Pentagon orders 30 US universities to scrutinise ties with Chinese research partners

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1. Mon, 17 August 2026

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   • South China Morning Post15:07
     Pentagon orders 30 US universities to scrutinise ties with Chinese research partners

     The Pentagon has ordered 30 US universities to conduct sweeping audits of their foreign research partnerships, including collaborations with Chinese institutions and organisations associated with former Confucius Institutes, or risk becoming ineligible for future federal funding. The Department of Defence said on Monday that the unnamed universities must review their academic, financial and research relationships with foreign “entities of concern” and determine whether sensitive or...

2. Tue, 18 August 2026

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   • klkntv.com14:52first to report
     Pentagon orders audit of 30 universities' partnerships with foreign institutions

     The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as President Donald Trump's administration scrutinizes the country’s growing global influence. If the schools don’t complete the review and terminate any problematic arrangements within the next two weeks, they risk losing funding. The Pentagon said in a news release that the goal is to protect taxpayer-funded research from theft and...

   • netscape.com18:15
     Pentagon orders audit of 30 universities' partnerships with foreign institutions
   • The Guardian World20:01
     Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships

     Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security risk Thirty US universities could lose federal funding unless they review and cut foreign academic partnerships the Pentagon considers a national security risk within the next two weeks, under a Pentagon directive aimed largely at ties to Chinese institutions. Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Cornell are among the institutions ordered to...

   • South China Morning Post21:14
     Harvard, MIT among 30 US universities ordered to audit China research ties

     Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University are among 30 American institutions ordered to audit their foreign research relationships, according to US officials, as higher education representatives accused the Pentagon of implying wrongdoing without publicly presenting evidence. The identities emerged after the Department of Defence announced the audits on Monday but declined to name the universities or disclose the foreign partnerships under...

3. Thu, 20 August 2026

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   • timeshighereducation.com23:01
     Threat to US-China partnerships ‘damaging for both’

     US institutions told they could lose funding if they retain links with foreign universities deemed risk to national security

4. Fri, 21 August 2026

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   • Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)14:29
     Continua il braccio di ferro tra Trump e le università Usa, il Pentagono: “Stop alle collaborazioni con istituiti stranieri o bloccheremo i fondi”

     Verifica sui contatti di 30 università americane con istituti stranieri, nella maggior parte dei casi cinesi. Ad imporla è il Pentagono, che rivolgendosi ad Harvard, Mit, Johns Hopkins University – per citare le più blasonate – avvisa: se entro due settimane non saranno presentati i risultati e dimostrate le interruzioni di collaborazioni “sospette” – il […] L'articolo Continua il braccio di ferro tra Trump e le università Usa, il Pentagono: “Stop alle collaborazioni con istituiti stranieri o...

5. Mon, 31 August 2026

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   • South China Morning Post14:00
     Data centre anger, bacon fight, Bill Gates’ AI warning: 7 US-China relations reads

     We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Harvard, MIT among 30 US universities ordered to audit China research ties Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University were among 30 American institutions ordered to audit their foreign research relationships, according to US officials, as...