Truth as a Weapon
“If the first casualty of war is truth, then the first line of defence must be those who pursue it with fearless precision. At Yale, they wear suits instead of uniforms—but they are soldiers nonetheless.” In an era defined by disinformation, blurred battle lines, and digital warfare, one unlikely front opened—not on the battlefield, but in a classroom. At the forefront of that intellectual insurgency stood Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, flanked by the razor-sharp intellect of Steven Tian, and a team of distinguished, relentless analysts at the Yale School of Management.
The ‘List of Shame’: An Economic Weapon
What began as a moral imperative transformed into an economic weapon of mass disruption: the now-infamous Yale “List of Shame.” This list was not merely an academic paper. It was a strategic instrument of economic statecraft, meticulously identifying and categorising companies that continued to operate in or engage with the Russian Federation following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And let it …