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Commentary 18 Mar 2022
Kleptocracy Isn’t Just a Russian Problem
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the West levied hard sanctions. But Moscow's oligarchs are just the tip of the iceberg. It's high time to crack down on those who enable corrupt elites.… -
Commentary 14 Mar 2022
Russische Oligarchen sollten nur der Anfang sein
Der Westen reagiert auf den russischen Angriffskrieg mit harten Sanktionen. Doch es geht längst nicht nur um die Kreml-Moguln. Wir müssen gegen die westlichen Handlanger korrupter Eliten aus aller Welt vorgehen.… -
Report 08 Dec 2021
The UK’s Kleptocracy Problem
By Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, John Heathershaw, Alexander Cooley, Thomas Mayne, Casey Michel, Tena Prelec, Jason Sharman -
Commentary 14 Oct 2021
Pandora Papers: Four Lessons Africa Can Draw From the Leak
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Working paper 10 Jun 2021
Researching Africa and the Offshore World
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Commentary 15 Nov 2016
Facing Up to Authoritarian Influence-Peddling
While the US was debating Russian hacking and leaks ahead of its elections, EU leaders met last month to discuss Moscow’s efforts to influence European liberal democracies through misinformation and propaganda. “We don’t have the tools to look at this centrally,” one senior EU diplomat complained,… -
Commentary 09 Nov 2016
Wir brauchen eine Abwehrstrategie
Autoritäre Staaten nutzen die selbstverantworteten Schwächen offener Gesellschaften aus. Namentlich unsere allzu willfährigen Dienstleister bieten eine willkommene Angriffsfläche, dazu gehören Dienstleister aus der Finanzwirtschaft, Lobbyfirmen und Anwaltskanzleien. Die Hackerangriffe auf das… -
Commentary 15 Mar 2016
Angola’s Dos Santos Will Not Go Quietly Into the Night
In the usually predictable world of African presidents-for-life, it doesn’t get more exciting than this. José Eduardo dos Santos, Angola’s president since 1979 and constitutionally allowed to stay in power until 2022, made the surprise announcement on Friday that he would leave “active political… -
Journal article 05 Nov 2015
To Intervene in Darfur, or Not
Re-Examining the R2P Debate and Its Impact Introduction Ten years after inter-communitarian violence and a government-orchestrated counter-insurgency attracted the world’s attention, the literature treats Darfur and the responsibility to protect (R2P) as almost coterminous with failure. Liberal… -
Commentary 08 Oct 2015
Angola: O capitalismo de Estado e o Estado paralelo
“A internacionalização da Sonangol prosseguiu em ritmo acelerado desde o fim da guerra e, em particular desde 2004, quando as receitas provenientes do petróleo começaram a encher os cofres angolanos. Directamente, ou através das suas subsidiárias, a partir de 2013, as zonas de investimento da… -
Commentary 02 Oct 2015
Cash-Rich Angola Comes to Cash-Strapped Portugal
Tales of Angolan clout in the former colonial power, Portugal, have occasionally surfaced in the English-language media. What happens when a southern European cash-strapped economy meets a cash-rich and cohesive authoritarian regime seeking to buy up assets and gain political influence? Many… -
Policy brief 07 Apr 2015
针对残暴犯罪 实施有效 负责任的保护： 走向全球行动
By Thorsten Benner, Philipp Rotmann, Erna Burai, C.S.R. Murthy, Christopher Daase, J. Madhan Mohan, Julian Junk, Xymena Kurowska, Liu Tiewa, Wolfgang Reinicke, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Matias Spektor, Oliver Stuenkel, Marcos Tourinho, Harry Verhoeven, Zhang Haibin概要 联合国修订保护的责任纲要已经十年,全球保护的责任的形势依旧严峻。有人认为：全球以“西方”干涉主义为一方，“非西方”主权捍卫者为另一方的争论，双方对核心问题认识的差异导致了在这个问题上乏善可陈。这些人忽视这场政治争论的实质；因此无法切实严肃面对针对暴行罪提供保护所必须面对的种种实际挑战。… -
Book 01 Mar 2015
Magnificent and Beggar Land
Angola Since the Civil War Based on three years of research in and extensive first-hand knowledge of Angola, Magnificent and Beggar Land is the definitive account of the fast-changing dynamics of this important yet misunderstood African state; a major exporter of oil, minerals and other raw… -
Commentary 03 Dec 2014
Can Angola’s Elite Transform Itself?
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Commentary 16 Apr 2014
Avoiding Africa’s Oil Curse
East Africa is the global oil and gas industry’s hottest frontier. Barely a month goes by, it seems, without a major discovery in Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, or the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. This new African windfall is hardly without precedent. Several west and central African… -
Book review 30 Nov 2013
Book Review: Grand Colonic Tour: Theroux does Angola
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Article 19 Sep 2013
“O Governo Está Aqui”: Post-War State-Making in the Angolan Periphery
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Book chapter 14 Oct 2012
Statebuilding and the Political Economy of the Extractive Industries in Post-Conflict States
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Book chapter 21 Sep 2012
Energy and Security
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Article 01 Mar 2011
Illiberal Peacebuilding in Angola
Introduction When thinking about post-conflict reconstruction, policy makers and academics have focused on international intervention to a remarkable degree. Roland Paris (2010: 360)* even states that "there seems to be no viable alternative to some version of liberal peacebuilding." There is…