This article charts the trajectory of Putin's economic policy. All countries face the challenge of
preserving national interests and identity while reaping the benefits of global economic …

We examine the use of proxies, shell companies, and offshore firms to defend property
against seizure by private and state actors. Our theoretical framework emphasizes the role of …

This book examines how Russia and Kazakhstan navigated the dilemmas associated with
building regulatory state institutions on the ruins of the Soviet command and control system …

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a massive undertaking with enormous potential to
transform Central Asia and beyond. Indeed, in the imagination of Western pundits, the die …

We examine the decision of wealthy business owners to protect their holdings from
expropriation and arbitrary taxation through proxies, shell companies, and offshore firms …

What happens to a public, domestic institution when its authority is delegated to a privately
run, transnational institution? I argue that outsourcing traditionally national legal …

This article investigates changes in the preference concerning restrictions on minority
foreign ownership of equities among powerful groups of domestic asset holders in Russia. In …

Set against the backdrop of dramatic world order transformations across the 1970s and
1980s, this book examines the competing planetary perspectives of the Brandt Commission …

This chapter argues that there is often a strong trend away from pluralism and competition
both in the economy and political spheres motivated by the central defining features of crony …