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‘Spymania’ sees Russia accuse US of plan to meddle in its election

The Guardian Higher Education

Head of foreign intelligence service says US may mobilise ‘fifth column’ of exchange programme graduates The head of the SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service, has claimed that the US is planning to interfere in the re-election campaign of Vladimir Putin, saying that the country’s graduates of US education programmes could be mobilised to serve (..)

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Report proposes waiver criteria for Confucius Institutes

Confessions of a Community College Dean

colleges and universities among the finest in the world,” the report says. Reichman said the National Academies report raises the right questions about CIs, which had been accused of playing a role in espionage or intellectual property theft. higher education and the U.S. The proposed waiver criteria could be used starting Oct.