China

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #265: Athenai Institute Battles CCP Disinformation
The Athenai Institute is a college student-led organization that seeks to limit the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on U.S. college campuses. Since their inception in 2020, they have…
by Sarah Lee on April 14, 2023

Organization Trends
A Reckoning May Be Coming for Universities on Foreign Funding
The new GOP-led House is planning to investigate the influence of the Communist Party of China including everything from COVID origins to tech/government collusion. One theater of battle in the…
by Sarah Lee on March 24, 2023

Organization Trends
Tiktok Isn’t the Only Company Collecting Your Data
At the time of writing 27 states and the executive branch of the U.S. government have banned TikTok on government devices. This policy will likely expand in the coming months…
by Sam Cantor on March 23, 2023

Organization Trends
Public-Health Powers Abused Must Be Powers Forfeit
The world is leaving behind the age of lockdowns and mask mandates. Five million swarmed Argentina’s capital to celebrate their World Cup victory, and even New York Mayor Eric Adams…
by Michael Watson on March 9, 2023

Book Profile
The Never-Ending Crises of the West
How to Save the West, the debut book from Claremont Institute editor and podcast host Spencer Klavan, sets itself an impossible task with its title—one its author tacitly admits in…
by Michael Watson on February 22, 2023

Deception & Misdirection
Arabella’s “Dark Money” Wants to Silence Free Speech
Enemies of free speech apparently feel right at home in the country’s largest “dark money” lobbying empire. Case-in-point, the Dangerous Speech Project aims to “inoculate” Americans against right-wing “hate” and…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 31, 2023

Commentary
China, China, China (and Biden)
One of the more interesting aspects of the Biden classified documents drama is the appearance of a university-affiliated think tank, named for the president, that received millions as a “gift”…
by Sarah Lee on January 25, 2023

Special Report
The Great Reset and Its Critics: The Technocrats
In mid-2020, after COVID-19 and lockdown policies to (unsuccessfully) stop it had spread across the world, the World Economic Forum (WEF) leader Klaus Schwab, along with the man now known…
by Michael Watson on January 12, 2023

Special Report
The Great Reset and Its Critics: The Great Reset
In July 2020, Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret published "COVID-19: The Great Reset," which the authors wrote would “help understand what’s coming in a multitude of domains.” But at a…
by Michael Watson on January 12, 2023

Special Report
The Great Reset and Its Critics: The Great Narrative
The ambition of "COVID-19: The Great Reset" and the WEF’s broader Great Reset projects ensured that the 2020 volume would not be the last word on the question. So, in…
by Michael Watson on January 12, 2023