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06
September 2018
Past Event
The Enablers: How Western Professionals Import Corruption and Strengthen Authoritarianism
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
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:
Charles Davidson
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
25
May 2018
Past Event
Dismantling Russian Transnational Crime Organizations: A Conversation with José Grinda Gonzalez
Featured Speakers:
Judge José Grinda Gonzalez
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
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
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
Sebastian Rotella
17
April 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Kleptocracy
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Clay Fuller
Jeffrey Gedmin
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
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

Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Clay Fuller
Jeffrey Gedmin
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
01
December 2017
Past Event
Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
Raymond Baker
Gary Kalman
Brady Jay Olson
(Credit: Bill Diodato, The Image Bank)
01
December 2017
Past Event
Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism

Ben Judah, Raymond Baker, and Charles Davidson on the new report, Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism

(Credit: Bill Diodato, The Image Bank)
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
Raymond Baker
Gary Kalman
Brady Jay Olson
30
November 2017
Past Event
The United States of Anonymity: How America Became a Financial Secrecy Haven
Featured Speakers:
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Charles Davidson
Casey Michel
Jack Blum
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
Parts of the Panama Papers displayed in Tokyo, April 26, 2016 (Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
30
November 2017
Past Event
The United States of Anonymity: How America Became a Financial Secrecy Haven

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse speaks at the release of a new report from Hudson's Kleptocracy Initiative, The United States of Anonymity

Parts of the Panama Papers displayed in Tokyo, April 26, 2016 (Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Charles Davidson
Casey Michel
Jack Blum
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
15
November 2017
Past Event
Kleptocratic Regimes and National Security: A Pervasive Threat and How It Can be Neutralized
Featured Speakers:
Kate Bateman
Elise Bean
Brad Brooks-Rubin
Charles Davidson
Michael Dziedzic
Len Hawley
Len Hawley
Jason Ladnier
Michael Loughnane
Michael Miklaucic
Ted Moorman
Louise Shelley
Kelly Uribe
Jodi Vittori
David Williams
15
November 2017
Past Event
Kleptocratic Regimes and National Security: A Pervasive Threat and How It Can be Neutralized

A conference on threats caused by kleptocracies from terrorism and organized crime to state failure and genocide

Featured Speakers:
Kate Bateman
Elise Bean
Brad Brooks-Rubin
Charles Davidson
Michael Dziedzic
Len Hawley
Len Hawley
Jason Ladnier
Michael Loughnane
Michael Miklaucic
Ted Moorman
Louise Shelley
Kelly Uribe
Jodi Vittori
David Williams
11
October 2017
Past Event
How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West
Featured Speakers:
Ilya Zaslavskiy
Jeffrey Gedmin
David Kramer
Louise Shelley
Sarah Chayes
Ambassador Richard D. Kauzlarich
Paul Massaro
Charles Davidson
Photo by: Ivan Vdovin
11
October 2017
Past Event
How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West

Ilya Zaslavskiy, Jeffrey Gedmin, David Kramer, Louise Shelley, Sarah Chayes, Richard Kauzlarich, Charles Davidson, Paul Massaro on kleptocratic norms

Photo by: Ivan Vdovin
Featured Speakers:
Ilya Zaslavskiy
Jeffrey Gedmin
David Kramer
Louise Shelley
Sarah Chayes
Ambassador Richard D. Kauzlarich
Paul Massaro
Charles Davidson
18
July 2017
Past Event
Kleptocracy and Money Laundering: A Conversation with Kendall Day
Featured Speakers:
Kendall Day
Bill Corcoran
Charles Davidson
Karen Greenaway
Gary Kalman
Frank Vogl
Image Credit: Simone Golob
18
July 2017
Past Event
Kleptocracy and Money Laundering: A Conversation with Kendall Day

Kendall Day, Bill Corcoran, Charles Davidson, Karen Greenaway, Gary Kalman & Frank Vogl on US initiatives addressing kleptocracy and corruption

Image Credit: Simone Golob
Featured Speakers:
Kendall Day
Bill Corcoran
Charles Davidson
Karen Greenaway
Gary Kalman
Frank Vogl
14
June 2017
Past Event
Weaponizing Kleptocracy: Putin’s Hybrid Warfare
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Marius Laurinavicius
Jeffrey Gedmin
Hannah Thoburn
Michael Weiss
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on May 9, 2015 (RIA Novosti via Getty Images)
14
June 2017
Past Event
Weaponizing Kleptocracy: Putin’s Hybrid Warfare

Marius Laurinavicius, Jeffrey Gedmin, Hannah Thoburn and Charles Davidson on Weaponizing Kleptocracy: Putin’s Hybrid Warfare and Russian kleptocracy

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on May 9, 2015 (RIA Novosti via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Marius Laurinavicius
Jeffrey Gedmin
Hannah Thoburn
Michael Weiss
19
April 2017
Past Event
Reforming Ukraine: A Conversation with Minister of Finance Oleksandr Danyliuk
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Oleksandr Danyliuk
Walter Russell Mead
(Julia Berezovska/ Press office NBU/Flickr)
19
April 2017
Past Event
Reforming Ukraine: A Conversation with Minister of Finance Oleksandr Danyliuk

Oleksandr Danyliuk, Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Charles Davidson, and Walter Russell Mead on financial corruption reform

(Julia Berezovska/ Press office NBU/Flickr)
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Oleksandr Danyliuk
Walter Russell Mead
29
March 2017
Past Event
Kleptocracy and Democracy: A Discussion with Ben Judah
Featured Speakers:
Ben Judah
Ambassador Andras Simonyi
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29
March 2017
Past Event
Kleptocracy and Democracy: A Discussion with Ben Judah

Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS Johns Hopkins University and Hudson Institute's Kleptocracy Initiative host a discussion with Ben Judah

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Featured Speakers:
Ben Judah
Ambassador Andras Simonyi
14
December 2016
Past Event
China's Crony Capitalism: Kleptocracy with Chinese Characteristics
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Minxin Pei
Richard McGregor
Evan Osnos
Andrew Wedeman
(Doug Armand/Getty Images)
14
December 2016
Past Event
China's Crony Capitalism: Kleptocracy with Chinese Characteristics

Minxin Pei, Richard McGregor, Andrew Wedeman, Evan Osnos, and Charles Davidson discuss China’s Crony Capitalism and kleptocracy in China.

(Doug Armand/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Minxin Pei
Richard McGregor
Evan Osnos
Andrew Wedeman