Patrick Basham

Patrick Basham is founding director of the Democracy Institute, a Washington DC-based, politically independent research organization.

Thinking About China January 5, 2018

China’s Unfair and Dangerous E-Payments Policy

President Donald Trump’s Asia trip highlighted the difficulty in reducing barriers to entry for American companies to key ...

Did the FBI Use Formal Interviews With Ohr to Transmit Information From Steele?News Analysis News AnalysisThe fourth highest-ranking official at the Department of Justice (DOJ), Bruce Ohr, actively shared information ...Read more
Dossier Author Worried Comey Firing Would Expose Operation, New Messages RevealThe former British spy who composed the infamous dossier of unverified claims about the presidential campaign of Donald ...Read more
US Bars Pentagon From Funding China-Backed Confucius InstitutesThe Department of Defense has been barred from funding Chinese Communist Party-backed Confucius Institutes located at universities across ...Read more
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