Alex Zerden

Alex Zerden is an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and founder of Capitol Peak Strategies. Previously he was the Treasury Department financial attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2018 to 2019.

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Book Review

Demystifying the Financial Action Task Force

Alex Zerden Tue, Sep 6, 2022, 10:47 AM

A review of Julia Morse, “The Bankers’ Blacklist: Unofficial Market Enforcement and the Global Fight Against Illicit Financing” (Cornell University Press, 2021).

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Book Review

What We Have and Haven’t Learned About Terrorism Financing

Alex Zerden Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 11:27 AM

A review of Jessica Davis, “Illicit Money: Financing Terrorism in the 21st Century” (Lynne Rienner, 2021).

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Afghanistan

Establishing a Humanitarian Financial Corridor for Afghanistan

Alex Zerden Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 9:17 AM

Responsibly privatizing Afghan central bank functions could help alleviate a cascading economic and humanitarian catastrophe.

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