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May 27, 2025

Press Release: George Bachiashvili Facing Risk of Torture After Forced Return to Georgia

The following press release was issued by Amsterdam & Partners LLP this evening: Washington, D.C., May 26, 2025 — George Bachiashvili faces an immediate risk of torture after his forcible return to Georgia on May 26, 2025. Mr. Bachiashvili’s i...

Departures Podcast

May 22, 2025

Departures Podcast featuring Frank Gerits, author of “The Ideological Scramble for Africa”

In our latest episode we speak with the author and academic Frank Gerits, whose most recent work explores the history of the intense ideological battle which took place in the 1950s and 1960s for African hearts and minds. His book, The Ideo...

April 9, 2025

Departures Podcast featuring Eric Kaufmann, author of “Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution”

Following an early Spring hiatus, we’re pleased to bring the Departures podcast back with a very special guest, the Canadian author and Adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute Eric Kaufmann. Eric joins Robert Amsterdam to discuss his inte...

Africa

April 10, 2025

Press Release: Robert Amsterdam Denounces Arrest of Tanzanian Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu

The following press release was distributed to media today: WASHINGTON, DC – April 10, 2025 – Amsterdam & Partners LLP strongly condemns the latest arrest of Tindu Lissu, Chairman of the Chadema party, by Tanzanian police. The arrest took plac...

December 11, 2023

Amsterdam & Partners LLP Appointed by Democratic Republic of Congo to Investigate Laundering of Critical Minerals

The following press release was distributed to media today. Veuillez faire défiler vers le bas pour consulter la version française du communiqué de presse. LONDON, December 11, 2023 – His Excellency Mr. Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, Presiden...

Americas

April 9, 2025

Departures Podcast featuring Eric Kaufmann, author of “Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution”

January 2, 2025

Departures Podcast featuring Vali Nasr, Co-author of “How Sanctions Work”

The imposition of economic sanctions has become Washington’s preferred method of expressing disapproval over the conduct of other states. But how effective are sanctions in changing behavior or achieving desired outcomes? This week on Depart...

Asia

November 28, 2024

Departures Podcast featuring Oriana Skylar Mastro, author of “Upstart: How China Became a Great Power”

A popular meme in Kenya goes something like this: everytime China visits, we get a hospital. When the US visits, we get a lecture. That’s of course not an accurate picture of the competition between the West and China in the global South, b...

November 5, 2024

Departures Podcast featuring Tobias Harris, founder of Japan Foresight

In a week in which most eyes are on the US election, there are other meaningful elections which also merit close examination. On October 27 Japanese voters expressed their pent-up frustration with the growing list of scandals associated with the r...

Europe

May 6, 2025

Press Release: New White Paper Documents Sprawling Abuses and Violations of Rights by the Spanish Tax Authority

The following press release was distributed to media today. Amsterdam & Partners LLP denounces the climate of fear that has been created by Spain’s Hacienda, presenting extensive documentation in their findings of alleged misconduct MADRID, Ma...

December 13, 2024

Departures Podcast featuring Frank Furedi, author of “The War against the Past”

There’s an old Soviet joke that goes something like “the future is certain; it’s the past that is unpredictable” which continues to have an eerie resonance today, as revisionism seems to be on a constant assault against pas...

Mid East

January 25, 2024

Departures Podcast featuring Oren Kessler, author of ‘Palestine 1936’

There is a strong argument to be made that the root of Palestinian identity can be traced back to the 1936-1939 Great Revolt, which united rival families and communities, melded urban with rural, and joined rich and poor together in a struggle aga...

October 22, 2023

Departures Podcast Featuring Ron Robin, President of the University of Haifa

In the weeks following the October 7 Hamas terror attacks against Israel, Departures with Robert Amsterdam welcomes special guest Prof. Ron Robin, the President of the University of Haifa in Israel, who provides an assessment and analysis of what ...

Russia & Eurasia

May 27, 2025

Press Release: George Bachiashvili Facing Risk of Torture After Forced Return to Georgia

February 25, 2025

Departures Podcast featuring Robert Destro

Issues of religious freedom, in theory, should not be controversial or disputed – there is a general consensus among public opinion that all peoples should have the right to worship according to their beliefs. And yet, it seems that we are g...

Turkey

June 21, 2024

Departures Podcast featuring Eugene Rogan, author of “The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East”

In the early 19th century, the Ottoman empire was facing rebellion, decline, and increasing competition for influence with Europe. The leadership in Istanbul implemented desperate plans to preserve the empire through modernizing reforms, known as ...

July 7, 2022

BOOK LAUNCH: ‘Web of Influence’ Details Sweeping Abuses and Impunity across Fethullah Gülen US Charter School Network

The following press release was distributed to media today. A livestream of the press conference will be available across our various social media platforms. ‘Web of Influence’ examines the secretive lobbying and influence operations and issues de...

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Press Release: George Bachiashvili Facing Risk of Torture After Forced Return to Georgia

Departures Podcast

Departures Podcast featuring Frank Gerits, author of “The Ideological Scramble for Africa”

Departures Podcast featuring Eric Kaufmann, author of “Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution”

Africa

Press Release: Robert Amsterdam Denounces Arrest of Tanzanian Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu

Amsterdam & Partners LLP Appointed by Democratic Republic of Congo to Investigate Laundering of Critical Minerals

Americas

Departures Podcast featuring Eric Kaufmann, author of “Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution”

Departures Podcast featuring Vali Nasr, Co-author of “How Sanctions Work”

Asia

Departures Podcast featuring Oriana Skylar Mastro, author of “Upstart: How China Became a Great Power”

Departures Podcast featuring Tobias Harris, founder of Japan Foresight

Europe

Press Release: New White Paper Documents Sprawling Abuses and Violations of Rights by the Spanish Tax Authority

Departures Podcast featuring Frank Furedi, author of “The War against the Past”

Mid East

Departures Podcast featuring Oren Kessler, author of ‘Palestine 1936’

Departures Podcast Featuring Ron Robin, President of the University of Haifa

Russia & Eurasia

Press Release: George Bachiashvili Facing Risk of Torture After Forced Return to Georgia

Departures Podcast featuring Robert Destro

Turkey

Departures Podcast featuring Eugene Rogan, author of “The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East”

BOOK LAUNCH: ‘Web of Influence’ Details Sweeping Abuses and Impunity across Fethullah Gülen US Charter School Network

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