
Potemkin Putin
Mar 3, 2021 sees an embattled autocrat doubling down on regime maintenance while his country's people fall into penury.
Anders Åslund is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington. His latest book is Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy.
Mar 3, 2021 sees an embattled autocrat doubling down on regime maintenance while his country's people fall into penury.
Dec 14, 2020 & see an urgent need for the world's largest lender to get on the same page as other sovereign creditors.
Aug 15, 2020 is confident that under new leadership, the country could quickly launch much-needed market reforms.
Mar 13, 2020 says the absence of US leadership in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will have dire economic consequences.
Feb 10, 2020 expects cronyism to prevent the new Russian government from achieving any of its economic-policy goals.