Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Casey and Elisha talk about Casey's new book, Foreign Agents, on all the ways dictators use lobbyists in the US to entrench their regimes and stamp out democratic movements. They talk about how regimes from Moscow to Beijing and beyond rely on these Americans to do their dirty work, and how these foreign lobbyists became henchmen and foot-soldiers for the worst dictatorships around the world. They also discuss Michael Bublé.
To read Casey's book: Foreign Agents - us.macmillan.com/books/9781250286055/foreignagents
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Dissidents and Dictators: The Threats of the Foreign Lobbying Industry
00:03:02 - The Role of Foreign Lobbyists in Democracy
00:05:51 - Becoming a Foreign Lobbyist
00:08:49 - The Rise of Foreign Lobbyists in the United States
00:11:43 - The Magnitude of the Lobbying Industry
00:14:42 - Lobbying in Nigeria, Ukraine, and the Philippines
00:17:27 - Foreign Lobbying Investigation
00:20:03 - Ukrainian Influence in Cheyenne, Wyoming
00:22:49 - The Impact of Foreign Lobbyists on Democracy
00:25:29 - Promoting Freedom in Closed Societies
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Casey and Elisha talk about Casey's new book, Foreign Agents, on all the ways dictators use lobbyists in the US to entrench their regimes and stamp out democratic movements. They talk about how regimes from Moscow to Beijing and beyond rely on these Americans to do their dirty work, and how these foreign lobbyists became henchmen and foot-soldiers for the worst dictatorships around the world. They also discuss Michael Bublé.
To read Casey's book: Foreign Agents - us.macmillan.com/books/9781250286055/foreignagents
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Dissidents and Dictators: The Threats of the Foreign Lobbying Industry
00:03:02 - The Role of Foreign Lobbyists in Democracy
00:05:51 - Becoming a Foreign Lobbyist
00:08:49 - The Rise of Foreign Lobbyists in the United States
00:11:43 - The Magnitude of the Lobbying Industry
00:14:42 - Lobbying in Nigeria, Ukraine, and the Philippines
00:17:27 - Foreign Lobbying Investigation
00:20:03 - Ukrainian Influence in Cheyenne, Wyoming
00:22:49 - The Impact of Foreign Lobbyists on Democracy
00:25:29 - Promoting Freedom in Closed Societies
Learn more about our work at the Human Rights Foundation:
Website: hrf.org
X (formerly Twitter): https://X.com/HRF
Instagram: instagram.com/hrf
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hrf
Subscribe to HRF’s Substack: humanrightsfoundation.substack.com
Join us in promoting freedom where it’s most at risk!
Donate today: hrf.org/?form=donate
#ForeignLobbying #LobbyingIndustry #AmericanLobbyists #ForeignAgents #AuthoritarianRegimes #Dictators #Kleptocracy #Democracy #HumanRights #FARA #ForeignAgentsRegistrationAct #China #Russia #SaudiArabia #UAE #Qatar #Iran #Ukraine #TrumpAdministration #ForeignAgentsBook #CaseyMichel #DissidentsAndDictators #HRF #HumanRightsFoundation #Dissident #Activist #Authoritarianism #Corruption #MoneyInPolitics #DarkMoney #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #InternationalRelations #PoliticalReform #Lobbying #GovernmentEthics #Transparency
