Victoria Bassetti

Installations used by Chinese excavators and engineers are seen at a copper mine in Mes Aynak, Logar province February 14, 2015. China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul's struggles to support itself as foreign aid dries up. The copper, lying beneath the ancient Buddhist ruins of Mes Aynak, is one of the world's largest untapped deposits. But the project has been mired in delays since state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) won the contract to develop it in 2007. Resurgent Taliban insurgents have tightened control over the area around Aynak, and after threats, rocket attacks and the risk of land mines, MCC withdrew its Chinese workers from the heavily guarded copper camp last year. And then there are the Buddhist ruins. Archeological work to preserve treasures from the crumbling monastries and stupas is dangerous and slow, and must be finished before mining can begin. Picture taken on February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Chinese investment in Afghanistan’s lithium sector: A long shot in the short term

Lilly Blumenthal, Caitlin Purdy, and Victoria Bassetti

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

American governance: The way forward

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Access to the courts: Assessing modern standing doctrine and potential reforms

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

A maze of crude oil pipes and valves is pictured during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Richard Carson - S1AETIZMOIAB

Seizing opportunities for fuel subsidy reform

Victoria Bassetti and Kelsey Landau

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Child in Mongolia

Supporting beneficial ownership transparency in Mongolia

Kelsey Landau, Allison Merkel, Victoria Bassetti, Robin J. Lewis, Laura Keen, and Mario Picon

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A wind farm shares space with corn fields the day before the Iowa caucuses, where agriculture and clean energy are key issues, in Latimer, Iowa, U.S. February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Time to pivot: The role of the energy transition and investors in forging resilient resource-rich country outcomes

Victoria Bassetti, Norman Eisen, Michael Jarvis, Suneeta Kaimal, Daniel Kaufmann, Kelsey Landau, Robin J. Lewis, Allison Merkel, Mario Picon, and Erica Westenberg

Friday, January 15, 2021

Addressing another COVID-19 crisis: Corruption

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

A worker maintains oil pipelines at the Zueitina oil terminal in Zueitina

The evolution of the EITI and next steps for tackling extractive industries corruption

Kelsey Landau and Victoria Bassetti

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Cars are seen infront of the head office of Angola's state oil company Sonangol in the capital Luanda, Angola. June 7,2016. REUTERS/Ed Cropley

A master class in corruption: The Luanda Leaks across the natural resource value chain

Victoria Bassetti, Kelsey Landau, and Joseph Glandorf

Thursday, July 23, 2020

A view of tanks containing muds from which gold will be extracted at the gold mine site, operated by Endeavour Mining Corporation in Hounde, Burkina Faso February 13, 2020.Picture taken February 13, 2020.Reuters/Anne Mimault

Supercharging anti-corruption initiatives: The TAP-Plus approach

Victoria Bassetti and Norman Eisen

Tuesday, July 7, 2020