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Book Talk | Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia
Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia uncovers how the United States and its allies responded to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine with an unprecedented series of economic sanctions designed to degrade Russia’s war machine. From freezing its currency reserves to confiscating the mega yachts of Russian tycoons and manipulating the global price of oil, Baker explores how the West unleashed a new era of economic warfare. By chronicling the backroom deliberations in Washington, London and Brussels, the book charts how the economic war rearranged global alliances, influencing the world order for generations to come.
Speakers
Jim Mullinax
State Department Fellow;
Senior Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State
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Senior Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State
Stephanie Baker
Senior Writer at Bloomberg News
Moderator
Jennifer S. Wistrand
Deputy Director, Kennan Institute
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Kennan Institute
The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more
Indo-Pacific Program
The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. Read more
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
The Kissinger Institute works to ensure that China policy serves American long-term interests and is founded in understanding of historical and cultural factors in bilateral relations and in accurate assessment of the aspirations of China’s government and people. Read more
Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition
The Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition works to shape conversations and inspire meaningful action to strengthen technology, trade, infrastructure, and energy as part of American economic and global leadership that benefits the nation and the world. Read more
Global Europe Program
The Global Europe Program is focused on Europe’s capabilities, and how it engages on critical global issues. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues. We examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our initiatives include “Ukraine in Europe”—an examination of what it will take to make Ukraine’s European future a reality. But we also examine the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, Europe’s energy security, transatlantic trade disputes, and challenges to democracy. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more