Publication

This report describes corruption in Macedonia in detail, showing how some of the scams work and what they mean for Macedonian stability. The paper explores Macedonian attitudes toward corruption and addresses the whole spectrum of corruption, including full state capture, privatization and defying international lenders. Subsequently, the paper sheds light on how corruption helped bring Macedonia near to war, the government’s weak efforts to fight corruption and how the international community helped enable corruption. The paper argues that Macedonia can have either great corruption or stability but not both.