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21.11.2024 From risk assessment to action: Strengthening defence governance with our enhanced Government Defence Integrity Index

Corruption undermines the legitimacy and effectiveness of government institutions in all sectors, but it thrives in areas where large budgets intersect with high levels of secrecy and limited accountability,...

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03.11.2024 Advocating for anti-corruption in the defence and security sector: Insights from Geneva Peace Week 2024 

The Geneva Peace Week (GPW) is one of the important appointments on the international peacebuilding calendar, writes Francesca Grandi, our Senior Advocacy Expert. This year, it centred around the...

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11.10.2024 Lest we forget: Burkina Faso at a crossroads against human suffering and instability

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...

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09.10.2024 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits: Advancing regional stability and prosperity through enhanced defence governance

As members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gather this week in Laos for the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits, this blog by Yi Kang Choo, our...

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26.09.2024 Strengthening accountability in defence & security: Details of our upcoming access to information report

Access to information is a cornerstone of healthy, accountable and transparent societies and essential for democracy.    By improving the public’s ability to obtain and use government-held information, citizens are...

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17.09.2024 Event: The Missing Element – how addressing corruption can improve peace, security and development

Join us in New York for our Summit of the Future Action Days side event. Date: Thursday, September 19 Time: 09:00 EDT Location: Millennium Hilton New York, One UN...

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08.08.2024 A year after Niger’s coup: corruption, violence and human insecurity. What now?

A year on from the coup d’etat in Niger, Denitsa Zhelyazkova looks back at what has changed so far and what needs to happen to address corruption in the...

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01.08.2024 Militarisation, corruption, and democracy in Venezuela

Ara Marcen Naval examines how Venezuela’s military entrenchment in government and the economy undermines democracy and fuels corruption, and highlights the urgent need for transparency and civilian oversight.  ...

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31.07.2024 Corruption, the defence and security sector, and sexual and gender-based violence

This is a summary of a longer piece by our Defence & Security Gender Specialist, Sabrina White. You can read the full version here.   Corruption has gender dynamics...

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30.07.2024 Transparency International highlights risk of diminished state cooperation on West Africa’s regional security

July 30, 2024 – Transparency International Defence & Security (TI-DS) expresses deep concern that the potential ‘disintegration’ of state cooperation in West Africa could exacerbate conflict in the already...

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11.07.2024 Trojan Horse Tactics: Military spending, corruption and the need for transparency and good governance

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...

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25.05.2024 Africa Day 2024: Combatting corruption in defence and security key to future stability and progress  

Michael Ofori-Mensah, Head of Research at Transparency International Defence & Security, said:   “On Africa Day 2024, we acknowledge the significance of this celebration and the tremendous potential for...

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