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Photo: xsinenkiyx via imago-images.de/IMAGO/Pond5 Images
Ideas
The Pentagon Against the Think Tanks
July 31, 2025 | reading time: 7 Min.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has scanned the horizon for threats, and sure enough, he has found a new group of dangerous adversaries: think tanks, the organizations in the United States and allied nations that do policy research and advocate for various ideas. They must be stopped, according to a Defense Department announcement, because they promote “the evil of globalism, disdain for our great country, and hatred for the president of the United States.”