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International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Kate Bateman is a visiting fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow.
Former Staff Director and Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Policy Director, Enough Project
Former Executive Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Charles Davidson is Executive Director of the Kleptocracy Initiative at Hudson Institute.
Adjunct Faculty, George Mason University; Vice President, Pax Advisory
Former National Security Council Director for Multilateral Affairs
Former National Security Council Director for Multilateral Affairs
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Department of State
Lead Instructor, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Threat Financing, Loughnane Associates
Director of Research, Information and Publications, Center for Complex Operations, National Defense University
Financial economist and data scientist
Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, George Mason University
Director for Stability Operations, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Senior Policy Advisor, Global Witness
Former Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service
Kleptocratic regimes abscond with national assets and use those assets against both their own citizens and the United States and its allies. The national security implications of this global phenomenon are wide ranging, overlapping, and poorly recognized. This conference, co-sponsored by the Hudson Institute and George Mason University's Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, has two objectives.
First, to identify and raise awareness about the vast array of threats that are caused or exacerbated by kleptocracies: great power competitors, nuclear aspirants, terrorism, organized crime, state failure, genocide, and obstruction of peace and stability operations. Second, to propose and obtain feedback on recommendations for responding to this threat.
To view Ms. Bateman's slides, click here.
To view Mr. Miklaucic's slides, click here.
To view Mr. Dziedzic's slides, click here.
To view Mr. Brooks-Rubin's slides, click here.
To view Mr. Loughnane's slides, click here.
To view Ms. Vittori's slides, click here.
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