Dr Anders Åslund portrait

Anders Åslund

Resident Senior Fellow in the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council

Dr Anders Åslund is a leading specialist on economic policy in Russia, Ukraine, and eastern Europe. He has served as an economic adviser to several governments, notably the governments of Russia and Ukraine. He is chairman of the Advisory Council of the Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw, and of the Scientific Council of the Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition. He has published widely and is the author of 14 books, most recently Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy (Yale University Press, 2019). Dr Åslund has also edited 16 books and teaches at Georgetown University. He has served as a Swedish diplomat in Kuwait, Poland, Geneva, and Moscow.

Subjects:

Asia, Capitalism, China, Conservatism, Economy, Europe, European Union, Globalisation, Kleptocracy, Middle East, NATO, Russia, Security, Ukraine

Updated: May 14, 2019

Agenda

Globalisation, Kleptocracy

Do Not Trade Your Principles: Kleptocracy and Money Laundering

LMC 2019

Russia

Putin’s Grand Finale: What will Putin’s Last Term Mean for Russia?

LMC 2018

Ukraine

Ukraine: Politics of Reform vs Politics of War

LMC 2017

China, Economy

Rising China, Falling Oil and Costly Wars: Trends in Global Economy

LMC 2016

Economy, Europe, Russia, Security

Sanctions: A Sword or a Boomerang?

LMC 2015

Economy, Europe, European Union

More Austerity or Something Else? Rebuilding Europe’s Economy

LMC 2013

6 more

Articles

A worker checks the valve of an oil pipe at an oil field owned by Russian state-owned oil producer Bashneft near the village of Nikolo-Berezovka, northwest of Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia January 28, 2015.

Capitalism, Conservatism, Economy, Russia

Is Russia’s Crony Capitalism Really Sustainable?

Vladimir Putin’s ultimate goal is to remain in power while the economic growth is not seen so essential.

Anders Åslund

LMC 2017

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