Tag: Strategic Corruption

  • How Washington is Weaponizing Anticorruption Law – New Publication

    How Washington is Weaponizing Anticorruption Law – New Publication

    BridgeGap team member Lucio Picci, together with Lorenzo Crippa and Edmund J. Malesky, has co-authored a new article in Foreign Affairs titled “How Washington Is Weaponizing Anticorruption Law.” The piece examines how U.S. anticorruption enforcement — historically presented as neutral and rule-based — is increasingly being used as a strategic policy instrument in international economic…

  • Epstein Files: Why is Europe More Affected than the US? – Data Story

    Epstein Files: Why is Europe More Affected than the US? – Data Story

    Alina Mungiu Pippidi First and foremost, people can legitimately ask: what good are the corruption indexes — the CPI, the IPI, and the rest — if it seems that number 10 (US) exercises undue influence over corrupt officials in number 2 (Norway) and number 18 (UK, which in the IPI has already backslid next to…

  • Working Paper: Impact of Sanctions on Infiltration of Russia in Europe: The Kremlin’s Malign Influence Through Strategic Corruption

    Working Paper: Impact of Sanctions on Infiltration of Russia in Europe: The Kremlin’s Malign Influence Through Strategic Corruption

    Photo Credits: US Naval Institute The BridgeGap Working Paper Series showcases cutting-edge research that bridges critical gaps in our understanding of corruption, its regulation, and the real-world impact of anti-corruption policies. Our latest publication, Working Paper 25-03, “Impact of Sanctions on Infiltration of Russia in Europe: The Kremlin’s Malign Influence Through Strategic Corruption” by BridgeGap…