Six War Mongering Think Tanks and the Military Contractors that Fund Them
https://www.globalresearch.ca/six-war-mongering-think-tanks-military-contractors-that-fund-them/5811849
From producing reports and analysis for U.S. policy-makers, to enlisting representatives to write op-eds in corporate media, to providing talking heads for corporate media to interview and give quotes, think tanks play a fundamental role in shaping both U.S. foreign policy and public perception around that foreign policy. Leaders at top think tanks like the Atlantic Council and Hudson Institute have even been called upon to set focus priorities for the House Intelligence Committee. However, one look at the funding sources of the most influential think tanks reveals whose interests they really serve: that of the U.S. military and its defense contractors. Continue…
1 – Center for Strategic and International Studies
According to their 2020 annual report: https://www.csis.org/about/financial-information/donors/corporations
2 – Center for a New American Security
From fiscal year 2021-2022: https://www.cnas.org/support-cnas/cnas-supporters
3 – Hudson Institute
According to their 2021 annual report: https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.hudson.org/Hudson%20Annual%20Report%202021.WEB-300.pdf
4 – Atlantic Council
According to their 2021 annual report: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/2021-annual-report-honor-roll-of-contributors/
5 – International Institute for Strategic Studies
Based in London. From fiscal year 2021-2022: https://www.iiss.org/governance/funding—membership-sponsorship-and-royalties
6 – Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Note: ASPI has been one of the primary purveyors of the “Uyghur genocide” narrative
From their 2021-2022 annual report: https://ad-aspi.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/2023-02/ASPI-Funding_2021-2022.pdf?VersionId=uBgzvRFMWrzTqZfbQldVtdteieW95Ns1