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Center for International Relations
and Sustainable Development

Deciphering the War on Crypto

Martin Bruncko is a technology entrepreneur, investor, policy leader, and Founder and CEO of Steam Ventures. His previous roles have included Executive Vice President for Europe at Binance (the largest crypto exchange in the world), Innovation Minister and Deputy of the Finance Minister of Slovakia and Senior Advisor to the European Commissioner for 
Research and Innovations. You may follow him on LinkedIn at LinkedIn.com/Bruncko.

Desperate Hope

Francis M. O’Donnell is a retired senior diplomat, veteran of the United Nations system and former Resident Coordinator of the UN System in Serbia & Montenegro (Belgrade, 2000-2004) and Ukraine (Kyiv, 2004-2009). He is also a former ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Slovakia and a life member of the Dublin-based Institute of International and European Affairs. You may follow him on X @fmod1. This essay is an excerpt from his upcoming book entitled Desperate Hope: Reflections on Survival Pathways for Civilisation, which is scheduled for publication in 2024.

Caribbean Development and Strategic Global Shifts

Winston Dookeran is Secretary General of EUCLID University. His former positions include those of Professor of Practice at the University of the West Indies, Governor of the Central Bank, and Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Andres Rugeles is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford and Member of the Advisory Board of the Global South Unit of the London School of Economics.