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KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast125. John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec and Tom Mayne on Indulging KleptocracyFor this episode we are joined by John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec and Tom Mayne to discuss their new book Indulging Kleptocracy: British Service Providers, Postcommunist Elites, and the Enabling of Corruption. This conversation focuses on professional enablers that provide services to help kleptocrats to launder their reputations, move their money, and gain access to political influence. John Tena and Tom argue that professional enabling is a systemic problem that is facilitated by the concentration of financial and legal expertise in the private sector, and the willingness of professionals to turn a blind eye to the origins of their clients' wealth...2025-01-2242 min
DEMOS'tan SeslerBarış mı Otoriter Çatışma Yönetimi mi?DEMOS’tan Sesler geri döndü! Güncel Barış'ın bu bölümünde Türkiye’nin harekeli barış gündemini konuşuyoruz. Devlet Bahçeli’nin Abdullah Öcalan’a yönelik çağrısı yeni bir çözüm sürecinin habercisi mi, yoksa AKP-MHP iktidarının çözümsüzlük politikasının son halkası mı? Araştırmacılarımızdan Dr. Güneş Daşlı’nın “Otoriter Çatışma Yönetimi Açısından 2015 Sonrası Değişen Dinamikleriyle Kürt Sorununu Anlamak” başlıklı politika raporu ışığında son haftanın gelişmelerini değerlendiriyoruz. Görüşlerinizi bizimle sosyal medya hesaplarımız...2024-10-2523 min
Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and SeminarsIllicit finance and the role of professional enablers in the United Kingdom: are things finally changing?MPs Andrew Mitchell and Margaret Hodge discuss illicit finance and their work on improving regulations. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions regime has shed light on the United Kingdom’s harbouring of illicit wealth from around the world.
It has also revealed the centrality of enablers in the legal and financial sectors in laundering oligarchs’ monies and reputations. As co-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Tax, Andrew Mitchell and Margaret Hodge have been at the forefront of the UK’s fight against dirty money, illicit finance and money laundering.
In this event, Andrew Mitchell and Margaret Hodge wi...2022-06-211h 29
The Fire These Times96/ The Arab Spring Diaspora Against Transnational Repression w/ Dana MossThis is a conversation with Dana Moss, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame and the author of the book "The Arab Spring Abroad: Diaspora Activism against Authoritarian Regimes."
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Topics Discussed:
How Yemeni, Libyan and Syrian diasporas in the US and UK reacted to the Arab Spring
Risks of protesting in the diaspora
Government responses to diaspora pressures and activism
Personal insights from my own experience
Why diasporas are...2022-01-211h 20
Making a KillingEp. 11: Kleptocrats and the Art of Reputation LaunderingCo-host Casey Michel interviews John Heathershaw, associate professor of international relations at the University of Exeter, about the widespread use of “reputation laundering” by kleptocrats. Just as dirty money must be laundered and cleaned, kleptocrats are working to launder their dirty reputations, often by giving large sums of money to U.S. and U.K. universities.
Read John's report: https://www.ned.org/reputation-laundering-in-the-university-sector-of-open-societies-working-paper/2021-07-0824 min
Bribe, Swindle or StealUsing Universities to Launder ReputationsJohn Heathershaw of the University of Exeter discusses the working paper he co-authored for the National Endowment for Democracy: “Paying for a World Class Affiliation: Reputation Laundering in the University Sector of Open Societies.” He shows how vulnerable universities are to abuse by kleptocrats seeking to shape the conversation, often quite subtly, about their governments and their legacies. Episode resources: Paying for a World Class Affiliation: Reputation Laundering in the University Sector of Open Societies, a working paper by Alexander Cooley, Tena Prelec, John Heathershaw and Tom Mayne for the National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum f...2021-06-1619 min
Guns and GodThe myth of Islamisation in Central Asia - with guest John HeathershawIn this episode, Helen and Matthew speak with Dr John Heathershaw, professor in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at Exeter University. Is Central Asia really a crucible for Islamic terrorism? And how are such myths instrumentalised by others? In our conversation, we refer to two briefing papers. This one was written for Chatham House in 2014, and this one was published three years later by Open Democracy.2021-03-2653 min
The Witness PodcastThe UK and Dirty Money with Dr. John Heathershaw and Prof. Tom MayneA conversation with John Heathershaw and Tom Mayne. We sat down with John and Tom, two academics from the University of Exeter to discuss why the UK is still open to dodgy money from corrupt regimes. We discussed the history of the global circulation of dirty money, the process of money laundering and the practices of global kleptocrats and their influence in politics. We then honed in on some examples from Central Asia and the UK, finishing with an analysis of what can be done to reign in the flow of dirty capital.2021-03-1848 min
The Red Line33 - The Geopolitics of TajikistanNo country could possibly feel more like "the edge of the known world" than the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan. A nation where the president has been in power since '92 and has ruled the country with an iron fist, amassing a huge amount of wealth for himself using everything from Aluminum to Heroine; but things are beginning to change and Dushanbe could very soon be answering to new masters. Tajikistan is the latest battleground between Beijing and Moscow, the winner of which is yet to be decided. This weeks panel Peter Leonard (Eurasianet) John Heathershaw (Exeter University) Edward Lem...2020-12-271h 28
Diversity in Research PodcastAcademic freedom and international research collaborations - do universities need a foreign policy?We are joined this week by Tena Prelac, Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) at the University of Oxford, who is a member of the Academic Freedom and Internationalisation Working Group. We discuss the rise in self-censorship amongst UK academics, academic freedom and what the role of international research funding, collaborations and partnerships play in this. The importance of academic freedom is explored with practical examples given by Tena to help universities navigate the issues involved. We conclude that although universities do not need to be James Bonds they do need to seriously investigate wh...2020-12-0157 min
Let Your Ears Explore New Horizons With Free AudiobookDictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia Audiobook by Alexander A. CooleyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 317568
Title: Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia
Author: Alexander A. Cooley, Phd, John Heathershaw
Narrator: Jonathan Yen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:45:34
Language: English
Release date: 03-21-17
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: History, World, Asia, Global Politics, Political Ideologies
Summary:
Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with more extensive involvement in economics...2017-03-2110h 45
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaDictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia by John Heathershaw, Alexander A. Cooley PhDPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317568to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia
Author: John Heathershaw, Alexander A. Cooley PhD
Narrator: Jonathan Yen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes
Release date: March 21, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Asia
Publisher's Summary:
Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with more extensive involvement in...2017-03-2110h 45
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaDictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia by John Heathershaw, Alexander A. Cooley PhDPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia Author: John Heathershaw, Alexander A. Cooley PhD Narrator: Jonathan Yen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with more extensive involvement...2017-03-2130 min