Kleptocracy and the Kazakhstan Crisis
Both Russian-led intervention and calls for Western sanctions demonstrate the transnational and kleptocratic aspects of Kazakhstan’s crisis of January 2022 On 5 January, following three days of protests which…
John Heathershaw is an associate professor and director of impact at University of Exeter. His research addresses conflict and security in authoritarian political environments, especially in post-Soviet Central Asia. It considers how and how effectively conflict is managed in authoritarian states. Heathershaw convenes the Exeter Central Asian Studies (ExCAS) research network and directs its Central Asian Political Exiles (CAPE) project. Heathershaw completed his Ph.D. at the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2007.
Paying for a World Class Affiliation: Reputation laundering in universities
Researchers John Heathershaw and Tena Prelec explain the potential benefits in store for the super wealthy politically exposed persons (PEPs) donating to academia in pursuit of reputation laundering.
Global Britain: Enabling Kleptocracy?
Researchers John Heathershaw and Tom Mayne describe how the UK may be failing to enforce laws designed to stop illicit financial flows and “foreign dark money” from entering the country.
How effective are beneficial ownership checks?
GI-ACE researcher John Heathershaw discusses project investigating laundering of monies and reputations by professional enablers for African and Central Asian elites.