The Broligarchs Are Trying to Have Their Way

by Brooke Harrington | Aug 4, 2024 | Elites & Oligarchs

2024, The Atlantic The antidemocratic politics of having it all, from the perspective of the ultra-rich seeking to influence the 2024 US Presidential election. Keywords: 2024 election, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, broligarch

Mob Justice

by Brooke Harrington | May 29, 2023 | Elites & Oligarchs

2023, The Atlantic What do plutocrats and Supreme Court members get from being friends? Keywords: elites, Supreme Court, corruption, mafia

Break the Chain Between Russian Oligarchs and Managers, and You Break Everything

by Brooke Harrington | May 29, 2023 | Elites & Oligarchs

2023, New York Times How can we make sanctions on Russian oligarchs stick for a change? Sanction their wealth managers, severing the oligarchs’ connection to their offshore fortunes. Keywords: oligarchs, elites, sanctions, wealth managers, Russia, offshore...

Complex Systems of Secrecy: The Offshore Networks of Oligarchs

by Brooke Harrington | May 26, 2023 | Offshore System

2023, PNAS Nexus, doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad051; with Herbert Chang, Feng Fu & Daniel Rockmore. Following the invasion of Ukraine, the US, UK, and EU governments–among others–sanctioned oligarchs close to Putin. This approach has come under scrutiny, as...

Sanctioning Russia’s Oligarchs—with Shame

by Brooke Harrington | Nov 30, 2022 | Elites & Oligarchs

2022, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists This article examines stigmatization of rogue elites as a powerful tool of international sanctions regimes—one often overlooked or minimized by policy-makers, but with a strong track record of effectiveness. Keywords: oligarchs,...