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Retrospective – John Heathershaw presenting "Indulging Kleptocracy" at Bayreuth

29 January 2025

It was a pleasure to host Prof. John Heathershaw (University of Exeter) on 22 January for a talk on his co-authored book "Indulging Kleptocracy" within the Bayreuth Peace Talks.

Abstract

The tale of “Londongrad” is one of the most fascinating stories of the post-Cold War era. Indulging Kleptocracy (Oxford, 2025) shows how British professionals enable their postcommunist elite clients by hiding, protecting, and legitimizing their kleptocratic wealth and establishing status and influence for them in the West.

About John Heathershaw

John Heathershaw is Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter. His research addresses conflict, security, and development in global politics, especially in Central Asia. He is author of Post-Conflict Tajikistan (Routledge, 2009), Dictators Without Borders (Yale, 2017), The UK’s Kleptocracy Problem (Chatham House, 2021) and over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles. John is currently the principal investigator of a research project which seeks to identify the form and dynamics of kleptocratic enabling networks via an analysis of the data of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. In 2021/22, he was a senior fellow of British Academy studying relations between postcommunist elites and British professional service providers.

Picture of Prof John Heathershaw during his presentation
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