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Loretta Napoleoni

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Loretta Napoleoni
author, journalist and political analyst.
Websitehttp://lorettanapoleoni.net

Loretta Napoleoni (born 1955) is an Italian journalist and political analyst. She reports on the financing of terrorism, connected finance, and security related topics.

Early life and education

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Napoleoni was born in Rome in 1955.[1] She studied at Sapienza University, Rome.[1] She holds a MPhil in International Relations and an MA in Terrorism studies from the London School of Economics (LSE). She studied as a Fulbright scholar at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C..She was also a Rotary Scholar at the LSE.[2] A childhood friend was arrested for involvement in the Red Brigades and Napoleoni wrote her PhD on the group.[3][1]

Career

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In the early 1980s, she worked at the National Bank of Hungary on the convertibility of the Hungarian forint. This became the blueprint for the convertibility of the ruble a decade later.[4] She is a member of the scientific committee of the Fundación Ideas para el Progreso,[5] the think tank of Spain's Socialist Party, and she is a partner with Oxfam Italia.[6] Napoleoni's writing has appeared in Italian newspapers such as il Caffè,[7] La Repubblica,[8] and Il Fatto Quotidiano.[9] She has worked as a foreign correspondent and columnist for the Spanish newspaper El Pais..[10] She is chairperson of the Club de Madrid group studying the financing of terrorism.[11]

Selected works

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  • — (2003). Modern Jihad: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks. London: Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745321172.
  • — (2005). Terror Incorporated: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 9781583226735.
  • — (2010). Terrorism and the Economy: How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1583228951.
  • — (2011). Maonomics: Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists Than We Do. Translated by Stephen Twilley; foreword by Greg Palast. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 9781609804312.
  • — (2016). Merchants of Men: How Jihadists and ISIS Turned Kidnapping and Refugee Trafficking into a Multi-Billion Dollar Business. Penguin USA. ISBN 9781609807085.
  • — (2024). Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 9781644213292.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Coll, Maria (2017). "Loretta Napoleoni: "We're living in an ethical desert"". Barcelona Metròpolis. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ^ "About Me". Loretta Napoleoni (in Italian). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Terrorism Expert and Author Loretta Napoleoni to Lecture at Hamilton". Hamilton College. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. ^ Stock, Sarah (26 August 2010). "Terrorism Economics". University of Sydney. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". 23 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)[dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Incontri con Loretta Napoleoni". Oxfam Italia. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  7. ^ Napoleoni, Loretta (September 2014). "Isis. Forza e pericoli dello Stato del terrore". il Caffè.
  8. ^ Napoleoni, Loretta (June 2012). "Napoleoni: "Se riparte Parma riparte l'Italia" L'economista al lavoro con Pizzarotti". La Repubblica.
  9. ^ Napoleoni, Loretta (November 2014). "Crisi economica o di sovranità politica? Se la Commissione europea fa abuso di potere". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian).
  10. ^ Napoleoni, Loretta (August 2014). "La tercera guerra mundial". El Pais.
  11. ^ "Criminal jihadism on the rise — A Q&A with Loretta Napoleoni". The Star. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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