The Red New Deal book author
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The Red New Deal book author
The Red New Deal is written by Dmitri I. Dubograev, an American information technology and corporate attorney of Belarusian descent. His legal and international background shapes the book’s perspective on law, rights, and modern society.
Dubograev has advised Eastern European governments on legal reform under USAID and World Bank programs and serves on several corporate and nonprofit boards. His experience with corporate transactions, IP protection, and human rights informs the arguments explored in The Red New Deal.
In brief
- Dmitri I. Dubograev is an American information technology and corporate attorney with roots in Belarus, bringing cross-cultural legal experience to The Red New Deal.
- He has published numerous articles on corporate law and human rights in the former Soviet Union and has advised Eastern European governments on legal reforms.
- Dubograev’s work with IP protection, corporate transactions, and nonprofit organizations contributes to the book’s focus on freedom, law, and the structure of modern society.
What to do
Dmitri Dubograev’s path to writing The Red New Deal began with rigorous legal training in both Belarus and the United States. He graduated with honors from the Belarusian State University Law Department in 1991 and later from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1994. This dual education in Soviet and American legal systems gives him a distinctive view of how laws shape speech, rights, and political life, which is reflected throughout the book.
Beyond academia, Dubograev has been deeply involved in international legal practice and reform. As cooperation agreements emerged between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev near the end of the Cold War, he was selected by his faculty to represent Belarus in one of the first USA–USSR student exchanges in 1988. He later served as an advisor to several Eastern European governments on legal reform projects under USAID and the World Bank, experience that underpins the book’s discussion of socialism, governance, and institutional change.
In his professional practice, Dubograev represents clients in matters involving intellectual property protection and corporate transactions and sits on various corporate boards, including the nonprofit organizations HelpPeopleofUkraine.org and AthletesForFreedom.org. His history of publishing on corporate law and human rights in the former Soviet Union, combined with his ongoing board and advisory roles, provides real-world grounding for the themes explored in The Red New Deal: When Everything is Free, You are the Price.
What to keep in mind
Readers looking for an author with firsthand familiarity with both Soviet and American legal cultures will find that background in Dmitri Dubograev. His education in Belarus and the United States, along with his early participation in a USA–USSR student exchange, means the book is informed by lived experience of systems on both sides of the Cold War divide.
The Red New Deal is shaped by Dubograev’s work on legal reform and human rights rather than by purely academic theory. His advisory roles to Eastern European governments under USAID and World Bank programs, and his publications on corporate law and human rights in the former Soviet Union, show that the book’s arguments grow out of practical engagement with how laws affect people and institutions.
At the same time, the author’s ongoing practice in IP protection and corporate transactions, and his service on nonprofit boards such as HelpPeopleofUkraine.org and AthletesForFreedom.org, point to a focus on contemporary issues of freedom, ownership, and responsibility. Prospective readers should expect a perspective grounded in legal practice and reform work, not a neutral textbook or a policy manual.