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At Atlantic Council, Koch-Funded Effort to Marginalize Human Rights Causes Uproar Battle likely to spread across Washington as aggressive Koch effort has seeded programs at numerous think tanks Charles Koch / AP March 16, 2021 5:00 AM The drama that unfolded at the Atlantic Council last week as nearly two dozen scholars wrote to dissociate themselves from the work of their colleagues is likely to be the opening skirmish in a broader war over the funding for American foreign policy research playing out in academia and in some of Washington, D.C.'s most influential think tanks.  The sou...

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News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news War Erupts Inside the Atlantic Council Over Article Questioning Washington’s Hostile Approach to Moscow Almost two dozen Atlantic Council fellows denounced a piece that said US policy towards Russia should not be focused on human rights An article written by two Atlantic Council employees that argues Washington should consider a more realistic approach to Russia caused quite the stir within the think tank. The article, written by Emma Ashford and Mathew Burrows, says the US should “avoid a human-rights-first approach to Russia.” The a...

'How Dare They!' How 'Pro-Russia' Report Shattered Pillars of US Old Atlanticist Think Tank © Sputnik / Alexey Druzginin/Anton Denisov/Russian Presidential Press Office Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202103131082332517-how-dare-they-how-pro-russia-report-shattered-pillars-of-us-old-atlanticist-think-tank/ A war of words has erupted within the ranks of the Atlantic Council, an American think tank promoting the North Atlantic Treaty's values, over Washington's Russia policy after two of its senior members surprisingly called for men...

Comments WASHINGTON — Serious strife has broken out in the halls of power this week, after NATO-cutout organization The Atlantic Council published an opinion piece that was slightly less anti-Russian than usual. Some 22 Atlantic Council staffers revolted against it, claiming that it “missed the mark” and its argument was beneath contempt. The article, entitled “Reality Check #4: Focus on interests, not on human rights with Russia,” was written by two members of the New American Engagement Initiative, a subdivision of the Atlantic Council paid for and ...