A nation must think before it acts.
Maximilian Hess
Central Asia Fellow - Eurasia Program
Maximilian Hess is a Central Asia Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Max is also the Head of Political Risk at Hawthorn Advisors, a London-based strategic communications and consultancy firm. He is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and SOAS, University of London. His research focuses on the relationship between trade, debt, international relations and foreign policy, as well the overlap between political and economic networks.
Articles
- The Realist Victory in Nagorno-Karabakh - Analysis, Black Sea Strategy Papers - November, 2020
- Georgia’s Doomed Deep-Sea Port Ambitions: Geopolitics of the Cancelled Anaklia Project - Black Sea Strategy Papers - October, 2020
- Russia and Central Asia: Putin’s Most Stable Region? - Central Asia Papers, Orbis - July, 2020
- Central Asian Gas Exports to China: Beijing’s Latest Bargaining Chip? - Analysis - June, 2020
- Rusal’s Bauxite Mine and Potential Russian Meddling in Guyana’s Election - Analysis - April, 2020
- Central Asia’s Force Majeure Fears: Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on China’s Natural Gas Supply Demands - Analysis, Central Asia Papers - March, 2020
- Poisonings, Political Crises, and Missed Opportunities in Abkhazia - Analysis - March, 2020
- Iran Crisis Threatens Neighbors in Central Asia and the Caucasus - Analysis - January, 2020
- The Extradition Case of Dmytro Firtash, A Ukrainian Oligarch with Global Connections - E-Notes - December, 2019
- Geopolitics, Sanctions, and Russian Sovereign Debt Since the Annexation of Crimea - Russia Political Economy Project - June, 2019
- Russia in Venezuela: Geopolitical Boon or Economic Misadventure? - Russia Political Economy Project - January, 2019
- Bond of War: Russian Geo-Economics in Ukraine’s Sovereign Debt Restructuring - Russia Political Economy Project - September, 2018