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Anders Aslund, a neoliberal economist who helps oversee the Atlantic Council’s programming on Russia and Eastern Europe, was paid by a consortium of Latvian banks to write an October 2017 paper highlighting the supposed progress they had made in battling corruption. Aslund was asked to write the piece by Sally Painter, a longtime lobbyist for Latvian financial institutions who was appointed to the Atlantic Council board in 2017. At the time, one of those banks was seeking access to the U.S. market and facing allegations that it had engaged in money laundering.
Anders Aslund, a neoliberal economist who helps oversee the Atlantic Council’s programming on Russia and Eastern Europe, was paid by a consortium of Latvian banks to write an October 2017 paper highlighting the supposed progress they had made in battling corruption. Aslund was asked to write the piece by Sally Painter, a longtime lobbyist for Latvian financial institutions who was appointed to the Atlantic Council board in 2017. At the time, one of those banks was seeking access to the U.S. market and facing allegations that it had engaged in money laundering.
[[Pay-for-play]] collaborations have helped grow the Atlantic Council’s annual revenue from $2 million to over $20 million in the 2010s. In almost every case, the think tank has churned out policy prescriptions that suited its donors’ interests.
[[Pay-to-play]] collaborations have helped grow the Atlantic Council’s annual revenue from $2 million to over $20 million in the 2010s. In almost every case, the think tank has churned out policy prescriptions that suited its donors’ interests.
Government contributors to the Atlantic Council include Gulf monarchies, the U.S. State Department and various Turkish interests. In May 2017, Turkish President [[Recep Erdogan]] was filmed watching as his personal guards brutalized [[Kurd]]ish protesters in Washington, D.C.; Erdogen was on his way into an event at the Turkish ambassador’s residence hosted by the Atlantic Council.
Government contributors to the Atlantic Council include Gulf monarchies, the U.S. State Department and various Turkish interests. In May 2017, Turkish President [[Recep Erdogan]] was filmed watching as his personal guards brutalized [[Kurd]]ish protesters in Washington, D.C.; Erdogen was on his way into an event at the Turkish ambassador’s residence hosted by the Atlantic Council.