Corruption

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Protesters speak with police during a demonstration dubbed 'Fabewoso - Bring it on' to raise awareness about the high rate of corruption in the country, in Accra on May 26, 2017.
Protesters speak with police during a demonstration dubbed 'Fabewoso - Bring it on' to raise awareness about the high rate of corruption in the country, in Accra on May 26, 2017.

What Ghana Can Learn From Taiwan

As vote-buying corrupts the country’s politics, the West African nation could learn from Taipei’s effective crackdown on the practice.

Analysis
Audrey Elom Donkor
A protester sits on a monument in central Kyiv during the Maidan uprising on Feb. 20, 2014.
A protester sits on a monument in central Kyiv during the Maidan uprising on Feb. 20, 2014.

How Deep Does Corruption Run in Ukraine?

Ukraine has made significant progress fighting graft, but its record continues to haunt it.

Argument
Adrian Karatnycky
A woman frowns as she balances a bag of rice on her head. The bag is printed with the red stripes and blue field of stars of the American flag.
A woman frowns as she balances a bag of rice on her head. The bag is printed with the red stripes and blue field of stars of the American flag.

How Haiti Became an Aid State

A new political history reveals the dark side of foreign assistance.

Review
Benjamin Hebblethwaite
Investors and associates gather in the London office of the Oman Ghana Trust Fund.
Investors and associates gather in the London office of the Oman Ghana Trust Fund.

Inside the World’s Greatest Scams

And how global con artists get away with them.

Flash Points
Chloe Hadavas
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stands in the middle of a crowd of supporters on the street, their hands reaching out to him as he smiles. Razak wears a suit and glasses as he stands outside a courthouse.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stands in the middle of a crowd of supporters on the street, their hands reaching out to him as he smiles. Razak wears a suit and glasses as he stands outside a courthouse.

Malaysia Is Getting Back to Politics as Usual With Najib’s Pardon

The disgraced prime minister’s sentence has been halved as the government seeks allies.

Analysis
Joseph Rachman
El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, wearing clear plastic goggles and a black zip-up jacket, spreads his arms enthusiastically as he speaks during a joint news conference. He stands behind a podium and in front of U.S. and Salvadoran flags.
El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, wearing clear plastic goggles and a black zip-up jacket, spreads his arms enthusiastically as he speaks during a joint news conference. He stands behind a podium and in front of U.S. and Salvadoran flags.

Bukele’s Bitcoin Mess and the U.S.-Backed Bank That Enabled It

The United States has supported the so-called dictators’ bank to rival China in Central America—and funded El Salvador’s authoritarian descent in the process.

Deep Dive
Danielle Mackey
An indigenous woman with streaks of paint down her face and wearing a bandana yells as she takes part in a protest against a government mining contract in Panama.
An indigenous woman with streaks of paint down her face and wearing a bandana yells as she takes part in a protest against a government mining contract in Panama.

Panama’s Mining Future Is at a Tipping Point

Protesters want to kick out the country’s biggest investor and usher in a new era of environmental politics.

Argument
Cristina Guevara
Mohammed al-Halbousi, then the Iraqi parliament speaker, wears a suit and tie with a lanyard nametag around his neck and an Iraqi flag pin on his lapel as he sits amid a large crowd of people, many wearing kaffiyehs on their heads, in Bahrain.
Mohammed al-Halbousi, then the Iraqi parliament speaker, wears a suit and tie with a lanyard nametag around his neck and an Iraqi flag pin on his lapel as he sits amid a large crowd of people, many wearing kaffiyehs on their heads, in Bahrain.

The Rise and Fall of an Iraqi Strongman

Mohammed al-Halbousi’s ruthless consolidation of power alienated both Sunnis and Shiites.

Profile
Simona Foltyn
A cashier at a Travelex Bureau de Change counts U.S. Dollars in exchange for British pounds on Feb. 19, 2004 in London. The recent dramatic fall in the U.S.dollar has seen a rise in UK customers changing their pounds for the weaker greenback.
A cashier at a Travelex Bureau de Change counts U.S. Dollars in exchange for British pounds on Feb. 19, 2004 in London. The recent dramatic fall in the U.S.dollar has seen a rise in UK customers changing their pounds for the weaker greenback.

The Dirty Secrets of Capitalism Are Undermining Democracy

The West’s growing culture of tax avoidance is taking a political toll.

Argument
Charles G. Davidson, Ben Judah
Rafet Kurse, a former fisherman, stands next to an abandoned boat on the former shores of Marmara Lake. A dry, dusty landscape stretches into the distance behind him.
Rafet Kurse, a former fisherman, stands next to an abandoned boat on the former shores of Marmara Lake. A dry, dusty landscape stretches into the distance behind him.

King of the Dammed

Turkish President Erdogan’s mega-infrastructure projects are enriching construction companies while reshaping his country’s waterscape for the worse.

Dispatch
Hannah Lucinda Smith
Rescue teams search through the rubble in the eastern city of Soussa, Libya on Sep. 21, following deadly flash floods.
Rescue teams search through the rubble in the eastern city of Soussa, Libya on Sep. 21, following deadly flash floods.

How Division and Disorder Led to Devastation in Libya

Poor global and domestic governance made a foreseeable and preventable disaster in Derna a catastrophe.

Argument
Jason Pack, Verity Hubbard
Supporters of opposition politicians stage an anti-government demonstration in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on May 25.
Supporters of opposition politicians stage an anti-government demonstration in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on May 25.

Washington Must Not Allow Another Stolen Election in Congo

Fear of Chinese influence must not take precedence over protecting democracy.

Argument
Stephen R. Weissman, Anthony Gambino
Protesters denounce the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the Lahore High Court.
Protesters denounce the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the Lahore High Court.

Imran Khan Is Just the Beginning of Pakistan’s Democratic Woes

The country’s democratic backsliding goes further than the embattled former prime minister—and further back.

Analysis
Lynne O’Donnell
Hungarian Prime Minsiter Viktor Orban (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Jerusalem on Feb. 19, 2019.
Hungarian Prime Minsiter Viktor Orban (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Jerusalem on Feb. 19, 2019.

Israel’s Supreme Court Must Not Repeat Hungary’s Mistake

The judiciary needs to strike down Netanyahu’s judicial reform before he turns Israel into a sham democracy—just as Viktor Orban did in Hungary.

Argument
Garvan Walshe
Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh gestures during an interview in his office in Beirut on Dec. 20, 2021.
Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh gestures during an interview in his office in Beirut on Dec. 20, 2021.

Lebanon Is a Global Sanctuary for Criminals

A growing list of people protected from justice highlights a pervasive culture of impunity.

Shadow Government
David Schenker
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