Corruption increases the level of instability and the risk of conflict by undermining the legitimacy and credibility of state institutions. It can be both a cause and effect of poor leadership and governance. States emerging from conflict are particularly vulnerable to corruption due to the lack of good governance infrastructures; but Western interventions can exacerbate the problem through the unintended consequences of good intentions.

For peacekeeping and state-building interventions to be effective, careful consideration must be given as to the reason the problem occurs, and to its broader impact, as well as ways to manage it. This Letort Paper suggests ways in which these unintended consequences may be mitigated in future peace and stability operations.


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About the Author: ABOUT THE AUTHOR;

SHIMA D. KEENE is a British academic and practitioner specializing in defense and security. She is a Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Statecraft, London. Dr. Keene is also a Deployable Civilian Expert (DCE) for the United Kingdom (UK) Government's Civilian Stabilisation Group (CSG), specializing in intelligence and security sector reform within the se-curity and justice function of the CSG. She is a former Senior Research Fellow and Advisor at the Advanced Research and Assessment Group, Defence Academy of the UK, and Special Advisor to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), where she had responsibility for assessment and recommendations for the development of financial-counterinsurgency (FIN-COIN) strategies in Afghanistan.

Dr. Keene advises and works closely with a number of UK government departments and law enforcement agencies, to include the MoD, Foreign and Common-wealth Office, Department for International Devel-opment, and the National Crime Agency, as well as a number of regional law enforcement agencies. Outside the UK, Dr. Keene works with international or-ganizations to include: the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as U.S. Government departments, the military, and law enforcement agencies. Dr. Keene has 27 years of practitioner experience obtained through investment banking, defense intelligence, and aca-demia, and is a former British Army reservist soldier with 7 years military service, most of which was spent with 4th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment.