podcast, and former editor of LobeLog.
