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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Departures Podcast featuring Stuart A. Reid, author of “The Lumumba Plot”

By Editor | Published: November 9, 2023

The early period of the Cold War in Africa includes some of the most shocking episodes of foreign intervention by the US Central Intelligence Agency, to the point that many of these histories would seem a bit too farfetched for Hollywood.  Such was the chaos in 1960-1961, right around the time that Congo achieved its […]

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Departures Podcast featuring Gary Gerstle, author of ‘The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order’

By Editor | Published: November 2, 2023

In an increasingly complex and fractured international system, the norms and expectations of how nations and markets interact is changing from one era into the next before our very eyes.  That is the main focus of inquiry for Gary Gerstle, whose new book, “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World […]

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Open Letter to the Verkhovna Rada on Draft Law 8371 Attacking Religious Freedom

By Editor | Published: October 26, 2023

The following letter was distributed to all members of Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, ahead of the second reading and expected passage of Draft Law 8371 by Robert Amsterdam of Amsterdam & Partners LLP. Amsterdam & Partners LLP represents the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Ruslan Stefanchuk Chairman, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy Oleksandr Kornienko, 1st Deputy Chairman, Verkhovna […]

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

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: October 22, 2023

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 the country is going threre and what paths we see coming ahead. Amsterdam and Prof. Robin […]

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