Maximilian Hess
Senior Specialist, Eurasia, Sanctions & Geo-economics
Biography
Specialist in sanctions, economic warfare, and the use of trade, finance, and sovereign debt as instruments of foreign policy. Author of Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict Between Russia and the West (Hurst/OUP, 2023) and Tbilisi: Crossroads of the Caucasus (Hurst, 2026). Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Associate Fellow at IISS, and formerly head of research and intelligence at AKE International.
Expertise
- Russia
- Eurasia
- Sanctions
- Economic warfare
- Geo-economics
Coverage
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