Corruption, Global Security, and World Order

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Corruption is a human condition and an ancient phenomenon. From the beginnings of civilization, public notables have abused their offices for personal gain while citizens have sought advantage by corrupting those holding power. Today, global security is threatened as never before by fiscal uncertainty, competition and mutual suspicion among world powers, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and tyranny. This book reveals corruption to be at the very center of these global threats and proposes a combination of remedies such as positive leadership, enhanced transparency, tougher punishment, and enforceable new sanctions against shady activities.

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"Is there a global corruption eruption Or is it that the spread of democracy, freermedia, and new technologies allow us to be better informed about it Has globalizationaltered the nature of corruption Or is corruption the same as it has been sincetime immemorial Are some societies more culturally prone to it than others Or iscorruption simply a function of incentives and institutions What are the remediesThis important book sheds a much-needed light on these and other fundamentalquestions about corruption. A must-read for policymakers and analysts everywhere." Moiss Nam, Editor in Chief of Foreign Policy magazine and author of Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats Are Hijacking the Global Economy

Author Bio

Robert I. Rotberg is director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and president of the World Peace Foundation. He has written or edited numerous books, including China into Africa: Trade, Aid, and Influence (2008).