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State Department is Clamping Down On Policy Advisers Receiving Foreign Cash

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Oct 15, 2020

On October 13, 2020, the U.S. State Department announced that is currently requesting that all think tanks working with the department reveal significant sums of dollars that they receive from foreign governments.

“To protect the integrity of our relationships with think tanks and related institutions we’re taking a simple step to encourage transparency: think tanks that wish to engage with the @StateDept should disclose funding they receive from foreign governments,” State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus tweeted.

To protect the integrity of our relationships with think tanks and related institutions we're taking a simple step to encourage transparency: think tanks that wish to engage with the @StateDept should disclose funding they receive from foreign governments. https://t.co/TRdy7cvMMM

— Morgan Ortagus (@statedeptspox) October 13, 2020

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Although the statement said that the department holds relationships with “academic community, think tanks, and various external sources of expertise in foreign affairs” in high esteem, it also asserted that those relationships run the risk of falling under foreign influence from countries such as China and the Russia.

“We hope one day soon that U.S. efforts to promote free and open dialogue about economic and personal liberty, equal citizenship, the rule of law, and authentic civil society, will be possible in places such as China and Russia,” the statement proclaimed.

On top of this, the State Department is requesting that any foreign policy organizations working with the department publicly disclose on their websites any funding originating from foreign governments.

“The unique role of think tanks in the conduct of foreign affairs makes transparency regarding foreign funding more important than ever. To protect the integrity of civil society institutions, the Department requests henceforth that think tanks and other foreign policy organizations that wish to engage with the Department disclose prominently on their websites funding they receive from foreign governments, including state-owned or state-operated subsidiary entities,” the statement outlined.

John Davidson of the Federalist explained what will happen to think tanks who do not fully disclose their funding:

While the State Department clarifies that this disclosure will not be a requisite for a working relationship, the statement clearly conveys that a lack of disclosure will play a part in the use of any information provided by think tanks reluctant to publish their funding information.

“Disclosure is not a requirement for engaging with such entities. Department staff will, however, be mindful of whether disclosure has been made and of specific funding sources that are disclosed when determining whether and how to engage,” the statement clarified.

This request came at a time when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Trump Administration are emphasizing more vigilance against Chinese influence.

“There is a bipartisan consensus in Washington of the challenges from the Chinese Communist Party. I say that because what the Trump administration has tried to do is, is for the first time take on this challenge in a serious way,” Pompeo proclaimed.

This is a smart move given the rising threat of China. The country is using subversive ways to spready its influence and is ready to fight unconventionally in this Great Power struggle.

This same logic of disclosing funding coming from foreign sources needs to apply to every other nation whose interests do not align with America’s.

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New York Young Republicans Announce Partnership with the Armenian Republican Association

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4 days ago

Oct 23, 2020

Jose Nino

Foreign policy has taken a backseat so far in the Trump era, but there are still numerous foreign policy developments that should get people’s attention. One of those is the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region also known as the Republic of Artsakh. The former is backed by Turkey, while Armenia supports the latter. This recent flareup in the Caucasus region is part of a broader conflict over the territory that has yet to be resolved.

The New York Young Republican Club has not ignored this conflict. In fact, they announced a partnership with the Armenian Republican Association on October 20, 2020. In their statement, the New York Young Republican Club declared that “the Armenian Republican Association connects conservative Armenians throughout the United States bonded by their commitment to ensuring that the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian diaspora’s interests are represented by American politicians.”

The New York Young Republican Club has expressed its solidarity with the Armenian people by condemning Turkish aggression in the region and offering support to Armenians both at home and abroad:

This new partnership underscores the New York Young Republican Club’s determination to support the Armenian people in their homeland and across the globe. Previously, we have condemned historic Turkish aggression against Armenians and other neighboring groups. We have also advocated for full international recognition that the Armenian people hold the sole legitimate claim to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). Since that time, Turkish and Azeri aggression has only increased, and the Western media blackout of the heinous acts of violence against innocent Armenians has only expanded.

The New York Young Republican Club was delighted to see Armenian flags and signs criticizing Turkish and Azeri aggression along the motorcade route to President Donald Trump’s recent fundraiser in Newport Beach, California. In a rally that followed, President Trump expressed sympathy for the Armenian people and said that he and his team “are working on some things” to resolve the ongoing crisis. In the meantime, the New York Young Republican Club, wants economic and trade sanctions imposed on Turkey and Azerbaijan and Turkey potentially kicked out of NATO.

The Republican organization offered a concluding statement:

The New York Young Republican Club will always stand back and stand by in defense of the Armenian people, and we look forward to deepening our relationship with the Armenian Republican Association in defense of one of the world’s oldest and most distinctive countries.

BLP reached out to Gavin Wax, the president of the New York Young Republican Club, for his commentary on the situation:

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We are proud to partner with the Armenian Republican Association. The New York Young Republican Club firmly believes in strengthening our ties to the oldest Christian state, Armenia. For far too long our nation has turned a blind eye to the persecution of Christians globally. Our foreign policy should be one that aligns with our nation’s Christian heritage. We look forward to working with the ARA to deepen the ties between the Republican Party,the Armenian diaspora and the Republic of Armenia.

The U.S. foreign policy establishment has largely enabled Turkish aggression and has given it diplomatic cover when it goes Neo-Ottoman in its foreign policy dealings. Instead of obsessing over countries such as Iran, the U.S. should perhaps start re-assessing its relationship with Turkey — a country that games its relationship with the West to advance its revanchist fantasies in the Caucus, Middle East, and the Mediterranean.

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