by Brooke Harrington | Oct 27, 2022 | Elites & Oligarchs
2022, Foreign Affairs, with Alexander Cooley While many Western commentators have been skeptical about the individual sanctions imposed on Russian oligarchs following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, we show that pariah status is a powerful motivator in international...
by Brooke Harrington | May 29, 2022 | Elites & Oligarchs, Offshore Finance
2022, Washington Post Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine produced an unexpected side effect: leading nations in the offshore financial system became willing to do the impossible by tearing down their own wall of secrecy. They can do it again. Keywords: offshore...
by Brooke Harrington | Apr 4, 2022 | Elites & Oligarchs
2022, Washington Post Stigmatization of Russian oligarchs involved in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine provoked more behavioral change in those elites than years of legal sanctions. When the oligarchs, and Putin himself, publicly and repeatedly say they care about their...
by Brooke Harrington | Mar 30, 2022 | Elites & Oligarchs
2022, The Atlantic Sanctions skeptics miss the powerful impact of stigma on elites: respect and inclusion have been the lifeblood of Russian oligarchs’ successful political influence operations in the West; stigmatizing them through exclusion and shame strips them of...
by Brooke Harrington | Oct 29, 2021 | Elites & Oligarchs, Offshore Finance
2021, New York Times The Pandora Papers leak of offshore financial data doesn’t just expose the “lifestyles of the rich and famous:” it’s a damning indictment of corruption at the highest levels of government and corporate leadership worldwide. But there is reason for...
by Brooke Harrington | Oct 9, 2021 | Elites & Oligarchs, Offshore Finance
2021, Washington Post For the wealthiest people in the world, offshore finance provides a way to escape the rule of law—not just taxes, but any laws they find inconvenient. This is why the Pandora Papers includes so many cases of shell companies, trusts and...
