U.S. security assistance, arms trade, defense sector anti-corruption, narrative non-fiction, senior researcher with @transparencyUSA and @TI_Defence
Washington, DC
Joined February 2011
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NEW RESEARCH: Our latest report, Blissfully Blind, pulls back the curtain on the shadowy world of defense industrial collaboration or offsets and their #corruption risks.
More here: ti-defence.org/publications/…
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🌐 Senior Researcher @cogoodman speaking at the UNODA Conference of the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons.
"The past decade of armed conflict in many countries has shown persuasively that if you don't address corruption, you risk seriously undermining security"
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In this new brief @juliapalik1 and I look at whether it would be easy for Saudi Arabia to find alternative arms supplies if exports were stopped by the US and European states. We look its own industry and the practical problems of alternative exporters. prio.org/publications/14024
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Glad to join this with @transparencyUSA @FDD explaining national security case for US beneficial ownership register, which is now under legal attack.
Undermining this critical tool would boost cartels, terrorists, and hostile regimes. us.transparency.org/news/ant…
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Our report on illicit proliferation of MANPADS in the Middle East and North Africa is out! TONS of data and imagery on, inter alia, the increasing prevalence of illicit Chinese-designed MANPADS in the region and Iran's role in this proliferation smallarmssurvey.org/resource…
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Quick reminder that I will be speaking on my favorite topic tomorrow at 3:30 pm Geneva time/9:30 am Washington, DC time.
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming launch on 26 April of our new #SANA report on the #proliferation of MANPADS in #NorthAfrica and the #MiddleEast
🕞 15H30 CET
👉 Register here: smallarmssurvey.org/event/sa…
Did you know the riskiest part of an arms sale may not involve weapons? In new research, @transparencyUSA and @TI_Defence break down the corruption risks of these increasingly important and uniquely flexible side deals, often called defense offsets, so critical for winning arms sales. Learn more at ti-defence.org/publications/…
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“A surge in demand for defence offsets, inadequate #anticorruption measures by US defence firms, poor safeguards in many US partner nations, and lenient oversight from Washington has created a perfect storm of #corruption risks.”
Learn more here ⤵️ ti-defence.org/blissfully-bl…
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Our new report published with @TI_Defence warns that the U.S. is ignoring potentially dangerous corruption risks around opaque defense contract payments (aka ‘offsets’) that threaten to undermine U.S. and international security.
Read it here: us.transparency.org/resource…
Despite what is often portrayed, defense industrial collaboration or offsets regularly have nothing to do with the defense sector. These deals are the most vulnerable to the below forms of corruption. Learn more: ti-defence.org/publications/…
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Many US security partner countries have adopted approaches to offsets or industrial cooperation that make them more susceptible to corruption. Nearly all of the 14 countries @TI_Defence reviewed have very limited transparency on defense offsets. Learn more: ti-defence.org/publications/…
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📢 NEW RESEARCH: Our latest report, Blissfully Blind, pulls back the curtain on the shadowy world of defence contract offsets and their #corruption risks.
Read the full report here: ti-defence.org/publications/…
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LAUNCHING TOMORROW: Our latest report, Blissfully Blind, pulls back the curtain on the shadowy world of defence contract offsets and their #corruption risks.
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In an age of light, a darkness rises.
On June 4, don’t miss the two-episode premiere of @OfficialAcolyte, a Star Wars Original series, only on @DisneyPlus.
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We’re seeking a Head of Policy and Campaigns to fill a key leadership role in our team.
The role will shape policy positions, develop and manage delivery of high-profile global campaigns, and deliver key outcomes from our new strategy.
More: ti-defence.org/vacancy/head-…
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New‼️ Check out the @complianceweek article below which quotes TI US's Executive Director Gary Kalman and @FACTCoalition's @Ianpgary on Treasury's proposed anti-money laundering rule for real estate⬇️
complianceweek.com/regulator….
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Leverage is often mentioned as one of the motivations for providing military aid. There doesn’t seem to be much leverage here.
The White House having to basically plead for weeks with one of its largest recipients of military aid to get a shipment of flour delivered to Gaza is a real "who's the fucking superpower here" moment axios.com/2024/02/13/israel-…
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Congress is discussing a bill that could dilute decades of #anticorruption efforts.
Great to see Rep. @dinatitus highlight how the bill would limit US efforts to ensure arms sales don't fuel repression or #bribery.
More here: globalanticorruptionblog.com…
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Insightful piece by @cogoodman - the US Congress plays a vital role in assessing (corruption) risks of international arms sales, who will be served by reducing that capacity? globalanticorruptionblog.com…
In this timely blog by our own @cogoodman, learn how proposed US legislation risks fuelling #corruption in the global #armstrade.
globalanticorruptionblog.com…
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🆕Check out the recently released statement from TI US Senior Researcher @cogoodman on a new bill that would limit anti-corruption checks on U.S. arms sales⬇️
us.transparency.org/news/hou…