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Identifying corruption risks in the defense and security sector : empirical evidence using the Government Defense Anti-Corruption Index

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Terrorism, key assets, and critical infrastructures : to protect or to rebuild? ; that is the question

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The Impact of Post-9/11 Visa Policies on Travel to the United States

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Regional or Global? The National Security Strategy and Public Opinion in Slovenia

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IDENTIFYING CORRUPTION RISKS IN THE DEFENSE AND SECURITY SECTOR: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE USING THE GOVERNMENT DEFENSE ANTI-CORRUPTION INDEX

Cover, Oliver; Mustafa, Saad - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 9 (2014) 2, pp. 27-33

This article contributes to the debate on conceptualizing corruption by suggesting that sector-specific typologies of … corruption risks are useful heuristics that encourage understanding of corruption without attempting to define it in a way that … difficulties in trying to define corruption in both general terms and within the context of the defense and security sector. It …

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