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"What is kleptocracy and why does it matter?" I've finally managed to upload the video of my October 2023 inaugural lecture. Please let me know what you think - and if you have any problems accessing it. vimeo.com/904415474?shar…

🌐 'What's the Risk? PR Communication Agencies and Kleptocracy' Latest publication by Tom Mayne (Research Fellow at Oxford Politics and IR) Kindly funded by the Joffe Charitable Trust and published with support from Foreign Policy Centre Read it here ➡️ fpc.org.uk/publications/w…

I'm speaking at the The British Academy summer showcase on 12 July at 6pm on: "Confronting the UK’s Kleptocracy Problem" drawing on research with Tena Prelec Tom Mayne which builds on an earlier CH Russia Eurasia paper.

Everybody forgot about Gulnara Karimova, but Johnny Harris Professor Kristian Lasslett Tom Mayne natalia antelava have reminded us that she's still alive and that corruption is not only about authoritarian regimes (the problem is bigger). youtu.be/dLS450xck1I?si…

📚More specifically, the #GI_ACE 2.0 project Identifying Enabler Networks and Their Vulnerabilities is led by top researchers John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Tena Prelec, Tom Mayne, and Alexandra Gillies, find more on our website here: tinyurl.com/mv3unk7a

Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies event: Just listened to Tom Mayne discuss @Crude_NGO report on 🇷🇺🇬🇧Dmitry Leus, whom Liam Byrne MP claimed under parliamentary privilege was “dependent” on the FSB. It's a good report, effectviely exploring the evidence for such a claim. 1/4 crudeaccountability.org/new-report-ale…

The proofs have arrived from ⁦Oxford Academic⁩! Now ⁦Tena Prelec⁩ ⁦Tom Mayne⁩ and I just need to spot any errors and compile the index

Working through the proofs of our ⁦Tom Mayne⁩ ⁦Tena Prelec⁩ Oxford Academic⁩ Indulging Kleptocracy, I’m loving ⁦the⁩ visceral foreword by ⁦Oliver Bullough⁩. Thanks Oliver!

Proof reading ⁦Tena Prelec⁩ ⁦Tom Mayne⁩ ⁦Oxford Academic⁩ book Indulging Kleptocracy, there are some great epigraphs including this one from Boris Johnson which captures the irresponsibility and lack of vision of 🇬🇧 political leaders of recent decades.

Paolo Sorbello Tom Mayne youtu.be/ADVqDKgptIM?si…

👋Congratulations Exeter Politics graduates 2024. They include Kerimguly Berdimukhamedov, son of the President of Turkmenistan. He didn't study with me and I never met him. But he would have been an interesting addition to my Central Asian Politics class! exeter.ac.uk/students/gradu…

15+ years after the earliest sightings, abuse of Limited Liability Partnerships is somehow *still* not getting the attention it needs opendemocracy.net/en/how-to-fix-… richard brooks Tom Mayne Simon Bowers

Read Casey Michel. For foreign kleptocrats, Trump is like looking in the mirror. By making deals with the family, giving awards, making donations they get access. Family and business relations shape relations between states. Not enduring alliances but transactional geopolitics.

How is a book published in 2025 one of the Foreign Affairs best books of 2024? That must be why "Indulging Kleptocracy" by Tom Mayne Tena Prelec and me has sold fewer than those by Rory Stewart and Anne Applebaum 🤥 But I'm not complaining! foreignaffairs.com/lists/best-boo…

It's out today! Our Tena Prelec Tom Mayne Oxford Academic book, Indulging Kleptocracy. Foreword by Oliver Bullough. The UK’s indulgence of kleptocratic elites from Russia and Eurasia is an acute example of the phenomenon of professional enabling. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Full house for the APPG APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax event in Parliament this evening, Chaired by Joe Powell MP MP, with @susanhawley of Spotlight on Corruption, John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Tom Mayne, Tena Prelec & Phil Brickell MP MP #Democracy

Great to welcome the authors of 'Indulging Kleptocracy, and How to Stop It', John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Tena Prelec, and Tom Mayne Chair @JoePowell, the authors and Spotlight on Corruption Susan Hawley discussed how UK businesses enable the looting of post-Soviet states and how we can stop it

What a night at Frontline Club. So many people who have inspired, supported and informed our work on Indulging Kleptocracy in many ways. The biggest thank you goes to the wonderful Oliver Bullough, who wrote a cracking preface…

I had the honour of chairing a panel with authors Tena Prelec John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social and Tom Mayne on their new book ‘Indulging Kleptocracy’ for a APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax event. This is an important piece of work about the role professional enablers in aiding and abetting kleptocracy and the

Tom Mayne Oliver Bullough and I will be discussing Oxford Academic #IndulgingKleptocracy on 3 April at the Oxford Literary Festival. Join Us to discuss kleptocracy, enabling, and the changing world! We'll miss you Tena Prelec! oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-eve…