Casey Michel

Casey Michel is head of the Human Rights Foundation's Combating Kleptocracy Program and author of American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World’s Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History.

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Marchers, most of them women in heels, dresses, coats, and hats carry signs for the communist part as they walk down a street in New York.
Marchers, most of them women in heels, dresses, coats, and hats carry signs for the communist part as they walk down a street in New York.

The Contradictions of America’s Communist Party
Review
Casey Michel
A photo collage of historic black-and-white images of Soviet leaders: Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, and Mikhail Gorbachev, are toward the front, and a larger cutout of Joseph Stalin looms over them in the background. Behind that is a textured red background with the yellow hammer and sickle symbol of the Soviet Union.
A photo collage of historic black-and-white images of Soviet leaders: Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, and Mikhail Gorbachev, are toward the front, and a larger cutout of Joseph Stalin looms over them in the background. Behind that is a textured red background with the yellow hammer and sickle symbol of the Soviet Union.

Putting the Cold War on the Couch
Review
Casey Michel
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn speaks at Harvard University on June 8, 1978, where he said that the most noticeable thing about the West is what he called "decline in courage."
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn speaks at Harvard University on June 8, 1978, where he said that the most noticeable thing about the West is what he called "decline in courage."

How Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Became Putin’s Spiritual Guru
Argument
Casey Michel
Flowers are seen placed around a portrait of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Feb. 29.
Flowers are seen placed around a portrait of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Feb. 29.

Russia’s Opposition Needs More Than One Savior
Argument
Casey Michel
Pedestrians walk past an wall painting depicting a map of Crimean peninsula bearing the colours of Russia's national flag in Moscow, on March 31, 2014.
Pedestrians walk past an wall painting depicting a map of Crimean peninsula bearing the colours of Russia's national flag in Moscow, on March 31, 2014.

Russia’s Crimean Red Line Has Been Erased
Analysis
Casey Michel
A smiling Putin and Schroder move to shake hands in front of a conference table.
A smiling Putin and Schroder move to shake hands in front of a conference table.

How to Stop Former Western Leaders From Becoming Paid Shills for Autocrats
Analysis
Casey Michel, Benjamin L. Schmitt
Russian troops walk toward a military plane at a snowy airfield.
Russian troops walk toward a military plane at a snowy airfield.

Kazakhstan’s Border With Russia Is Suddenly an Open Question Again
Analysis
Casey Michel
The downtown district of Wilmington, Delaware, is seen on Aug. 19, 2016.
The downtown district of Wilmington, Delaware, is seen on Aug. 19, 2016.

How Delaware Became the World’s Biggest Offshore Haven
Excerpt
Casey Michel
The exterior of a fancy office building on a street in London.
The exterior of a fancy office building on a street in London.

The Fatal Flaw in the West’s Fight Against Autocracy
Argument
Casey Michel
An Afghan street seller offers the local currency called 'afgani' in exchange for US dollars and few pre-paid mobile phone cards, in Kabul, on April 10, 2010.
An Afghan street seller offers the local currency called 'afgani' in exchange for US dollars and few pre-paid mobile phone cards, in Kabul, on April 10, 2010.

America’s Money Lost the Afghan War
Argument
Casey Michel, Paul Massaro
A U.S. national flag and a $100 banknote sticker in Istanbul
A U.S. national flag and a $100 banknote sticker in Istanbul

Biden Might Stop a Sanctions Revolution
Argument
Paul Massaro, Casey Michel
Travelers take out their passports before checking in at San Diego International Airport January 8, 2006 in San Diego, California.
Travelers take out their passports before checking in at San Diego International Airport January 8, 2006 in San Diego, California.

Oligarchs’ Favorite U.S. Visa Might Not Last
Argument
Casey Michel, Paul Massaro
Workers take down the LeBron James banner.
Workers take down the LeBron James banner.

The U.S. Midwest Is Foreign Oligarchs’ New Playground
Argument
Casey Michel, Paul Massaro
A statue of the goddess of justice sits at a French courthouse.
A statue of the goddess of justice sits at a French courthouse.

U.S. Lawyers Are Foreign Kleptocrats’ Best Friends
Argument
Alexander Cooley, Casey Michel
A pedestrian walks outside the entrance to the new Museum of Modern Art building on 53rd Street on Nov. 17, 2004 in New York City.
A pedestrian walks outside the entrance to the new Museum of Modern Art building on 53rd Street on Nov. 17, 2004 in New York City.

America’s Cultural Institutions Are Quietly Fueled by Russian Corruption
Argument
Casey Michel, David Szakonyi
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