Friday, June 26, 2026

Ben Freeman, Brian Steiner and Leila Riazi

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Ben Freeman is the director of the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative at the Center for International Policy (CIP) and author of a report on the Saudi lobby that will be released in early May 2021. Brian Steiner is a researcher with the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative (FITI) at the Center for International Policy. Leila Riazi is a researcher with the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative (FITI) at the Center for International Policy.

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