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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

Jeffrey Epstein: Agent of Geo-kleptocracy
World Peace Foundation February 11, 2026
Corruption kleptocracy Political Finance World War X
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photo view of rundown buildings, dirt road with a few people walking around

Rents and Political Settlements – A Hopeless Muddle?
Aditya Sarkar December 2, 2025
Horn of Africa Political Finance Political Marketplace
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Stack of hundred dollar bills

The Winner of World War X Gets to Make Unlimited Money
Alex de Waal July 18, 2025
Capitalism kleptocracy Political Finance Political Marketplace United States war economies World War X
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photo of young man digging\mining for copper with several large bags filled in forefront

Policy Acceptance and Scholarly Reluctance
Aditya Sarkar April 11, 2025
DRC Political Finance Political Marketplace Somalia South Sudan Sudan Syria
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A globe with coins falling on top of it. The coins are scattered all over the globe, creating a sense of chaos and disorder.

Transactional Politics: Theorizing practice, from Africa and the Middle East to the global stage
Alex de Waal April 9, 2025
Africa Capitalism kleptocracy Middle East Political Finance Political Marketplace Populism Red Sea Trump United States
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The price of politics: What the 2020 oil shocks in Nigeria teach us about transactional political...
Jared D. Miller October 15, 2024
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illustration of globe circled by cash

The Political Role of Corruption: Money Makes the Political World Go Round
Jared D. Miller April 3, 2024
Corruption Political Finance Political Marketplace
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bundles of cash

Cross-border flows of political finance across the Red Sea region
Aditya Sarkar March 14, 2023
Africa Political Finance Red Sea
Paper

Decarbonization and Conflict Resolution: New Patterns of Peacemaking in Political Marketplace Systems and its Implications for...
Benjamin J. Spatz February 16, 2023
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Generals of South Sudan's army celebrate during official independence day ceremonies. After two decades of civil war and two million deaths, their dream is finally realized. - photo by Charles Braddix

Can political finance explain the different development stories in Ethiopia and Sudan?
Aditya Sarkar, Alex de Waal November 28, 2022
Ethiopia Food insecurity Political Finance Sudan