{"product_id":"9780008653439","title":"Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘A brilliant book’\u003cstrong\u003e Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The essential, must-read insider account of the West’s cat and mouse economic warfare against Russia and how it is changing the face of global trade. Magisterial and gripping’ \u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Belton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A brilliant, engagingly written and timely book’ \u003cstrong\u003eOwen Matthews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A very good book’ \u003cstrong\u003eMark Galeotti\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUndeterred by eight years of timid US sanctions, Vladimir Putin ordered his full-scale assault on Ukraine on 24 February 2022. In the hours that followed, Western leaders weaponized economic tools in a world-changing financial experiment. The goal was to sap the strength of Putin’s war machine by damaging its economy, without risking a global recession in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePunishing Putin\u003c\/em\u003e, veteran journalist Stephanie Baker uncovers how this furious financial war has unfolded, from seizing superyachts to manipulating the global price of oil to blocking the sale of military technology. Baker reveals how the West mobilized an army of white-collar-crime investigators to crack down on illicit Russian money, targeting oligarchs and their enablers for sanctions evasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with propulsive, fly-on-the-wall details, \u003cem\u003ePunishing Putin\u003c\/em\u003e takes us into the frantic backroom deliberations that led to a whole new era of economic statecraft and radically rearranged global alliances, influencing world order for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephanie Baker's Punishing Putin is a compelling non-fiction narrative that delves into the heart of the conflict, exploring the intersection of geopolitics, economics, and business. It uncovers the hidden world of white-collar crimes, revealing the extent of illicit Soviet money and the West's relentless pursuit to clamp down on sanctions evasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Sergey Radchenko (International Relations and Asia’s Northern Tier), Bob Woodward (Fear), Anne Applebaum (Red Famine), Hal Brands (War in Ukraine), and Christopher Kirchhoff (Unit X).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephanie Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889112731797,"sku":"9780008653439","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008653439_b75abdb6-5d4f-4019-b9d6-648eb9b2dae0.jpg?v=1776888366","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008653439","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}