Funding Corruption: Why the World is ‘Better Off’ Without Western Aid and NGOs

Funding Corruption: Why the World is ‘Better Off’ Without Western Aid and NGOs

Around the world, Western aid is failing to fulfil its stated objectives. Nowhere is this more flagrant than Haiti, where despite billions flowing in to the ravaged country, little progress has been made since the 2010 earthquake. A former UN development expert has suggested the country – and others – may well fare better without….

How George Soros Singlehandedly Created the European Refugee Crisis—and Why

How George Soros Singlehandedly Created the European Refugee Crisis—and Why

George Soros is trading again. The 85-year-old political activist and philanthropist hit the headlines post-Brexit saying the event had “unleashed” a financial-market crisis. Well, the crisis hasn’t hit Soros just yet. He was once again on the right side of the trade, taking a short position in troubled Deutsche Bank and betting against the S&P…

The West’s Moral Hypocrisy on Yemen

The West’s Moral Hypocrisy on Yemen

Only a few months ago, interventionists were demanding a militant response by Washington to what George Soros branded “a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions” — the killing of “hundreds of people” by Russian and Syrian government bombing of rebel-held neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo. Leon Wieseltier, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and…

The Problem with Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index

The Problem with Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index

Transparency International puts out what it calls the “Corruption Perceptions Index.” It is an annual index it claims “has been widely credited with putting the issue of corruption on the international policy agenda.” These carefully selected words, taken at face value appear benign, even progressive. But upon digging deeper into this organisation’s background it becomes…