Charles Davidson

Former Executive Director, Kleptocracy Initiative

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Charles Davidson is Executive Director of the Kleptocracy Initiative at Hudson Institute.

Biography

Charles Davidson is former Executive Director of the Kleptocracy Initiative at Hudson Institute. Davidson is also Publisher & CEO of The American Interest LLC. He co-founded The American Interest magazine with Francis Fukuyama in 2005, along with partners Josef Joffe and Walter Russell Mead. Davidson co-founded the think tank Global Financial Integrity in 2006 and is its former Board Chair. He also produced the documentary We’re Not Broke that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012.

Charles Davidson is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

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October 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Money Laundering: Lessons from Latvia
Featured Speakers:
Joshua Kirschenbaum
Andris Teikmanis
Nicolas Veron
Ilze Znotiņa
05
October 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Money Laundering: Lessons from Latvia

Charles Davidson, Joshua Kirschenbaum, Andris Teikmanis, Nicolas Veron, and Ilza Znotina discuss kleptocracy

Featured Speakers:
Joshua Kirschenbaum
Andris Teikmanis
Nicolas Veron
Ilze Znotiņa
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06
September 2018
Past Event
The Enablers: How Western Professionals Import Corruption and Strengthen Authoritarianism
Featured Speakers:
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
06
September 2018
Past Event
The Enablers: How Western Professionals Import Corruption and Strengthen Authoritarianism

Charles Davidson, Elise Bean, Mark Hays, Ben Judah, and Nate Sibley discuss kleptocracy.

Featured Speakers:
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
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25
May 2018
Past Event
Dismantling Russian Transnational Crime Organizations: A Conversation with José Grinda Gonzalez
Featured Speakers:
Judge José Grinda Gonzalez
Sebastian Rotella
Members of the Spanish Guardia Civil during a raid targeting the Russian mafia in the southern resort of Marbella, September 26, 2017 (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images)
25
May 2018
Past Event
Dismantling Russian Transnational Crime Organizations: A Conversation with José Grinda Gonzalez

Spain’s Judge José Grinda Gonzalez and U.S. experts discuss investigating and prosecuting Russian organized crime

Members of the Spanish Guardia Civil during a raid targeting the Russian mafia in the southern resort of Marbella, September 26, 2017 (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Judge José Grinda Gonzalez
Sebastian Rotella
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17
April 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Kleptocracy
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17
April 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Kleptocracy

Kleptocratic regimes use corruption and as a means of control at home and a weapon of influence abroad. Russian oligarchs and other Kremlin agents hav

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Demonstrators hold pictures of Nasser Zafzafi, leader of the Rif region's protest movement, during a demonstration against corruption, repression and unemployment in the northern city of al-Hoceima, Morocco, May 29, 2017 (FADEL SENNA/Getty Images)
Demonstrators hold pictures of Nasser Zafzafi, leader of the Rif region's protest movement, during a demonstration against corruption, repression and unemployment in the northern city of al-Hoceima, Morocco, May 29, 2017 (FADEL SENNA/Getty Images)
America must continue the fight against kleptocracy around the globe
Charles Davidson
Former Executive Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
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Kate Bateman
International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Charles Davidson & Kate Bateman
Commentary
4 Min Read
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) speaks during a news conference October 7, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) speaks during a news conference October 7, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Cleaning Up the Financial World
Charles Davidson
Former Executive Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Charles Davidson
Commentary
13 Min Read
The Great Hall of the People during the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, on March 9, 2006 in Beijing, China. (Guang Niu/Getty Images)
The Great Hall of the People during the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, on March 9, 2006 in Beijing, China. (Guang Niu/Getty Images)
China, World Leader in Graft
Charles Davidson
Former Executive Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Jeffrey Gedmin
Senior Fellow, Georgetown University
Charles Davidson & Jeffrey Gedmin
Commentary
8 Min Read