Claire Provost
Investigative journalist and co-author of Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy, based on reporting from many countries about international investment arbitration, special economic zones, and corporate influence.
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Mar 2, 2026 • 45min
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard, "Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Claire Provost, investigative journalist who tracked corporate power across 30 countries, discusses investor‑state dispute systems and the World Bank’s ICSID. She outlines how post‑colonial legal frameworks empowered multinationals, special economic zones, and examples where international claims pressured democratic policy. The conversation highlights why awareness is low and how journalism can better expose these hidden power structures.
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Mar 2, 2026 • 45min
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard, "Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Claire Provost, investigative reporter who has tracked corporate power across 30 countries, discusses her book on the rise of global corporate influence. She talks about investor-state dispute systems, ICSID’s role at the World Bank, and cases where corporations challenge state sovereignty. Short takes cover special economic zones, treaty proliferation, and why media and NGOs often miss transnational threats.
Mar 2, 2026 • 45min
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard, "Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Claire Provost, investigative journalist who has reported from 30 countries, explains how global corporations built legal and territorial tools to sidestep democracy. She discusses investor-state dispute systems, special economic zones, and landmark cases that show corporate power constraining policy. The conversation highlights why these mechanisms grew after the 1990s and why they remain largely out of sight.
