As Oliver Bullough notes in a compelling new paper from NED’s International Forum, transnational kleptocracy combines “19th-century autocracy with 21st-century finance” to empower dictators to use illicit wealth to corrode both foreign and domestic institutions. Against the backdrop of intensifying aggression toward Ukraine exerted by Russia’s kleptocratic regime, please join us for a conversation about this growing threat to democracy that has urgent consequences for national security, human rights, and development. Bullough makes the case that democracies must develop a unified response to this critical challenge, much as they did during the fight against communism during the Cold War, by focusing on shared fundamental values of political and personal freedom, free markets, free speech, and independent judicial systems. The International Forum for Democratic Studies will host Oliver Bullough and German Marshall Fund President Heather Conley for a conversation on his paper, “An Offshore Cold War: Forging a Democratic Alliance to Combat Transnational Kleptocracy,” and the broader challenges to democracy transnational kleptocracy poses today.