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They are a reflection of the deep
corruption
of the US political system, which, according to one recent assessment, is no longer a “full democracy.”
There are interest groups who benefit from the current system and the opportunities for
corruption
that it provides.
Other foreign investors stayed away, because Shevardnadze turned a blind eye to
corruption.
Taking a stand against
corruption
is a crucial task for the reformist leadership of Mikheil Saakashvili, a Columbia University-educated lawyer, Nino Burjanadze, the acting head of state and speaker of parliament, and Zurab Zhvania, also a former parliamentary speaker.
Even the editor-in-chief of China Youth Daily, the newspaper affiliated with Hu Jintao’s own China Youth League power base, which had been aggressive in exposing official corruption, was recently detained.
South Africa, the continent’s strongest economy, is now facing the difficult task of tackling its deep-rooted
corruption.
As long as the oil money keeps flowing, most Russians will express no nostalgia for the democratic opening of the Yeltsin years, with its accompanying combination of chaos, corruption, international weakness, and disrespect for the state.
The war in Chechnya may contribute to the moral
corruption
of Russia as a whole, to its frightening descent into a culture of violence.
The deep
corruption
of the Harvard University team chosen to “help” Russia in its transition, described in a detailed account published in 2006 by Institutional Investor, reinforced these beliefs.
Given the absence of any regulation regarding fairness in news coverage of campaigns, the blatant
corruption
of many news organizations, and the absence of a current affairs program on national, prime-time television, banning the purchase of airtime merely erects an insurmountable barrier to potential new political entrants.
The
corruption
scandal at energy giant Petrobras is finally causing ratings agencies to reassess Brazil, but the move comes too late, and their downgrades probably will not be sufficient to reflect the true risk.
Trump’s frequently racist and misogynist campaign promised to “drain the swamp” of
corruption
in Washington politics.
No mention was made of the costs borne by citizens when their national wealth is sold off through dirty deals, or by investors when
corruption
leads to prosecutions and massive fines.
To fulfill the Paris agreement, efforts to combat
corruption
and climate change must go hand in hand.
Corruption, in the widest sense of the word, is the glue that holds the “system” together, that ensures that moneyed and powerful interests are free from rules that are meant to hold them in check.
To sustain progress in the fight against climate change and corruption, environmental and anti-corruption movements will have to work together, and play to their respective strengths.
But mismanagement, poor oversight, and rampant
corruption
means that the FCI, which gobbles up 1% of GDP, is now part of the problem.
Most ordinary Syrians face extremely difficult economic and social conditions, including high unemployment, rising food prices, constraints on personal freedom, and endemic
corruption.
Maintaining the false label of communism while reviving capitalism and insisting that Mao, for all his mistakes and crimes, was 70% “correct” is the bedrock of the moral
corruption
that afflicts China today.
And no one predicted the intensity of the CCP’s campaign to root out corruption, including in the military, the financial sector, and the highest levels of the party itself.
Rather, Xi knew that widespread
corruption
was undermining the CPC’s legitimacy in the eyes of ordinary Chinese.
Xi is well aware that a case-by-case approach will not address the root causes of widespread
corruption.
Incompetence and
corruption
are rampant: Iraq routinely scores among the bottom ten countries in Transparency International’s list of the most corrupt countries in the world.
So today's entry barriers, particularly in Europe, will produce ever-increasing waves of illegal immigration, with all the crime, corruption, and suffering that this implies.
Corruption
may become what it has nearly become in Russia: not the exception to the rule but the rule itself.
I certainly do not mean to excuse Greek clientelism, corruption, and mismanagement as ultimate causes of the country’s predicament.
The helicopter gunship killings in Iraq, the
corruption
of former Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s family, and the paucity of progress in Afghanistan are, by this standard, fair game.
Sichuan province’s deputy party secretary, Li Chuncheng – known as “Li Chaicheng,” or “Li destroys the city” – was recently arrested on
corruption
charges for his brazen expropriation of farmers.
No one who is familiar with Turkey would be surprised to learn that there was large-scale
corruption
surrounding construction projects.
The current round of judicial activism is as much about rooting out
corruption
as previous rounds were about prosecuting the “deep state” and real coups – which is to say, not much at all.
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