Combating corruption

In their recent Foreign Affairs article, “Grappling With Graft, “Alexander Lebedev and Vladislav Inozemtsev propose a new international initiative – a “universal anti-corruption convention” – to combat high-level corruption. The convention would establish a supranational governing body, dedicated investigative and police forces and a specialized court.

Lebedev and Inozemtsev are quite right to highlight the damage inflicted by corruption and the need for coordinated international action to deal with it. However, their proposed solution is misconceived. Rather than creating new institutions, we need to strengthen existing ones. This article explains why.

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