COMMENTARY: Staying Power

Countries that don’t have coups are often, but not always, stalwarts against corruption, according to an essay in Foreign Affairs. "Once states have credible legal systems in place, corruption plummets as well," writes the author. Citing TI's 2008 Corruption Perception Index, he notes that the least corrupt countries in the Index have experienced no coups from 1961 through 2010. "The connection between corruption and coups remains strong."

Read the essay by Ivan Perkins in Foreign Affairs.

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