Specialising in the intersection between finance and global security Bluesky: https://xitter.cf/t.co/588wDtS7Jv
London, England
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🚨New commentary alert! @NeilBarnett warns that crypto-enabled money laundering could expand the “attack surface” for election interference – and that the UK can’t just copy-paste old political finance rules onto crypto donations.
Read the article here: rusi.org/explore-our-researc…
And more on our crypto donations work: rusi.org/explore-our-researc…
@rowenamason @beckyrmorton @DavidPBMaddox @masonboyo @tomburgis
If the UK can’t reliably trace fiat donations today, we definitely can’t detect crypto-enabled influence tomorrow.
The answer? We need a time-limited moratorium, not a ban, on crypto donations – a pause to build the safeguards our democracy needs.
@keatingetom @Masonboyowen
💥 How useful is the FATF Terrorist Financing Typologies Report?
Host @keatingetom, along with CFS Associate Fellows
@JessMarinDavis and Stephen Reimer discuss.
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New project alert: 'Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics' will benchmark the UK’s current and proposed digital political finance frameworks against international practice, highlight vulnerabilities, propose targeted reforms. Generously funded by @JRRT1904 rusi.org/news-and-comment/ru… 1/3
The project will be supported by a series of events, with its findings published in a research report next year.
💡 But here are some first thoughts for the @FinancialTimes this week (£): ft.com/content/c01c35b6-01b8… 2/3
Get in touch if you want to know more!
@annairrera @bspeed8 @strack_ben @CatNeilan @emilyjnicolle @MsHannahMurphy @PickardJE @josiahmortimer @kiranstacey @LucyGJWhite @OKnightCrypto @rowenamason @Sebsinclair1989 @_simonchandler_ @williamheasman /END
As @POLITICOEurope reports, the EU is stepping up its focus on Russia's shadow fleet: bit.ly/3Ji2JV7
..and recently published a study on how flag registries can play a greater role in securing the integrity of maritime sanctions: bit.ly/4orOSdV
@keatingetom @gonzalosaizer
Get in touch if you are interested in hearing more about our work: @thomas_m_wilson, @OilSheppard, @polinaivanovva, @xtophercook, @JavierBlas, @JLeeEnergy, @SamChambers, @apsyrtus, @NilsenThomas, @skaalmo, @jacopobarigazzi, @victor__jack, @gabrielcsgavin, @LloydsList, @tradewindsnews, @Splash_247, @Mar_Ex, @ShippingWatch
New #STRpodcast: Crypto and Sanctions Circumvention
@elisethoma5 @Cen4infoRes speaks with @keatingetom about her new report detailing the murky world of A7 and its rouble-backed stablecoin ‘A7/A5’.
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New #STR Podcast: Economic Statecraft and Economic Security in Global Affairs
Kimberly Donovan @KDonovan_AC @AtlanticCouncil, talks to host @redlowska about the important differences between economic security and economic statecraft.
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The Centre for Finance and Security (CFS) at RUSI retweeted
The EU’s 19th sanctions package against Russia risks symbolism over strategy without real enforcement, warns @redlowska, head of @CFS_RUSI at @RUSIEurope, in our interview.
Read the full Q&A by Margherita Dalla Vecchia: buff.ly/L9lWLXm
New #STR - Strategising the Use of Sanctions: in Conversation with @wallyadeyemo
The former US Deputy Treasury Secretary speaks with host @keatingetom and argues that the effective use of sanctions requires clear objectives and outcomes, multilateral coordination, and rigorous enforcement, and that their overuse can have unintended consequences.
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ICYMI: Teaching the Business & Art of Sanctions Circumvention
If universities in the West teach courses on sanctions & economic warfare, we shouldn’t be surprised by the emergence of a parallel world teaching the art of circumvention, writes @keatingetom
bit.ly/3JnGAo7