Foreign Influence or Global Kleptocracy? Reassessing the Problem, Rebuilding the Toolkit

Corruption, money laundering and foreign influence can no longer be treated as separate issues. Illicit and semi-licit wealth now act as geopolitical power, connecting kleptocrats, strategic investments, disinformation, sanctions evasion and professional enablers inside global institutions. Has the distinction between “foreign influence” and “domestic” kleptocracy collapsed? And what comes next?