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Green Watch
UN Report: U.S. Doesn’t Need the Paris Agreement to “Save” the World
President Joseph Biden is leading the U.S. back into into the disastrous Paris Climate Agreement. Ironically, a new UN report credits rapidly falling U.S. emissions over the past few years…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 5, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
From China, With Love: Starring Congressman Eric Swalwell
“Did a communist spy know the congressman [Eric Swalwell] was about to assume oversight of the CIA?” Wall Street Journal columnist James Freeman was speaking of the ongoing espionage saga…
by Ken Braun on January 8, 2021

Commentary
Biden Transition Illustrates the Need for Foreign-Funding Transparency
The Capital Research Center has begun tracking these appointments to make learning about and analyzing exactly who is involved in the budding Biden presidency an easier and more transparent task. One of…
by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson on December 18, 2020

Featured Items
Capital Research, October 2020
We are pleased to announce that the October 2020 issue of Capital Research is now available online. Here’s a peek at what’s inside: Kevin Mooney looks at how China used environmental…
by CRC Staff on November 17, 2020

Commentary
Backdoor Foreign Influence Schemes Should Continue to Be a Presidential Priority
In October, a State Department issued a succinct press release that expressed the administration’s concern over foreign funding in the U.S. nonprofit world, “the academic community, think tanks, and various…
by Sarah Lee on November 17, 2020

Green Watch
China’s Green Offensive: The Paris Climate Agreement
Several well-funded, environmental advocacy groups lobbied and advised the Obama administration on joining the Paris Climate Agreement without disclosing their close ties to the communist government in Beijing. The agreement…
by Kevin Mooney on October 30, 2020

Green Watch
China’s Green Offensive: The Obama State Department
The major target for activists and media types gathered at U.N. meetings is not China, but the United States. In fact, compliant media organs provide China with a platform to…
by Kevin Mooney on October 30, 2020

Green Watch
China’s Green Offensive: China and Foreign Agents
Since the Paris Agreement has become a major issue in the 2020 election, now is a good time to “flush out” and “revisit” some of the “major takeaways” from the…
by Kevin Mooney on October 30, 2020

Green Watch
China’s Green Offensive: The Future of Green Lawfare
What happens next depends partly on what happens in the courtroom. “There has been such a huge body of cases that has built up around the National Environmental Policy Act…
by Kevin Mooney on October 30, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Combating Foreign Government Influence in American Institutions
The great challenge that free societies face is how to deal with those who seek to exploit that freedom for malevolent purposes. America’s civic institutions—its universities, think tanks, charities, and…
by Robert Stilson on October 28, 2020