Commentary Paper Trails In this piece, we examine how and why networks of private military companies allow Russia to promote its interests around the world.
Report Illicit Influence: Part Two This case study goes beyond well-known instances of coercive Russian hydrocarbon diplomacy to examine how energy dominance is paired with deceptive corporate...
Commentary Banks, Boats, and Bombs: Using Co-location to Expand the Evidence of DPRK Network Convergence from the 2019 UN Panel of Experts Report On Tuesday, the United Nations Panel of Experts released its 2019 report on North Korea’s sanctions evasion and WMD programs. The Panel...
Report Illicit Influence: Part One In the spring of 2016, as the Russian-domiciled First Czech Russian Bank (FCRB) approached insolvency, staff worked feverishly to erase ledgers, destroy...
Report Dispatched Dispatched leverages corporate registry documents, official labor statistics, tax filings, and trade records to demonstrate how DPRK overseas labor operations fit within...
Report Harbored Ambitions This report evaluates China's maritime infrastructure investment goals in the Indo-Pacific within the context of both policy from official documents and analyses...
Report The Forex Effect Today, the North Korean regime is dependent on the flow of hard currency to function.
Report Risky Business In this report, we conduct a system-level examination of the North Korean overseas financing and procurement system.
Report In China’s Shadow In China's Shadow explores the growing overseas networks connecting China with North Korea, harnessing open source databases and more to identify and...