<description>&lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;The United States is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;wealthy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;powerful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; and a democracy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;hat means &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;there are many avenues for foreign &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;vying to influence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;politics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; policy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;Though many&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; forms of foreign lobbying are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;legal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;totally above-board&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;those efforts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;largely misunderstood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; and a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;ll too understudied. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;But understanding the geopolitics of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;influence can help us understand how &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;Washington&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; really works.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;In this episode, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="Hyperlink SCXW200022776 BCX0" href= "https://instituteforglobalaffairs.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener"&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW200022776 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink"&gt;Institute for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink"&gt;G&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"&gt;lobal Affairs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;' Jonathan Guyer is joined by Nick Cleveland-Stout, a research associate at the Quincy Institute, to discuss all things &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;transparency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; Nick explains how he digs through &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;documents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; to discover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; the foreign influence campaigns of countries like Israel and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;Qatar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; —&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; and why Americans should care.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;Check out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; Nick's reporting: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class= "Hyperlink SCXW200022776 BCX0" href= "https://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/ncstout/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink"&gt;https://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/ncstout/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW200022776 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;Find Nick on X: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="Hyperlink SCXW200022776 BCX0" href= "https://x.com/nick_clevelands" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink"&gt;https://x.com/nick_clevelands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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Vogel's book&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt;, Devils' Advocates:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class= "Hyperlink SCXW200022776 BCX0" href= "https://www.harpercollins.com/products/devils-advocates-kenneth-p-vogel" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW200022776 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink"&gt;https://www.harpercollins.com/products/devils-advocates-kenneth-p-vogel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

None Of The Above

Institute for Global Affairs

How Foreign Influence Works in Washington

NOV 26, 202551 MIN
None Of The Above

How Foreign Influence Works in Washington

NOV 26, 202551 MIN

Description

The United States is wealthy, powerful, and a democracy. That means there are many avenues for foreign countries vying to influence its politics and policy. Though many forms of foreign lobbying are legal and totally above-board, those efforts are largely misunderstood and all too understudied. But understanding the geopolitics of influence can help us understand how Washington really works. In this episode, the Institute for Global Affairs' Jonathan Guyer is joined by Nick Cleveland-Stout, a research associate at the Quincy Institute, to discuss all things transparency. Nick explains how he digs through documents to discover the foreign influence campaigns of countries like Israel and Qatar — and why Americans should care. Check out Nick's reporting: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/ncstout/ Find Nick on X: https://x.com/nick_clevelands Check out Kenneth P. Vogel's book, Devils' Advocates: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/devils-advocates-kenneth-p-vogel