Deep state recruitment network

Deep state recruitment network
Future leaders in deep state structures have to come from somewhere.

People working in undemocratic deep state structures have to be recruited from somewhere. These operations carefully select and evaluate promising young people. The selection is done in the open, and membership is often worn as a badge of pride. Talents are spotted, the unruly ones are vetted out, weaknesses spotted and their personal contacts established.

Through largesse from the backers - study grants, travel and accommodation, wining and dining - a bond of dependency is created in the cadets.

The system has been particularly developed since the early 1980s, when the CIA started performing more of its work in the open, but the British Rhodes Scholarship which gives future leaders a grant to study at the University of Oxford was established in 1903.

Membership in one of these networks is often highly beneficial to ones career, and is often a first step in going the grades from deep state functionary, deep state actor to deep politician.

 

Examples

Page name	Description
AIJAC/Rambam Programs	The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) arranges a large number of junkets "fact-finding trips" to Israel for selected journalists, politicians, political advisers, government officials, trade union officials, student leaders, and academics. Includes similar programs.
American Council on Germany/Young Leaders	Deep state recruitment network
Aspen Institute/New Voices Fellowship	Bill Gates-funded inattentive to groom "experts and advocates" from countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to "change public opinion and shift public policy" .
British Council/Transatlantic Network 2020	A deep state recruitment network organized by the British Council
Chevening Scholarship	The stated objective of the scheme is to build a network of friends of the UK, who will be future leaders in their countries.
Common Purpose
Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy Network
European Leadership Network	Israel lobby group of nearly 300 past, present and future European leaders. Works to foster key ties between European and Israeli leaders, and empower friends of Israel across Europe.
French-American Foundation/Young Leaders	Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation
Friends of Europe	lobby group
Georgetown Leadership Seminar	An annual gathering of hand-picked rising leaders from around the world, who are then "exposed to the Washington foreign policy-making process through direct contact with top level policy makers and experts."
German Marshall Fund/Young Strategists	The CIA/deep state German Marshall Fund cultivating a cadre of emerging foreign policy leaders, with focus on East Asia
Harvard/International Seminar	deep state recruitment network led by Henry Kissinger in the 1950s and 1960s
JASON Institute	Dutch Atlanticist recruitment and networking platform for the security apparatus.
Kiwanis
Marshall Memorial Fellowship	Fellowship program created by the CIA-close German Marshall Fund, mostly of powerful mid-level operatives
McCain Institute/Next Generation Leaders program
Munich Security Conference/Young Leaders	The Young Leaders cadre selected by the Munich Security Conference
Obama Foundation Fellows	Obama Foundation group that "supports outstanding civic innovators — leaders who are working with their communities to create transformational change and addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems."
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans	Fellowship of handpicked future US leaders from immigrant background. Financed by Paul Soros, brother of deep politician George Soros.
Rhodes Scholar	Links to the 112 Rhodes Scholars listed.
Rotary International
Soros Fellows	Deep state recruitment network founded by Paul Soros, brother of deep politician George Soros, a postgraduate fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants.
US/Department/State/International Visitor Leadership Program	"Remarkably prescient when it comes to guessing who might one day govern the planet"
WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow	Deep state recruitment network, 1992-2003. Reinvented in Young Global Leaders, after the system was modified to remove difficult participants.
WEF/Global Shapers	The World Economic Forum grooming a cadre of Young Leaders
WEF/Young Global Leaders	WEF Selecting and grooming a leadership cadre ... "the most exclusive private social network in the world"
Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Leadership Programme	Leadership Programme which "cultivates the leaders of tomorrow". Founded by spooky deep state actor George Weidenfeld.
Wexner Israel Fellowship	Les Wexner's Young Leaders program
World Fellows Program	Annual 4 month training/networking project that has run out of Yale University annually since 2002.

 

Related Quotations

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Document:1968 Bissell Meeting	“There is no doubt that some covertly funded programs could be undertaken overtly, Mr. Bissell thought. Often activities have been initiated through CIA channels because they could be started more quickly and informally but do not inherently need to be secret. An example might be certain exchange of persons programs designed to identify potential political leaders and give them some exposure to the United States. It should be noted, however, that many such innocent programs are more effective if carried out by private auspices than if supported officially by the United States government. They do not need to be covert but if legitimate private entities such as the foundations do not initiate them, there may be no way to get them done except by covert support to "front" organizations.”
European Forum Alpbach	“We want to develop many (Greta) Thunbergs on many topics.”	Andreas Treichl European Forum Alpbach	2023

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