Shannon good morning, everyone. Welcome to our symposium on the future of anticorruption in u. S. Foreignpolicy. I am shannon oneill, a senior fellow here at the council for Foreign Relations. We have seen in recent years recognition of corruption and wideranging consequences. Both for the nations in which it occurs and u. S. Foreign olicy. Intensified economic and social inequalities, it drains Development Dollars and if prevents presents obstacles for democracy by undermining the legitimacy of institutions and countries. Endemic corruption erodes trust in the government and it drives me citizens toward radical movements. Insurgencies that threaten those countries as well as in u. S. Interest. It is crucial the United States ddress these threats and develop effective strategies to ombat this abroad. It will mean working alone as well as in concert with International Partners to address bribery, graft and other forms of corruption. We will delve into these today. We have an Impressive
Shannon good morning, everyone. Welcome to our symposium on the future of anticorruption in u. S. Foreignpolicy. I am shannon oneill, a senior fellow here at the council for Foreign Relations. We have seen in recent years recognition of corruption and wideranging consequences. Both for the nations in which it occurs and u. S. Foreign olicy. Intensified economic and social inequalities, it drains Development Dollars and if prevents presents obstacles for democracy by undermining the legitimacy of institutions and countries. Endemic corruption erodes trust in the government and it drives me citizens toward radical movements. Insurgencies that threaten those countries as well as in u. S. Interest. It is crucial the United States ddress these threats and develop effective strategies to ombat this abroad. It will mean working alone as well as in concert with International Partners to address bribery, graft and other forms of corruption. We will delve into these today. We have an Impressive
Shannon good morning, everyone. Welcome to our symposium on the future of anticorruption in u. S. Foreignpolicy. Everyone knows that the senator, we know he has been thinking about these issues for many, many years. Let me start off by asking you in your time here, 30 years are close to 30 years here in washington, you have dealt with a lot of foreignpolicy challenges. Youve dealt with wars, economic classes and refugee crisis. All sorts of threats and amid all of these, where did corruption link . Thank you very much. Take you to the council on Foreign Affairs for holding this series of discussions of dealing with corruption. You have to realize there are forces working against us. We scheduled this over a month ago and we had snow. Here i am trying to get away from the Nuclear Fallout happening in the United States senate. There are outside forces at work here. Corruption is you talk about my experiences when i first came to congress, i got involved in the Helsinki Commission basical