Category: anti-corruption

‘Technical coup’ means more trouble for Guatemala’s democracy

     

Guatemala’s highest court issued a temporary injunction Thursday blocking the controversial suspension of presidential runoff candidate Bernardo Arévalo’s progressive Movimiento Semilla (Seed Movement), reports suggest. Late Wednesday, a judge had… Read more »

Ukraine’s resilience denies Russia’s ‘delusional revanchism’

     

Leaders of the world’s richest democracies agreed on Friday to stiffen sanctions against Russia, while a draft communique to be issued after their talks in the Japanese city of Hiroshima… Read more »

Backfire: How to enhance anti-kleptocracy sanctions

     

Bola Tinubu, a wealthy kleptocratic “godfather” of politics who campaigned on the slogan “It’s my turn”, has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election, The [London] Times reports…. Read more »

As symbol of global ideological struggle, Ukraine ‘galvanized democracies’ – and complicated support strategies

     

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February made democracy’s defense a priority of the highest geopolitical as well as normative order, says a new report. It propelled commitments to protect democracy… Read more »