Avigdor Lieberman (Hebrew: אֲבִיגְדוֹר לִיבֶּרְמָן, IPA: [aviɡˈdor ˈliberman], (audio) , Russian: Эве́т Льво́вич Ли́берман, [ɪˈvɛt lʲˈvovɪt͡ɕ ˈlʲɪbʲɪrmɐn], 5 July 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who served as the Defense Minister of Israel from 2016 to 2018; on 14 November 2018, he resigned because of a ceasefire in Gaza which he characterized as "surrendering to terror." He served as Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2012, and again from 2013 to 2015. He has also served as member of the Knesset and as Deputy Prime Minister of Israel. He is the founder and leader of the...

The Electoral College is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution, which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the United States. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, and an absolute majority of at least 270 electoral votes is required to win election. According to Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the Constitution, each state legislature determines the manner by which its state's electors are chosen. Each state's number of electors is equal to the combined total of the state's membership in the Senate and...

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index published annually by Transparency International since 1995 which ranks countries "by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private benefit".The 2019 CPI, published in January of 2020, currently ranks 180 countries "on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)". Denmark, New Zealand and Finland are perceived as the least corrupt nations in the world, ranking consistently high among international...