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       Posted on April 27th, 2010

The Russian Economic Crisis

Jeffrey Mankoff argues that Russia’s need to focus on repairing its economy during the global crisis gives the West an opportunity to deepen its economic engagement with Russia, which could bind Moscow more firmly to the liberal global economic order and encourage reform in both Russia and neighboring states.

Source: CFR


       Posted on April 23rd, 2010

Prime Brokers and Derivatives Dealers

Runs by prime-brokerage clients and derivatives counterparties were a central cause of the global financial crisis. These runs precipitated the failures of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers by substantially reducing the broker’s liquidity. This Working Paper, the ninth in the Squam Lake series distributed by the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, argues for [...]


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