Professor Robert Barrington and Berina Glusac from the Centre for the Study of Corruption’s MA in Corruption & Governance examine the political situation in Bosnia Herzegovina and look at the role that corruption has played in the crisis. Unless you are a dedicated…
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North Macedonia’s experience in trying to dismantle state capture: policy must be backed by research
Writing about North Macedonia’s experience in addressing pervasive grand corruption as exposed by leaked tapes in 2015, Misha Popovikj (Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis, Skopje) argues that efforts to dismantle state capture should be preceded by a thorough diagnosis of…
Tagged with: #corruption, European Commission, European Union, North Macedonia, Priebe report, state capture, Western Balkans
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
Caught in a vicious circle: how corrosive capital perpetuates state capture in the Balkans
In discussing the mutually reinforcing role of authoritarianism and ‘corrosive capital’, Tena Prelec argues that it is not enough to attract foreign investments to stimulate economic growth that will benefit the whole population; it is essential to guarantee the right…
Tagged with: #corruption, corrosive capital, foreign actors in the Balkans, illiberalism, malign influence, state capture, Western Balkans
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
What we talk about when we talk about state capture: reflections from Serbia
A life lived in Belgrade is a life lived in four countries. A lot has changed, but not much has changed for the better. Slobodan Georgiev (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network) reports with wry sarcasm on the realities of life as a…
Tagged with: #corruption, Balkans, investigative journalism, state capture
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
Civil society needs support to fight corruption and organised crime in the Western Balkans
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and investigative journalists in the Western Balkans are critical to raising awareness about fighting corruption and organised crime, as well as supporting state authorities to develop effective strategies. But they lack capacity and resources to address…
Montenegro: Captured by Corruption
In the first of a series of posts by investigative journalists and civil society activists working on exposing corruption in the Balkans, Milka Tadić Mijović (President, Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro) discusses impunity in Montenegro and the complicity of the…
Tagged with: #corruption, Balkans, Columbia University, Columbia-Sussex conference, media freedom, Montenegro, stabilitocracy, state capture, Western Balkans
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference, Uncategorized
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference, Uncategorized
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