Dr. Ben Freeman directs the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute. He investigates money in defense spending and foreign influence in American politics. His books include The Foreign Policy Auction and The Trillion Dollar War Machine. Before joining Quincy, Ben founded the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative and spear-headed creation of the “Foreign Influence Database,” a repository of propaganda distributed by foreign agents. Ben holds a PhD from Texas A&M University in Political Science. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and Politico, on CNN, BBC, and NPR among others.