Alex Krainer joins Pascal to discuss the financial interests behind geopolitical conflict. Drawing on his hedge fund background and research for Grand Deception, Krainer challenges Bill Browder’s account of Russia and examines post-Soviet privatization, debt and oligarchic power.

They explore Russia’s relations with the West, diplomacy and historical ties between Russia and nineteenth-century America. Krainer argues that British imperial influence persists through financial networks, connecting his “undead empire” thesis to sovereignty, contemporary wars and the mechanics of wealth extraction.

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YouTube: / @kraineralex
The Naked Hedgie: https://thenakedhedgie.com
Policy Exchange report discussed — The Iran Question and British Strategy: https://policyexchange.org.uk/publica...

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Time Stamps
00:00 Alex Krainer, Bill Browder and Grand Deception
12:04 Russia’s privatization and the oligarchs
19:33 Resources, debt and financial power
27:30 Jeffrey Sachs and Russia’s economic transition
33:16 Russian diplomacy: naivety or strategy?
41:15 Russia, America and the Civil War
46:15 The “undead empire” and British influence
01:00:04 Empire as a system and the struggle for sovereignty

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