Tag: Corruption
Wholesale corruption causing a democracy deficit
When Canadian foreign minister François-Philippe Champagne touched down in Beirut in late August to survey the damage from the disastrous explosion that killed hundreds, injured thousands and left hundreds of thousands homeless, he had a clear message for Lebanese President Michel Aoun: Canadian aid would be contingent on “real reforms” to the country’s political system. […]
The heavy price of corruption for democracy
There is a story — apocryphal perhaps — that used to make the rounds in Turkish political circles. When he was the mayor of Istanbul, Turkey’s current prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was paid a visit by some of the country’s leading businessmen about a major construction project. At the end of the meeting, […]
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