The adults are back in charge — Joe Biden and his team are finally in the White House, with a promise to undo the damage inflicted by the Trump administration. As part of the great restoration of “normality,” Biden is promising to make anti-corruption a centerpiece of his administration, both at home and abroad.

As Biden’s national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, told Politico, the administration strives to “rally our allies to combat corruption and kleptocracy, and to hold systems of authoritarian capitalism accountable for greater transparency and participation in a rules-based system.” Biden has committed to issuing “a presidential policy directive that establishes combating corruption as a core national security interest and democratic responsibility.

It is almost impossible to find anyone who is actually for corruption; even Donald Trump took office promising to drain the swamp. But it is necessary to unpack just what making anti-corruption “a core national security interest” actually means in practice.