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Obstacles to Europe’s Emerging Role in Global Anti-Corruption Enforcement

Recent developments signal a European commitment to upholding global anti-corruption norms even without U.S. involvement.
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Persecution by Other Means: Mexico and the First Test of the ICC’s Cyber Policy

A new report finds that the Mexican government's actions against journalists from 2018 to 2024 could constitute grounds to investigate the crime of persecution.
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Collection: Questions for Congress

Collection of articles with key oversight questions for the U.S. Congress by leading experts, organized by topic.

“Pay for Play?” Trump’s Bosnia Moves Highlighted in U.S. House Probe

A House Foreign Affairs Committee report sheds light on the Trump administration's contentious interventions into Bosnia's politics.
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America Sent Them Into a Dictatorship’s Torture Chambers, Then Looked Away

The United States is deporting third-country nationals to Equatorial Guinea despite its documented pattern of human rights abuses.
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Withholding Consent: Dominant Parties, Opposition Failure, and Youth Disengagement in Southern Africa

Lagging turnout of young voters in southern Africa should be understood not as apathy, but as a refusal to endorse existing political choices.
The Washington Monument reflects in the Capitol Reflecting Pool at sunset on a warm evening on June 2, 2025 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability

This Anti-Corruption Tracker focuses on the erosion or dismantling of oversight and accountability systems within the United States Executive Branch.

Sword of the People: The Power of Grand Juries to Investigate Administration Corruption

The untold power of regular grand juries and special grand juries to independently conduct investigations and issue reports when federal prosecutors won't.
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The U.S. Government Must Preserve the Soft Power of Its Sanctions

To maintain sanctions' effectiveness as a tool, governments should strive to implement them with clarity, consistency, and credibility.
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Four Things State and Local Prosecutors Can Do to Combat Federal Corruption

State attorneys general and local district attorneys can take action to uphold the rule of law in the face of unlawful federal actions.
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Congress Needs a Select Committee That Focuses on Trump Family Corruption

Trump's family is profiting spectacularly from proximity to power, providing an opening for a select committee to investigate, modeled after the 1975 Church Committee.
The Washington Monument reflects in the Capitol Reflecting Pool at sunset on a warm evening on June 2, 2025 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

“When the Guardrails Erode” Series

Bringing together expert analysis that traces this erosion, assesses the risks for democratic governance, and outlines pathways to rebuild or even reinvent these safeguards.
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