How Russia, China, & Other Malign Actors Manipulate U.S. Politics

Published 2024-07-20
For years, American politicians and lobbyists cooperated with dictatorships and expanded kleptocratic networks abroad. Now, these regimes are strong enough to come after the U.S.! Malicious interference in U.S. domestic affairs is on the rise, with threats ranging from covert funding networks to the influence of Russian oligarchs and their children. Are there safeguards against these dangers?

‪@EuroResilience‬ host Sergej Sumlenny interviewed Casey Michel, the Combatting Kleptocracy program director at the Humans Right Foundation. Mr Michel is also an analyst and investigative journalist, and he specializes in issues such as kleptocracy, dark money, and lobbying. He has authored the book "American Kleptocracy" and his second book "Foreign Agents" is coming out in August 2024.

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0:00 Funding malign networks
5:29 How to gain influence abroad
11:26 Are we safe from foreign influence?
13:39 Russian oligarchs' influence in the U.S.
19:19 Legal safeguards against foreign influence
22:19 Interfering in U.S. elections
29:37 The how of countering foreign interference
33:30 Protections against ma

All Comments (13)
  • @ib-bip-66
    My respect to you, Sergej and Casey Michel. Great conversation. Slava Ukraini 💙💙💛💛 Keep defending Democracy.
  • Very good stream, and something I WISH our Governments would pay attention to and stop
  • @nadenek
    You hit this one out of the park today! Great guest.
  • @maria.and2265
    There are always people that will do something to advance themselves so use any means available. Even US people, not for the country but themselves. So, it is easy for them to adopt any lies they hear and/or get from foreign gov'ts especially russian ones.
  • @realkina84
    This interviews and guests are actually covering tooics that are not often faced elsewhere. Cheers ++
  • @pacifist9805
    Very interesting. I thought to listen few minutes but couldn't stop.
  • @G0ldfingers
    Get rid of the lobbying of Government entirely? There should be input from the public into Governments via their voted in representative only and no other sources, otherwise you invite corruption and backhanders.
  • @G0ldfingers
    If we are going to ride out the current push by Russia / CCP we need the right people in Government, ones who are strong, stick up for values, are not corrupt, do not take backhanders and who work for the public and country which the latter is what they are paid to do after all.
  • @genbure9908
    Thank you, very interesting and always learning more👌 Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🔱💙💛💙🪬