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Charles Hecker

Charles Hecker
Charles Hecker has spent forty years traveling and working in the Soviet Union and Russia. He has worked as a journalist at The Miami Herald and The Moscow Times, and as a geopolitical risk consultant at Control Risks, where he was a partner in the firm. He is also the author of Zero Sum: The Arc of International Business in Russia, published by the Oxford University Press.


Invasions, Empires, Political Bromances: Five Nonfiction Books That Explain Modern Russia

Charles Hecker Recommends Joshua Yaffa, Svetlana Alexievich, David Remnick, and More
March 4, 2025  By Charles Hecker
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