Jan 28, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Matthew Stephenson Last week, on January 20, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States replacing Donald Trump. First, let’s all breathe a collective sigh of relief. OK, now we can start thinking about what we’ve learned from this traumatic...
Nov 12, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Richard Messick “President-elect Biden has rightly made bringing Americans together his highest priority. His greatest challenge will be whether he can lead the nation into a reckoning with the Trump years without further inflaming passions.” President...
Nov 3, 2020 | Politics & Society
Since the U.S. presidential election of 2016, people around the world have debated Donald Trump’s rise to power. How did he win the election? What kind of political regime has he established? And how has that regime transformed the United States of America? In this...
Oct 29, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Zachary Meskell From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, activists and analysts have called attention to the significant corruption risks associated with the response to both the public health crisis itself and the economic disruption it has caused....
May 28, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Haggai Porat Shortly after the U.S. Senate acquitted President Clinton in 1999, he apologized for triggering the impeachment process. President Trump, in contrast, declared that his acquittal called for “a day of celebration,” and immediately started firing White...
Apr 22, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Sarah Steingrüber The coronavirus pandemic is a global health challenge the likes of which has not been seen in over a century. The outbreak demands swift and bold action not only in the direct response to the pandemic, but also in ensuring that monies are...
Apr 9, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Sarah Steingrüber It was never a question of if, but when, and now here we are. What’s worse is that we were warned. We are in the midst of a major global pandemic with nations all over the world declaring national emergencies, health systems struggling to cope or...
Mar 18, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Matthew Stephenson One of the most popular reform measures for combating public corruption is the establishment or strengthening of requirements that public officials regularly file declarations of assets and income sources. Mandatory financial disclosure rules are...
Mar 16, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Masha Simonova The politicization of the institutions of justice, particularly those associated with criminal law enforcement, is one of the greatest threats to the rule of law and the integrity of government. Corrupt leaders in democracies and autocracies...
Dec 10, 2019 | Politics & Society
By Ben Goldson New Zealand has traditionally prided itself on being relatively free from corruption, despite revelations of its role in transnational money laundering via trusts established by Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. These included the holdings of members...