Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Russia’s Wartime Economy
Speaker
David Edick, Jr.
Coordinator
Steve Clarey
Russia's economy is crucial to Russian power projection and the well-being of the Russian population. Following an initial reactive economic shock, Russia's invasion of Ukraine precipitated a wider economic war between the West and Russia and a reorientation of the Russian economy. US, European, and allied sanctions policies have been imposed to raise Russian costs and limit revenues with the goal of reducing the Kremlin's ability to finance the war. Yet Russian manufacturing and construction has boomed. How has the war impacted Russia's domestic economy? How has Russia's economy been weaponized by the Kremlin? What are the current economic conditions in Russia? Have western sanctions been effective? What could be the impact on US-Russian economic relations should President Trump's effort to end the war in Ukraine succeed?
Speaker Bio
David Edick Jr. is Principal at Core Global Advisory, a consultancy focused on energy, commodities, political risk, supply chains, and market strategy. He has over 30 years' experience in international trade, investment, research, and nonprofit activities, with a particular focus on Russia. He has worked abroad in Russia in the food trade and investment banking, and in Mexico in the seafood export development business. Long active in San Diego's international civil society community, David is President of the San Diego World Affairs Council and has served as President of the San Diego International Sister Cities Association, and as President of the San Diego - Vladivostok Sister City Society. David graduated from San Diego State University in 1985 with a custom-designed, cross-disciplinary degree in Global Political Economy.
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