Authoritarian reputation laundering in Paris and Lisbon
Research on the financial and reputational dimensions of international kleptocracy largely focuses on the United States and United Kingdom, which draws attention away from other European, and increasingly Asian, financial centers that enable authoritarian reputation laundering. Paris and Lisbon are...
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| Format: | Working paper |
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National Endowment for Democracy
2022
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| Summary: | Research on the financial and reputational dimensions of international
kleptocracy largely focuses on the United States and United Kingdom,
which draws attention away from other European, and increasingly Asian,
financial centers that enable authoritarian reputation laundering. Paris
and Lisbon are particularly informative case studies, where reputation
service provision is considered mainstream and ties to former colonial
networks have facilitated reputation laundering in different ways for
authoritarian leaders and their families. Greater transparency is critical
to addressing this challenge about which much remains unknown.
Recommendations include creating a mandatory lobbying registry;
requiring media, universities, and think tanks to report external funding;
and scrutinizing political party financing. |
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