Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Think Tank Quickies (#504)

  • Russian hackers targeted former US Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer, a senior fellow at Brookings.
  • Hidden camera video shows Project 2025 co-author discussing his secret work preparing for a second Trump term.
  • Russia adds over 30 British think tank experts to its sanctions list.
  • Hottest meeting for a lobbyist in DC: With think tank AFPI.
  • The fake spy (Gaurav Srivastava) who dazzled DC and duped the Atlantic Council.
  • Right-wing operatives from Washington, including the Heritage Foundation, are sharing pointers with German conservatives in Berlin.
  • Conservative think tanks' embrace of Hungary's Viktor Orban.
  • JD Vance championed 2017 report from the Heritage Foundation that proposed a sweeping conservative agenda to restrict sexual and reproductive freedoms and remake American families.
  • NYT: Heritage spreads "deceptive" videos about non-citizen voters.
  • Think tanks in China are the mainstay of "neican."  From 2018 to 2020, think tanks in China nearly tripled in number, from 507 to 1,413.  By the end of 2023 there were only 1,096.
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