Corruption
Corruption
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – Germany has sealed its own demise
With the passage of its huge military spending bill last week Germany has assured its economic and political decline. Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an […]
Corruption
Corruption
Aziz Rana – Constitutional Collapse
An insightful analysis about what is continuity and what is change in how Trump is exerting presidential power. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Lobbying
Neil A. Abrams – Elon Musk Is Not the Problem
Musk and his fellow plutocrats are not omnipotent. They are exceptionally vulnerable, in fact. Neil A. Abrams writes on corruption, democracy, the rule of law, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, and Russia. You can find his work […]
Corruption
Tulin Dzhengiz – The peculiar Turkish corruption issue behind Istanbul mayor’s arrest – and how it became a tool of political oppression
Central to the allegations of corruption is what is known in Turkey as “naylon faturacılık” referring to deliberate attempts to fabricate transactions, inflate expenses, or obscure real beneficiaries. Tulin Dzhengiz is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainability […]
Corruption
Simeon Djankov – Asymmetric sanctions on Russian individuals
This column suggests that the asymmetric treatment between the EU and the US may be a manifestation of biases in the procedure for imposing sanctions. Simeon Djankov is Policy Director at London School Of Economics […]
Geopolitics
Ragip Soylu: What’s Erdogan’s end game with Imamoglu’s arrest?
Erdogan’s team is likely betting that public outrage over Imamoglu’s arrest will eventually fade and the economy will recover before the country next goes to the polls. Read HERE Ekrem Imamoglu, Photo: Orhan Erkılıç/VoA
Corruption
The Electronic Intifada: Netanyahu lobbied von der Leyen over genocide case, withholds letter
Israel is trying to keep secret its lobbying against a legal case aimed at halting the Gaza genocide. Through a freedom of information request, I have established that Benjamin Netanyahu contacted Ursula von der Leyen, […]
Environment
Corporate Europe Observatory – False alarm: fake news and the right fuel attack on NGOs
Documents show the European Commission initiated its attacks on civil society funding due to pressure from right wing MEPs early 2024, even if the institution must have known their arguments were false. These attacks on […]