About Nick Kochan
Nick Kochan is a writer specialising in the field of finance and financial crime. His publications include 'Gordon Brown: The First Year in Power', a biography of Gordon Brown as Chancellor of the Exchequer and 'The Washing Machine', a study of international money laundering.
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Clare Sambrook, investigative journalist, co-edits Shine a Light.
European integration
Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.
No to TTIP
Constitutional conventions: best practice
Having been accused of misappropriating hundreds of millions of dollars, Gulnara Karimova is now under house arrest in Tashkent; one more indication of the schism that is splitting the ruling family.
Kazakh banking is in a state of disarray, as banks assimilate the consequences of a recent 20% devaluation of the tenge. But there is also consolidation taking place, adding to the flux; and those bad loans…
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World Forum for Democracy 2017
This year, the theme is ‘populism’. Is the problem fake news or fake democracy? What media, what political parties, what politicians do we need to re-connect with citizens and make informed choices in 21st century democracy?
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