The National Defence University of Ukraine (NDU) is contributing to change in defence within Ukraine. One noteworthy initiative is the Building Integrity Training and Education Centre (BITEC) established within the structure of the university in September 2014. The BITEC website can be accessed here. The role of the centre is to deliver building integrity courses for 
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Developing Capacity through Ukraine’s Building Integrity Training and Educational Centre
By: Ross Fetterly | Tuesday, November 17th, 2015Ukraine’s Updated Security Sector Laws: What promise do these laws hold?
By: Joe Derdzinski | Thursday, November 12th, 2015Multiple potholes dot Ukraine’s road to a more accountable and liberal political regime: its 12% decline in GDP this year; the military stalemate in the east and the de facto loss of Crimea; and, of course, entrenched political malaise and corruption. It is within this challenging environment that crucial political and security reforms are taking
The Afghan National Police: A study on corruption and clientelism
By: Danny Singh | Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015This blog identifies the underlying conditions of the Afghan state from the outset of the late 2001 Bonn political arrangement that has resulted in deep-rooted corrupt clientelistic networks within the Afghan government. This has trickled to the majority of the ministries including the Interior Ministry. Corruption is systemic and hard to combat despite police reform.
Defence and Security Sector Oversight in the Fight Against Corruption
By: Jean Pierre Chabot | Thursday, February 26th, 2015December 24, 2014 saw the coming into force of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. At the passing of 2014, the Treaty had been signed by 130 States and ratified by 61 of those. Such treaties are important vehicles for greater cooperation on pressing global issues, as well as benchmarks for the establishment of minimum
Reading List: Security Corruption and Governance Recommended Readings
By: James Cohen | Friday, February 6th, 2015Corruption in security sector reform (SSR) and peacebuilding is often acknowledged as a problem, but there is still a hesitancy to act on it. This is sometimes even due to the enduring notion that corruption is a necessary evil in securing peace. In addition to the hurdle of acknowledging corruption’s full impact on security, there
The Impact of Corruption on Security Sector Effectiveness, and What to do About It
By: James Cohen | Monday, December 8th, 2014A string of recent global security failures has focused media and political attention on the impact of corruption on security sector operational effectiveness. Whereas corruption is often viewed by international actors as a costly annoyance with mostly local effects, there is increasing recognition of the significant risks it poses for both national and international security.
Corruption’s Poster Child? Understanding the Challenge to Azerbaijan’s Security Sector
By: David Law and Eric Muller | Wednesday, May 14th, 2014In 2012, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project named Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev its corruption “person of the year.” According to the project, Aliyev was awarded this dubious distinction based on extensive reports and “well-documented evidence” that the Aliyev family had used its influence over a period of many years to take advantage of
Combatting Police Corruption: Opportunities for Security Governance through Civil Society
By: Isaac Caverhill-Godkewitsch | Monday, December 10th, 2012In November 2012, Transparency International’s International Defence and Security Programme published a report on the state of police corruption around the world titled Arresting Corruption in the Police. The report presents important insights into police corruption for domestic policy, illustrated though several case studies. Although the report is focused on domestic efforts, it also offers
Interesting discussion on tackling corruption on ISSAT Community of Practice blog
By: Geoff Burt | Thursday, October 13th, 2011The International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT) at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces operates a blog featuring the analysis of their SSR practitioner community. Recently, they published two commentaries on tackling corruption in the context of SSR programming. The first, by Nicholas Seymour, Africa Advisor at Transparency International’s Defence and
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