Re:The $2 Trillion Project to Get Saudi Arabia’s Economy Off...
by vidarh on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:15AM
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> I guarantee you every nation with a GDP of eh maybe half a trillion will have one. Look at the registered employee list of K-street firms and their clientele.
Case in point: Here[1] is an article that spends a considerable chunk talking about how Norway pours money into Brookings Institution and Center for Global Development and others to influence US policy.
"The country has committed at least $24 million to an array of Washington think tanks over the past four years, according to a tally by The Times, transforming these nonprofits into a powerful but largely hidden arm of the Norway Foreign Affairs Ministry. "
Lobbying the US government is basically essential for any foreign power because of the outsize influence the US has on the world.
Case in point: Here[1] is an article that spends a considerable chunk talking about how Norway pours money into Brookings Institution and Center for Global Development and others to influence US policy.
"The country has committed at least $24 million to an array of Washington think tanks over the past four years, according to a tally by The Times, transforming these nonprofits into a powerful but largely hidden arm of the Norway Foreign Affairs Ministry. "
Lobbying the US government is basically essential for any foreign power because of the outsize influence the US has on the world.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/us/politics/foreign-powers...