Europe

June 5, 2018

Podcast: The Slow Boil to Italy’s Populist Moment

This week, Bob is joined in London by financial analyst Emanuele Minotti, CEO of investment advisory Theremos, to discuss the recent anti-establishment upheavals in Italy and what it means for Italian and European equity markets. Looking back at t...
May 24, 2018

Podcast: What the Weimar Republic Can Teach Us about Trump

On the latest episode of the Departures podcast, we’re pleased to be joined by Prof. Benjamin Carter Hett, whose new book “The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic” explores the...
May 18, 2018

Podcast: More Tsarist than Soviet

With the prospect of President Vladimir Putin’s rule over Russia extending endlessly into the future, Anders Aslund of the Atlantic Council joins the podcast to discuss how Ukraine and the rest of Europe is reacting, how Putin’s “...
September 13, 2017

Empire of Deceit: New Book on Gülen Schools Launches

The following press release was distributed to media today. Amsterdam & Partners LLP today released Empire of Deceit: An Investigation of the Gülen Charter School Network, a new book that, for the first time, details how the nationwide charte...
June 7, 2017

The Politics of Incompetence

The approaching snap election called by Prime Minister Theresa May will inevitably produce a winner, but it seems it will be the voters who will be losing. In a country still reeling from gruesome terrorist attacks, this election is like none othe...
May 16, 2017

Gülen Poses a Threat to Turkey and the United States

Today President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is making his first official state visit to President Donald Trump in Washington DC. Among the many issues in the bilateral relationship they will be discussing is the status of Fethullah Gülen, a bil...
January 30, 2017

Short Film: The Case Against Alexander Adamescu

In late January, the German businessman Dan Adamescu died while serving a 4.5 year sentence in Romania due to health complications after authorities denied him proper medical treatment. His son, Alexander Adamescu, continues to be threatened with ...
January 27, 2017

The Not-So-Special Relationship

The outcomes of both Brexit and the US election were unexpected, disruptive, and driven by a similar surge of nationalism. And so you’d think that the first meeting of Prime Minister Theresa May and President Donald Trump would be a celebrat...