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Bribes, Gratuities… and Passing the Buck

Bribes, Gratuities… and Passing the Buck

Bribes, Gratuities… and Passing the Buck

The United States is facing an emerging corruption problem that so far has drawn relatively little notice. Relying primarily upon federal prosecutors to check state and local corruption has always been a questionable strategy, and it is now about to become even less of a deterrent.

CORRUPTION AS A SYSTEM

Michael Johnston and Oguzhan Dincer

Apr 127 min read

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The Bangsamoro Peace Process: how Anti-Corruption Featured (or Not)

The Bangsamoro Peace Process: how Anti-Corruption Featured (or Not)

The Bangsamoro Peace Process: how Anti-Corruption Featured (or Not)

Anti-corruption was conspicuous by its absence in the 2014 Bangsomaro peace agreement.

CORRUPTION AND PEACEBUILDING

Balázs Áron Kovács

Oct 16, 20246 min read

Addressing Endemic Corruption: There’s Reason to Hope

Addressing Endemic Corruption: There’s Reason to Hope

Addressing Endemic Corruption: There’s Reason to Hope

More effective ways to address endemic corruption are emerging, here are three from CJL's Jared Miller.

CORRUPTION AS A SYSTEM

Jared Miller, CJL

Mar 17, 20246 min read

Putin and the Pinstripe Army

Putin and the Pinstripe Army

Putin and the Pinstripe Army

Patrick Alley argues democracy’s fate depends both on defeating Putin in Ukraine and the pinstripe army of enablers in the UK and beyond.

CORRUPTION AND PEACEBUILDING

Patrick Alley, Global Witness

Jun 17, 20228 min read

Frank Vogl on Corruption’s Role in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Frank Vogl on Corruption’s Role in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Frank Vogl on Corruption’s Role in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

My interview with Frank Vogl, or what I learned about Putin’s Russia and new possibilities to forcefully counter global corruption.

CORRUPTION AND PEACEBUILDING

Alex Ralph, CJL

Mar 30, 202211 min read

Strategic Corruption as a Threat to Security and the New Agenda for Anti-Corruption

Strategic Corruption as a Threat to Security and the New Agenda for Anti-Corruption

Strategic Corruption as a Threat to Security and the New Agenda for Anti-Corruption

Oksana Huss and Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez on how Russia weaponizes strategic corruption - and what’s at stake for our human security and rights

CORRUPTION AND PEACEBUILDING

Oksana Huss, Bologna University

Mar 16, 20229 min read

“Bad Apples” or Systemic Failure? What a European Private Sector Scandal Teaches Us About Corruption

“Bad Apples” or Systemic Failure? What a European Private Sector Scandal Teaches Us About Corruption

“Bad Apples” or Systemic Failure? What a European Private Sector Scandal Teaches Us About Corruption

Rosemary Lark uses systems thinking to illuminate the dynamic of private-sector corruption in Europe’s financial heart.

CORRUPTION AS A SYSTEM

Rosemary Lark, CJL

Oct 19, 20215 min read

Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption in SSR

Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption in SSR

Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption in SSR

Julien Joly sets out his thoughts on what an approach to mainstreaming anti-corruption in security sector reforms could look like.

CORRUPTION AND PEACEBUILDING

Julien Joly, Transparency International

Jul 21, 20217 min read

Cinderella of Sensitivity Fields: Why corruption mainstreaming is ignored in development programming

Cinderella of Sensitivity Fields: Why corruption mainstreaming is ignored in development programming

Cinderella of Sensitivity Fields: Why corruption mainstreaming is ignored in development programming

By Hope Schaitkin Research tells us that that corruption-mainstreaming amplifies the impact of our development programming, and helps us...

Hope Schaitkin, CJL

Jun 10, 20195 min read

When Not to Call a Spade a Spade: The Importance of Quiet Anti-Corruption Initiatives

When Not to Call a Spade a Spade: The Importance of Quiet Anti-Corruption Initiatives

When Not to Call a Spade a Spade: The Importance of Quiet Anti-Corruption Initiatives

By Sabina Robillard with Louino Robillard Corruption is a complex adaptive system – it does not stay still while being attacked, but...

Sabina Robillard, Tufts University

Jul 1, 20185 min read

Towards a Corruption-Sensitive Conflict Analysis

Towards a Corruption-Sensitive Conflict Analysis

Towards a Corruption-Sensitive Conflict Analysis

By Michelle Garred In this blog post, Michelle Garred, conflict sensitivity practitioner for 15 years, challenges herself to rethink her...

CORRUPTION AND PEACEBUILDING

Michelle Garred, CDA

Dec 12, 20175 min read

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