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American conservative think tank

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| name = Claremont Institute
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| full name = Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy
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| location city = Claremont, CA
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| leader name = Ryan P. Williams It produces the Claremont Review of Books, The American Mind, and other publications. The institute was an early defender of Donald Trump. The institute publications in recent years have frequently published alt right and far right opinion pieces. Arnn served as its president from 1985 until 2000, when he became the twelfth president of Hillsdale College. Thomas Klingenstein has been the chairman of the board of trustees since approximately 2010. Michael Pack was president from 2015 to 2017. Ryan P. Williams was named president in 2017. The Claremont Institute publishes The Claremont Review of Books, The American Mind, The American Story Podcast and Claremont Books. The Washington, D. C., branch of the Claremont Institute, called the Center for the American Way of Life, opened in February 2021. The Claremont Institute provides fellowships. Fellowships in the past have gone to prominent figures on the right such as Laura Ingraham, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, Mary Kissel, and Charles C. Johnson. The institute caused controversy by granting a fellowship in 2019 to the Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec. National Review columnist Mona Charen wrote that "Claremont stands out for beclowning itself with this embrace of the smarmy underside of American politics." In 2022 the American Mind published an editorial by Raw Egg Nationalist, an author affiliated with neo Nazi publishing house Antelope Hill.

The institute was an early defender of Donald Trump. Anton would go on to serve under President Trump as spokesman for the National Security Council, holding the position from 2017 to 2018. The institute became a significant player in the Trump administration, adding a Washington office and contributing ideas and personnel to the administration. In June 2020 former Claremont Institute president Michael Pack became head of the U. S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) under Trump. During the 2020 COVID 19 pandemic, the institute received between $350,000 and $1 million in federally backed small business loans from Chain Bridge Bank as part of the Paycheck Protection Program. The institute stated this would allow it to retain 29 jobs. According to a 4 November 2021 Vice article, the actions of pro Trump Claremont Institute leaderssenior fellows John Eastman, Brian Kennedy, Angelo Codevilla, and Michael Anton, as well as Ryan P. Williams (the institute's president), and Thomas D. Klingenstein (chairman of the board)culminated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Williams has stated that the institute's mission "is to save western civilization." Vice asserts that Codevilla, who frequently denounced the "ruling class," coined the term "cold civil war" in 2017. On 5 January 2021 using the hashtag #HoldTheLine, Claremont president emeritus Brian Kennedy tweeted from Capitol Hill: "We are in a constitutional crisis and also in a revolutionary moment We must embrace the spirit of the American Revolution to stop this communist revolution." In early January 2021, along with Trump and other advisors, Eastman unsuccessfully attempted to persuade then vice president Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. He then spoke at Trump's rally on 6 January 2021, before the attack on the Capitol. The details of Eastman's attempt, described in a book by journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, made national headlines in September 2021. In April 2022 Thomas B. Edsall of the New York Times wrote in a guest essay that the Claremont Institute, as well as the institute's magazine American Mind and other publications, comprised the "substantial intellectual infrastructure that has buoyed the Trumpist right and its willingness to rupture moral codes and to discard traditional norms." An anonymous former fellow said Eastman's ideas are based on the doctrine of natural rights, which has been a key element of the institute's politics for many years. He said "That’s how Claremont goes from this quirky intellectual outfit to one of the main intellectual architects of trying to overthrow the republic." The Claremont Institute has hosted Charles Haywood on their podcast. Haywood, a far right extremist, has described the January 6th attacks as an "electoral justice protest", and wrote about his desire to lead as a "warlord" of an "armed patronage network" following the collapse of the United States. Haywood has founded an organisation, the Society for American Civic Renewal, to which Claremont has donated $26,248. Claremont's president Ryan Williams acknowledged that Claremont "acted as a fiscal sponsor to help the Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR) establish itself as an incorporated 501(c)(10)"; Williams also acknowledged being a founding board member of SACR, continuing into 2024. The Guardian described SACR as an "exclusive, men only fraternal order which aims to replace the US government with an authoritarian 'aligned regime', and which experts say is rooted in extreme Christian nationalism and religious autocracy. Williams, the institute's president, said its mission is to "save Western civilization", particularly from the threat he said is posed by the progressive movement.

The Claremont Institute publishes the Claremont Review of Books (CRB), edited by Charles R. Kesler and features regular columns by Martha Bayles, Mark Helprin, Michael Anton and Spencer Klavan. The institute also publishes The American Mind. Claremont Vice President of Education Matt Peterson serves as editor; and James Poulos is executive editor. The publication has featured essays by Newt Gingrich, Todd Young, Marco Rubio, Jim Banks, and Tom Cotton.

The fiscal year for the organization is from the beginning of July to the end of June of the following calendar year. Finances for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2021 (the latest available) consist of: revenue of $9,466,224; expenses of $8,071,035; and donations of $8,392,413.