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State-Sponsored Evil in Academia: When the Battlefield Becomes the Lecture Hall

State-Sponsored Evil in Academia: When the Battlefield Becomes the Lecture Hall
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Universities, once centres of critical thought, are now the front line of a new kind of conflict. This is no typical battlefield, but one waged with research grants instead of tanks and ideology in place of ammunition. The contest is not just over ideas; it is over who gets to define truth itself.

Scott McGregor
Scott McGregor
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Scott McGregor is a former Canadian Armed Forces intelligence operator and intelligence adviser to the RCMP. He is the co-author of “The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party Started a Hybrid War in America’s Backyard.”