Mar 7, 2021
In this interview, I spoke with The Honorable Juan Zarate. The topic: Money!
Juan was the first-ever assistant secretary of the treasury for terrorist financing and financial crimes. We speak about his work at the Treasury Department in the post-9/11 period. During this time, Juan played a critical role in using the Treasury’s resources to go after terrorist financing. Additionally, the Treasury assisted in tracking down money that Saddam Hussein and his cronies had moved and hid outside of Iraq. Additionally, Treasury’s role became much more expansive beyond the Global War on Terror. In fact, we discuss how the Treasury became a much more formidable influencer of foreign policy against countries like Iran and North Korea. The legacy of these policy shifts continues to this day.
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The impetus for the interview was the book, Treasury’s War, which was published in 2013. The book remains relevant to this day. Juan is currently the global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer of K2 Integrity.
Follow Juan on Twitter: @JCZarate1
Check out the Book: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161039464X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=161039464X&linkCode=as2&tag=pm05c-20&linkId=52dc02d11221e0f8b307fd3d8d15c351">Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare</a>
Current work: K2 Integrity
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD) Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP). Check out the FDD
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