Ep 173 - Foreign Civil War Entanglements
Foreign Civil War Entanglements Over the years, the U.S. has supported the losing side in numerous foreign civil wars. It has emerged from t...
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Clauses and Controversies: A Podcast about International Finance, Contract Clauses and the Controversies Surrounding These Clauses
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20 of 173 episodesEp 172 - If Only YPF’s Bylaws Had Been Governed by Texas Law
If Only YPF’s Bylaws Had Been Governed by Texas Law And… poof! The sound of a $16 billion judgment going up in smoke. We talk about the Seco...
Ep 171 - The $500 Million American “Financial Aid” to China
The $500 Million American “Financial Aid” to China In 1942, the Americans provided $500 million in financial aid to Chiang Kai-shek’s Nation...
Ep 170 - Ethiopia and Senegal: Debt Shenanigans?
Ethiopia and Senegal: Debt Shenanigans? A set of recent articles in the FT by sovereign debt guru Joseph Cotterill suggest to us (reading be...
Ep 169 - Can We Say Anything Meaningful About a Venezuelan Debt Restructuring?
Can We Say Anything Meaningful About a Venezuelan Debt Restructuring? Venezuela must restructure its debt if it, and its new "friends" in Wa...
Ep 168 - Are CACs Unilateral Modification Clauses?
Are CACs Unilateral Modification Clauses? We have always understood the collective action clause (CAC) in a sovereign bond to allow the bond...
Ep 167 - Will the Flip Clause Enter the Canon?
Will the Flip Clause Enter the Canon? Contract innovation is rare in sovereign debt markets, so we are interested whenever someone adds a ne...
Ep 166 - Imperial (Defaulted) Chinese Bonds (Again)
Imperial (Defaulted) Chinese Bonds (Again) Yes, one of us might have sworn up and down that we would never do another episode about defaulte...
Ep 165 - Total Return Swaps
Total Return Swaps There have been reports in the financial press about the use of Total Return Swaps to provide credit to governments (e.g....
Ep 164 - Cambodia’s “Dirty Debts” to the US — Redux
Cambodia’s “Dirty Debts” to the US — Redux In the 1970s, the US allowed Cambodia to finance the importation of rice and other agricultural c...
Ep 163 - What if POTUS wanted an OBBD?
What if POTUS wanted an OBBD? Let us say, purely hypothetically, that there is a point at which some combination of the spending excesses of...
Ep 162 - The Invasion Tax
The Invasion Tax The lawsuit over Ukraine's $3 billion bond debt to Russia seems to be on hold (maybe forever) in the English courts. And ma...
Ep 161 - Argentina Again
Argentina Again The Trump administration says it will do “whatever it takes” to rescue the Argentine peso and bond yields, saving buddy Javi...
Ep 160 - Ukraine's Expansive "Fiscal Laws" Clause
Ukraine's Expansive "Fiscal Laws" Clause International sovereign bonds, and particularly those issued under English law, often include a cla...
Ep 159 - The Greek GDP Warrant Drama
The Greek GDP Warrant Drama Greece’s debt situation has improved remarkably, from default status in 2012 to investment grade in 2025. A few...
Ep 158 - Some Questions, Now That it's About 3 Years Since Russia’s Default
Some Questions, Now That it's About 3 Years Since Russia’s Default It has now been around 3 years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which...
Ep 157 - Sovereign Debt Odd & Ends
Sovereign Debt Odd & Ends An odds and ends podcast about unrelated sovereign debt topics. First up, Venezuela. Most investors have been sitt...
Ep 156 - Is There Any Law of State Succession? (ft. Paul Stephan)
Is There Any Law of State Succession? Syria, Ukraine and Greenland The law of state succession to obligations comes mostly from a different...
Ep 155 - What if Trump Discovers that Unpaid UK (and French) Debt From WWI?
What if Trump Discovers that Unpaid UK (and French) Debt From WWI? The current administration has tossed concepts such as “special relations...
Ep 154 - What Might a Syrian Debt Restructuring (Eventually) Look Like?
What Might a Syrian Debt Restructuring (Eventually) Look Like? There is little doubt that Syria needs to restructure its debt, among other r...
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