The programme is not a conspiracy as suggested, rather the links drawn between those two groups seem striking at first, but they are not that unusual. Philosophy, as an abstract art, doesn’t have that sociological richness as it deals with fundamental issues. In Straussian argument (and I took the pain to read his books) are elements of Plato (e.g. noble lie) and also an element (or more?) of Nietzsche, who has been wrongly accused to be the father of fascism (e.g. the concept of nihilism is purely his work). So in the end of the day, philosophically seen, you will end up in the moral or immoral camp. You either believe in something or you don’t with all its implications. And than you try to deal with the implications and you create Communism or Fascism or Neo-Conservatevism (they are all believers). I life in Oxford and visit debates/lectures on International Relations every week. Most of the said that there is no such thing as a network. They said it before Curties and they still say it now, so here we go.