The Foreign Service Journal, June 2016

30 JUNE 2016 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL governance programming, particularly but not exclusively managed through the State Department’s Bureau of Interna- tional Narcotics and Law Enforcement and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Sticks and Carrots In addition to such “carrots,” the initiative also encourages greater use of punitive measures. These include the authorities under Presidential Proclamation 7750 and Public Law 7031c, which renders ineligible for a visa current officials of foreign governments and their immediate family members for whom “the Secretary of State has credible information [they] have been involved in significant corruption, including corruption related to the extraction of natural resources.” There has also been greater cooperation with U.S. law enforcement agencies targeting corrupt actors affecting the United States, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Secret Service, as well as the U.S. Departments of Justice and Treasury. Achieving high-level buy-in from both chiefs of mission within posts and host-country political leaders is the key to making demonstrable progress. Even before the formal launch of EUR’s anti-corruption initiative, a number of ambassadors, Achieving high-level buy-in from both chiefs of mission within posts and host-country political leaders is the key to making demonstrable progress. OLESIATRACHUK/U.S.EMBASSYKYIV Thumbs up for the new Kyiv Patrol police force, in uniform, with (l-r) U.S. Ambassador Geoff Pyatt, Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, President Petro Poroshenko, Deputy Interior Minister Eka Zguladze, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.