Exhibit 846 ยท News investigation
Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks
Reports that since 2011 at least 64 foreign governments, state-controlled entities or officials contributed to 28 major U.S. research organizations, at least $92 million, a figure the article derives from the institutions' disclosures, government documents and foreign lobbying reports. Reports that the think tanks do not disclose agreement terms and have not registered under FARA, and that legal specialists said some arrangements appear to merit registration. Brookings and the Atlantic Council said their scholars are independent; the Center for Global Development's chief operating officer said of the registration question, 'We will absolutely seek counsel on this.' Cites Norway's $5 million agreement with the Center for Global Development and Qatar's $14.8 million four-year donation to Brookings. Archived copy of the web page.
- Source
- Eric Lipton, Brooke Williams and Nicholas Confessore, The New York Times
- Date
- 6 September 2014 (web date 7 September)
- Grade
- Reported
- Document
- https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/us/politics/foreign-powers-buy-influence-at-think-tanks.html
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Wording as reported in the secondary copy: "The think tanks do not disclose the terms of the agreements they have reached with foreign governments." (para. 5).