Europe’s ambitious defence spending plans will only pay off if corruption risks are taken seriously. At our joint roundtable with the Basel Institute on Governance at the Munich Security...
Get the Balance Right: Capability, Integrity and Effectiveness in Europe’s Emerging Defence Architecture Join our side event at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2026 co‑hosted by Transparency International Defence...
At this year’s Transparency International Movement Summit, the session “A Fragile Peace: Mobilising Our Movement for Accountability and Oversight in Defence and Security Sectors” brought together voices from across...
If well-balanced, transparency and secrecy can mutually reinforce national security. But in defence and security, transparency trade-offs are often made where they are not needed. How to master this...
By Patrick Kwasi Brobbey, Research Project Manager, Government Defence Integrity Index (GDI), Transparency International Defence & Security I still recall the soft murmur of anticipation in the lecture hall...
Civil war has been raging in Sudan for soon two years with no end in sight. Its violence and destruction have caused a “humanitarian catastrophe”. Yet, as the conflict remains...
Two years have passed since Burkina Faso witnessed its second coup within a year, on September 30, 2022, plunging the troubled nation into deeper instability and uncertainty. Since these...
As world leaders convene in Washington DC for the 2024 NATO summit, Ara Marcen Naval highlights the need to address and prevent corruption in military spending. As global...
Corruption has serious effects on development, human rights, peace and security. But too often it is viewed as a bureaucratic crime and its real-life impact on people is still...
Josie Stewart, head of Transparency International Defence & Security, reflects on a busy week at the Tenth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations...
Integrity is the cornerstone of peace and security, writes Yi Kang Choo. Amid the delicate security challenges currently facing Taiwan, we visited Taipei to share a roadmap for upholding...
Responding to the reported coup in Gabon, Josie Stewart, Director of Transparency International Defence and Security, said: This is the eighth coup in Central and West Africa in the last...