Maximilian Hess


Maximilian Hess is the founder of Enmetena Advisory, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and an associate fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is the author of Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict Between Russia and the West.

Articles by Maximilian Hess
A Russian ruble coin is pictured in front of St. Basil's cathedral in central Moscow, on April 28, 2022.
A Russian ruble coin is pictured in front of St. Basil's cathedral in central Moscow, on April 28, 2022.
Oleg Nefedov, a judge of Russia's Supreme Court, reads a decision in Moscow on Nov. 30, 2023.
Oleg Nefedov, a judge of Russia's Supreme Court, reads a decision in Moscow on Nov. 30, 2023.
A man waves a Romanian flag next to soldiers from the regimental guard University Square in Bucharest on December 21, 2011.
A man waves a Romanian flag next to soldiers from the regimental guard University Square in Bucharest on December 21, 2011.
Joe Biden meets Cherelle Griner about the release of Brittney Griner in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 8, 2022 in Washington.
Joe Biden meets Cherelle Griner about the release of Brittney Griner in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 8, 2022 in Washington.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 27, 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 27, 2018.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (right) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding on increasing import of Azeri natural gas.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (right) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding on increasing import of Azeri natural gas.
Honor guards carry the coffin of Rustam Zarifulin, a Kyrgyz soldier who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, in Kara-Balta, Kyrgyzstan, on March 27.
Honor guards carry the coffin of Rustam Zarifulin, a Kyrgyz soldier who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, in Kara-Balta, Kyrgyzstan, on March 27.
Russia's navy ships take part in a military exercise called Kavkaz (the Caucasus) 2016 at the coast of the Black Sea in Crimea on September 9, 2016.
Russia's navy ships take part in a military exercise called Kavkaz (the Caucasus) 2016 at the coast of the Black Sea in Crimea on September 9, 2016.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov poses with an ancient Akhal-Teke breed three years old studhorse, Begkhan, that won an Inernational Annual Horse Beauty contest in Ashgabat on April 23, 2016.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov poses with an ancient Akhal-Teke breed three years old studhorse, Begkhan, that won an Inernational Annual Horse Beauty contest in Ashgabat on April 23, 2016.
Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko before their meeting with European leaders on Ukraine's crisis, on Oct. 17, 2014 in Milan, Italy. (DANIEL DAL ZENNARO/AFP/Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko before their meeting with European leaders on Ukraine's crisis, on Oct. 17, 2014 in Milan, Italy. (DANIEL DAL ZENNARO/AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the West Lake State Guest House on Sept. 4, 2016 in Hangzhou, China. (Wang Zhou - Pool/Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the West Lake State Guest House on Sept. 4, 2016 in Hangzhou, China. (Wang Zhou - Pool/Getty Images)