Tom Wright

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What Did Goldman Know? Part II

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As the criminal trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker continues this week in New York, a key question is on everyone's lips: What did Goldman's senior ranks know about the involvement of Jho Low, a fugitive Malaysian businessman, in the 1MDB investment fund? A former

Where's Abramovich's 787 Dreamliner?

by Tom Wright /
The UK sanctioned Roman Abramovich’s assets on Thursday, including Chelsea football club. Other of the Russian tycoon’s possessions, though, are harder to get hold of, including his spanking-new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Only around eight to ten people on the planet privately own a Boeing 787, according to a

5 Books: How the World Really Works

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At Project Brazen, we love books that take you inside a world, profiling the players who hold unusual power. Sometimes you've heard of these people. But often they're surprisingly unknown. So we've compiled five books that pull back the curtain on centers of influence,

CRAFT: The Negotiator

by Tom Wright /
This week, Whale Hunting talks to Daniel Levin, who spends his days negotiating behind the scenes to free hostages or engaging quietly with Middle Eastern governments to seek political settlements (what's known as track 3 diplomacy). In this interview, I probed Daniel about the skills he's