Foreign agents have played a pivotal role in shaping American foreign policy since its founding, earning a small fortune peddling influence for foreign regimes to American audiences. Despite a heightened focus in recent years, the U.S. has failed to reckon with the legacy and impact of the foreign lobbying industry—which now expands well past lobbying shops and public relations firms to nonprofits, law firms, think tanks, and beyond. To discuss the ongoing legacy of the foreign influence industry in America, Ben Freeman, director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute, will interview Casey Michel, author of the new book Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World.
|