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Foreign Policy for Sale: These Think Tanks Received $1B from Weapons Contractors to Push War

Every year, weapons companies give millions of dollars to think tanks that shape foreign policy around Ukraine and China, conflicts which in turn directly profits these same defense companies.

Amanda Yee, Editor of Liberation News, explains the central role think tanks play in creating foreign policy, as well as shaping public opinion and consent for U.S. foreign policy objectives, all to serve the interests of the US military and its defense contractors.

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Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.

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