What can be learnt from Ukraine anti-corruption reforms in defense and security?

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Oksana Huss, BIT-ACT research fellow, and Svitlana Musiiaka, Head of Research and Policy in the Independent Anticorruption Commission (NAKO), published the article titled “Accomplishing the Impossible: How Ukraine Advanced Anti-Corruption Reforms in Defense & Security”. The authors argue that two primary factors advanced anti-corruption reform in the Ukrainian security and defence sector. First, the complex interplay among civil society, government authorities, and international partners featured necessary pressure and collaboration. Second, these stakeholders were acutely aware of the risks of large-scale corruption to security. Since then, a spillover effect from this exchange among stakeholders has enhanced Ukraine’s resilience in its current war. 

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