Episode 5: Maximilian Hess and Nicholas Mulder

The Sanctions Age

Maximilian Hess and Nicholas Mulder have spent a lot of time thinking about economic weapons and economic war, especially in the context of Ukraine.
Their writings have graced the pages of the New York Times, the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy. If there are trenches in economic wars, then Max and Nick two of the best correspondents writing with their boots in the metaphorical mud.
Maximilian is the founder of the London-based political risk firm Enmetena Advisory. He is also the author of Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict between Russia and the West.
Nicholas is Assistant Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the author of The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War, which was published in 2022.
The Sanctions Age is hosted by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj. The show is produced by Spiritland Productions and is supported by a grant from the Hollings Center for International Dialogue.
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