Thieves of State
Why Corruption Threatens Global Security
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Sarah Chayes
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Sarah Chayes
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A former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains how government's oldest problem is its greatest destabilizing force. Thieves of State argues that corruption is not just a nuisance; it is a major source of geopolitical turmoil. Since the late 1990s, corruption has grown such that some governments now resemble criminal gangs, provoking extreme reactions ranging from revolution to militant puritanical religion.
Through intensive firsthand reporting, Sarah Chayes explores the security implications of corruption throughout our world: Afghans returning to the Taliban, Egyptians overthrowing the Mubarak government - but also redesigning Al Qaeda - and Nigerians embracing both evangelical Christianity and Islamist terrorist groups like Boko Haram. The pattern, moreover, pervades history. Canonical political thinkers such as John Locke and Machiavelli, as well as the great medieval Islamic statesman Nizam al-Mulk, all named corruption as a threat to the realm.
In a thrilling argument that connects the Protestant Reformation to the Arab Spring, Chayes asserts that we cannot afford not to attack corruption, for it is a cause, and not a result, of global instability.
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- LNM
- 2022-08-22
fascinating observations and wonderful listen
Sarah Chayes describes the extent to which global corruption relies upon cleptocracies which in turn depend upon " financial aid" from western countries and institutions. Instead of using international aid to help their impoverished or distressed citizens, the money ends up enriching a selection government connected elite, corruption and abuse of millions of global citizens ensue. One of the side effects of these cleptocracies is a rise in extremism, be it religious or otherwise. It is infuriating that Western governments persist in this form of aid! It seems as though the West is funding structures for the global drug trade and human trafficking among others. Worth listening to. Highly recommended.
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- Angelina Stokman
- 2018-01-12
A MUST READ
Theives of State ... beyond being superbly written and narrated ... is essential reading for understanding today's world. As important as DARK MONEY by Jane Mayer.
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- Julliett Barrett
- 2019-02-28
honestly Revealing.
Love it. This book strikes some strings of surius thoughts of mines of why so many people remains poor in many countries.
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