An Anticorruption Policy Agenda
In a recent Foreign Affairs article titled “The Anticorruption Angle,” Casey Michel, Trevor Sutton, and Matt Duss examine how decades of U.S. progress in fighting corruption have been rapidly undone under the second Trump administration with a surge of bribery and self-dealing that undermines democracy and bolsters kleptocracy at home and abroad.
Their analysis outlines policy options—summarized here—to reverse the corruption crisis and advance a transparency agenda that strengthens U.S. governance and global standing.
