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Governance and corruption

#Ruleoflaw

Listen to Sarah Chayes discuss on @ABC_NewsRadio how the fight against corruption can stop conflict: https://t.co/nuXvYtZPrs

— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) October 29, 2016
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Lets face it: there is a complacency about corruption as a "necessary evil" when promoting trade and globalisation. Well, it does costs us more and more - also in terms of domestic politics. 
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If the programs of political parties increasingly are based on polls - so unpredictable?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 8, 2016

Why Corruption Matters | https://t.co/SKc1hYNFGc by William J. Burns and Michael Mullen pic.twitter.com/jsIXcUOSlz

— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) May 6, 2016

Seeing the links between terrorism, organized crime, other good and bad flows the conflict cycle , perceptions, values, corruption and assistance essential for strategy and a comprehensive approach 


UK and European allies plan to deal ‘hammer blow’ to tax evasion | World news | The Guardian https://t.co/AAoyBbSMxh pic.twitter.com/IHhwsKbUTO

— On security/Lundin (@londil) April 15, 2016

UNODC and corruption https://t.co/jI8y0ZQ3lC

— On security/Lundin (@londil) March 11, 2016

#Ukraine:ppl's ranking of priority reforms for 2016: fight with corruption-77%,healthcare-56%,judiciary-52%,army-49% pic.twitter.com/Q8pIFQ2tM9

— Kateryna_Kruk (@Kateryna_Kruk) February 24, 2016

Almost half of firms in South Asia expected to give "gifts" to secure a government contract: https://t.co/AhuL99SFqU pic.twitter.com/zzIm3JAtV2

— World Bank (@WorldBank) December 15, 2015

THE EU strategic review mentions corruption only in passing. Important to define overall approach in #EUGlobalStrategy

Lower end of Rule of law index 2015:


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Focus on Corruption:

Can we expect corrupt leaders to look at national interests? Perhaps only when their own future is at stake.

— Lars-Erik Lundin (@Lundinblog) August 15, 2015
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Click on image to get to the slide show by Transparency International

Yezid Sayigh looks at opportunities and challenges for police reform in #Egypt & #Tunisia: https://t.co/oR6y13nBE7 pic.twitter.com/i8XnnbIdXY

— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) December 24, 2015

Does widespread corruption in government justify an overthrow even if it is elected democratically?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) November 5, 2015

"Greece did not need submarines - it was already under water - but invested thanks to German and French banks.."

"You cannot fight corruption on an empty stomach". (Nikos Passas)

— On security/Lundin (@londil) November 3, 2015
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Look in the handbook!

Grab your copy of @ThievesofState here: http://t.co/eVp6ZY6xN9 https://t.co/5GXHdH7vit

— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) May 5, 2015

Peace & Security | Europe’s guns, debt and corruption http://t.co/BHu1eivyMd

— On security/Lundin (@londil) April 18, 2015
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Chayes: Practically all the really hot security events today can partially be explained as extreme reactions to acute public corruption against which people had no recourse. That’s something I’d want the private sector to think about. Think of that in terms of corporate social responsibility; it gives a new dimension to that idea."

(see further my own reflections below in the context ot globalization.)

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