
Transparency deficits create structural vulnerabilities enabling corruption to operate as a force multiplier for national security threats. In this context, information asymmetries, weak oversight mechanisms, and inadequate accountability frameworks establish permissive environments where corrupt actors exploiting institutional blind spots. The democratic model enables citizens to actively seek and pursue access to reliable information, as citizens in democratic countries have both rights and responsibilities, while the state itself is seen as the guarantor and protector of such rights and liberties.
Read more: Corruption as a national security threat – Dr Petros Petrikkos
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Transparency deficits create structural vulnerabilities enabling corruption to operate as a force multiplier for national security threats. In this context, information asymmetries, weak oversight mechanisms, and inadequate accountability frameworks establish permissive environments where corrupt actors exploiting institutional blind spots. The democratic model enables citizens to actively seek and pursue access to reliable information, as citizens in democratic countries have both rights and responsibilities, while the state itself is seen as the guarantor and protector of such rights and liberties.
Read more: Corruption as a national security threat – Dr Petros Petrikkos