Departures Podcast featuring Susan L. Shirk, author of ‘Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise’

By Editor | Published: January 17, 2024

Formulated by PRC think tanks in the mid-1990s, China’s official slogan of the “peaceful rise” sought to calm Western fears regarding its blossoming economic, military, and political power as the nation resumed an outsized role in global affairs. However the mood did not last long, as in the later years of President Hu Jintao’s administration, […]

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New White Paper Details Attacks on Religious Freedom in Ukraine; Urges Washington to Oppose Controversial Draft Law

By Editor | Published: January 3, 2024

The following press release was distributed to media today: WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 3, 2024 – Warning of the Ukrainian government’s imminent passage of the controversial Draft Law 8371, the law firm of Amsterdam & Partners LLP is today releasing a new white paper detailing sweeping abuses of human rights and violations of religious freedom by […]

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Departures Podcast featuring Vincent Bevins, author of “If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution”

By Editor | Published: December 20, 2023

In June 2013, the journalist Vincent Bevins found himself covering a mass street protest in São Paulo, originally sparked by a rise in bus fares. As the tear canisters rained town and violent clashes with police began, the protesters began chanting “Love is over. Turkey is here,” making a intentional connection to another uprising taking […]

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Departures Podcast featuring Yale Law Professor Samuel Moyn

By Editor | Published: December 14, 2023

Following the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists, President Joe Biden began to refer to America’s support for the Israeli offensive into Gaza as one that was equally aligned with US support for the war in Ukraine. This was a narrative that proposed that in both cases evil forces had attacked the innocent, […]

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

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: December 11, 2023

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, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has met in Kinshasa with members of the law firm Amsterdam & […]

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Departures Podcast featuring Maximilian Hess, author of ‘Economic War’

By Editor | Published: December 1, 2023

As Russia’s conflict with Ukraine grinds deep into year 2, there are signals of impatience and exhaustion among the country’s key supporters in the United States and Europe, and increasing chatter about “stalemate” and pushing Kyiv to the negotiating table. But even for the staunch isolationists who view the outcome of the conflict through the […]

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