Robert Amsterdam

Robert Amsterdam: Ukraine crisis sets in motion the great geopolitical pivot of 2022

The Ukraine crisis has set in motion the great geostrategic pivot of 2022, with no nation escaping its effects, writes Robert Amsterdam, former counsel to Mikhail Khodorkovsky and founder of Amsterdam & Partners LLP

It’s time for the US and the western world at large to re-establish competence

The yawning vacuum of American competence has been a long time coming and will have lasting effects. It’s time for the US, and the Western world at large, to restore its credibility and competence of government, writes Robert Amsterdam, the founding partner of Amsterdam & Partners LLP

The West’s response to autocracies needs to be made of more than just sanctions and outrage

When dealing with autocracies, the West reaches too quickly for the blunt tool of sanctions, or the threat of military intervention. It is time for us to upgrade our language regarding the wide variety of non-Western states and force ourselves to think more critically, better understand nuance, and work harder on coming up with solutions

Robert Amsterdam: What Google searches and headlines won’t tell you about the reality of geopolitics

Recent readings have indicated to me that it is essential to embrace nuance in global affairs and acknowledge that not everything can be discovered from a Google search