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Sarah Chayes
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Sarah Chayes on Thieves Of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security
Corruption acts as a thread tying recent frightening international security crises together.
By Sarah Chayes
Published on Jan 26, 2015
Source: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
The world is blowing up. Every day a new blaze seems to ignite: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria; the East-West standoff in Ukraine; abducted schoolgirls in northern Nigeria. Is there some thread tying these frightening international security crises together?
In a riveting account that weaves history with fast-moving reportage and insider accounts from the Afghanistan war, Sarah Chayes identifies the unexpected link - corruption - in her book, Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security.
This interview was originally broadcast on WAMC Northeast Public Radio.
About the Author
Sarah Chayes
Former Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Sarah Chayes is internationally recognized for her innovative thinking on corruption and its implications. Her work explores how severe corruption can help prompt such crises as terrorism, revolutions and their violent aftermaths, and environmental degradation.
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Recent Work
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