Maximilian Hess
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Principal - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow - @FPRI, & Author - ‘Economic War’. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, geo-economics, debt, & sovereignty.
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In my latest for Responsible Statecraft I argue that the US lawmaker's alleged illegal work on behalf of Baku is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Azerbaijan’s influence game. Threat inflation from Russia and Iran key to get support on the Hill.
responsiblestatecraft.org/cuellar-azerba…
I was very pleased to help Ukrainian MP Oleg Dunda
publish this piece on the Russian reserve conundrum with Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center.
It's nice to see a subtler debate emerging on how best to mobilise the immobilised assets. All contributions are welcome!
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econogra…
1/5 “Russian finance flows slump after US targets Vladimir Putin’s war machine' writes Financial Times. Thanks to max seddon Chris Cook & Anastasia Stognei for monitoring this critical issue and featuring insights from Elina Ribakova 🇺🇦. More: on.ft.com/3Uyp81Z
Russia’s FSB have infiltrated deep inside Ukraine’s security apparatus, acc to СБ України - flipping two senior officers employed in a state agency that oversees the personal security of Zelenskyy and almost all of Ukraine’s top officials.
on.ft.com/3QEo9wb
Quinn Slobodian (zeithistoriker) on the UK’s global empire of tax havens and money laundering go.nybooks.com/3UKxwgg
It was wonderful to have the opportunity to discuss economic wars with one of the great economic historians Nicholas Mulder and my friend Esfandyar Batmanghelidj who is slowly transforming into the Oprah of sanctions with his fabulous podcast dedicated to their dark art thesanctionsage.com/p/episode-5-ma…
So the US soldier arrested by Russia traveled to Vladivostok to see a pro-Putin Russian girl who posted TikTok videos humiliating him in a language he doesn't understand & calling him a derogatory Russian term for an American. Good digging by Carl Schreck rferl.org/a/russia-gordo…