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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An interesting read:
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/06/01/how-weapons-firms-influence-the-ukraine-debate/

In short, when you hear a think tank scholar comment on the Ukraine war, chances are you’re hearing from someone whose employer is funded by those who profit from war, but you’ll probably never know it. That’s because 78 percent of the top ranked foreign policy think tanks in the U.S. receive funding from the Pentagon or its contractors, as documented in the new brief.

At the very top, defense industry influence is even greater: every single one of the top 10 ranked foreign policy think tanks receives funding from the defense sector. And, for many think tanks, the amount of defense funding is enormous. For example, CSIS, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and The Atlantic Council all reported receiving more than a million dollars a year from the defense sector.

These and other think tanks that receive considerable defense sector funding have publicly advocated for more militarized U.S. responses to the Ukraine war and, compared to their counterparts at think tanks that accept little or no defense sector funding, have dominated the media landscape related to the Ukraine war.

The new brief analyzed mentions of these top ranked foreign policy think tanks in Ukraine war related articles that appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. This analysis revealed that media outlets were more than seven times as likely to cite a think tank with defense sector support as they were to cite a think tank without it. Of the 1,247 think tank media mentions we tracked for the brief, 1,064 (or 85 percent) were mentions of think tanks with defense sector funding. And, the two most mentioned think tanks in Ukraine war related articles were think tanks flooded with defense sector dollars: CSIS and The Atlantic Council.

....Media outlets were, similarly, not transparent about the conflicts of interest of the experts they were citing. In fact, none of the media mentions analyzed in the brief were accompanied by disclosures of defense industry funding of think tanks that were, at times, recommending policies that could financially benefit their funders.
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Not surprising given the source is "Responsible Statecraft" (funded by both Koch network and Soros).  It's a 'barking dog' (distraction) outfit who published "How to get to a place of peace for Ukraine" March 3, 2022 (just after the Russians invaded Ukraine on Feb 20th).  For years they seemed to push for complacency / appeasement themes, under the notion that you can horse trade freedom and lives.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/11/some-questions-about-quincy-institute/[/quote]

They can be all that AND correct in focusing on the strong links between defense companies and Washington's loudest think tanks.

I mean, unless you want to pretend that you can take millions from the military-industrial complex AND remain utterly neutral as to its goals. Why do you think they fund think tanks? [/quote]

Then you should be happy about the de-militarization of Russian territory?

[twitter]https://twitter.com/legion_svoboda/status/1664220629728481280[/twitter][/quote]

Aren't you supposed to still be calling this a civil war? [/quote]

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