Podcasts about fragile states

Morten Bøås (PhD) is a Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. He works on violent conflict, insurgencies, and fragile states in Africa and the Middle East. From 2020 to 2023 Bøås was the Principal Investigator of the EU Horizon 2020 funded Project PREVEX – Preventing violent extremism in the Balkans and the MENA: Strengthening resilience in enabling environments. His latest book is “Resisting Radicalization: Exploring the Non-Occurrence of Violent Extremism.” Out of 9-11 attacks, one major conclusion is it was a Black Swan Operation which means it could happen, but intelligence services missed the signals. Grievances or underlying causes may push someone into a violent life due to lack of education, food insecurity, or poverty.  Soft Power programs, such as Peace Corps, UN assistance and USAID may provide a better life for people who are susceptible.  USAID is rated as an extremely efficient and effective self-help program. 

Send Wilk a text with your feedback!Strengthen Relationships: Local Solutions To America's Growing Societal FragilityToday, in yet another of our ProHuman Foundation advisors series, I have the distinct privilege of speaking with someone who's not only a thought leader but also a seasoned expert in understanding the complex dynamics of fragile states, societies, and communities.Seth D. Kaplan is the author of Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time. His work focuses on an issue that's been at the forefront of my mind for quite some time—the fragility of American society, not in terms of political collapse, but in terms of the erosion of social cohesion and interpersonal connections. Seth is a Professorial Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University's prestigious SAIS program, a Senior Adviser at the Institute for Integrated Transitions, and a visiting fellow at the Mercatus Center's Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange. Beyond academia, he's consulted for organizations like the World Bank and the U.S. State Department, tackling challenges in fragile communities worldwide.In our conversation today, we'll explore what makes communities thrive—or falter—and why local action and community engagement are vital to restoring our social fabric. We'll also delve into how technology and cultural narratives play a role in shaping, or fracturing, those connections. If you've ever felt that society is growing more polarized, more disconnected, and less respectful, you'll find this conversation enlightening—and maybe even empowering.TakeawaysFragile states are politically or socially unstable with low social cohesion.American society is fragile due to declining interpersonal relationships.Technology has contributed to the isolation and atomization of society.Local engagement is crucial for rebuilding community connections.Individuals can make a difference by participating in local organizations.Cultural change is necessary to address societal issues.Constructive narratives should be amplified over polarizing ones.People often feel marginalized and disrespected in society.Restoring social fabric requires active participation in communities.Learn more about and connect with SetWhat have you done today to make your life a better life? What have you done today to make the world a better place? The world is a better place if we are better people. That begins with each of us as individuals. Be kind to one another. Be grateful for everything you've got. Make each and every day the day that you want it to be! Please follow The Derate The Hate podcast on: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter(X) , YouTube Subscribe to us wherever you enjoy your audio or directly from our site. Please leave us a rating and feedback on Apple podcasts or other platforms. Not on social media? You can share your thoughts or request Wilk for a speaking engagement on our site's contact page: DerateTheHate.com/Contact If you would like to support the show, you're welcome to DONATE or shop Amazon by going through our Support Us page and I'll earn through qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. I look forward to hearing from you!

Non-governmental organisations and militaries are notorious for their difficult relationship. The military is mostly understood through the prism of its lethality, and NGOs are perceived as idealistic do-gooders, ready to save the world. In When Rambo Meets the Red Cross: Civil Military Engagement in Fragile States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024) Dr. Stanislava P. Mladenova traces the changing character of interaction between both of these entities. She argues that the boundaries which once separated their functions are fading. Fragile, ungoverned, and insecure spaces need both of what these actors can provide. As a result, they have drawn closer together, and have everything at their disposal for a collaborative, efficient, and productive civil-military partnership, which is contrary to what many observers and leaders in the conflict and development space have long believed. Dr. Mladenova makes a convincing case that it is high time both sets of actors put aside their differences, bringing to light a fast-changing landscape of vicious poverty, insecurity, and climate change, where the conventional way of doing business will become the exception, not the rule. Use the code RLFANDF30 for a 30% discount if you buy via the publisher! This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose new book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Non-governmental organisations and militaries are notorious for their difficult relationship. The military is mostly understood through the prism of its lethality, and NGOs are perceived as idealistic do-gooders, ready to save the world. In When Rambo Meets the Red Cross: Civil Military Engagement in Fragile States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024) Dr. Stanislava P. Mladenova traces the changing character of interaction between both of these entities. She argues that the boundaries which once separated their functions are fading. Fragile, ungoverned, and insecure spaces need both of what these actors can provide. As a result, they have drawn closer together, and have everything at their disposal for a collaborative, efficient, and productive civil-military partnership, which is contrary to what many observers and leaders in the conflict and development space have long believed. Dr. Mladenova makes a convincing case that it is high time both sets of actors put aside their differences, bringing to light a fast-changing landscape of vicious poverty, insecurity, and climate change, where the conventional way of doing business will become the exception, not the rule. Use the code RLFANDF30 for a 30% discount if you buy via the publisher! This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose new book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

Non-governmental organisations and militaries are notorious for their difficult relationship. The military is mostly understood through the prism of its lethality, and NGOs are perceived as idealistic do-gooders, ready to save the world. In When Rambo Meets the Red Cross: Civil Military Engagement in Fragile States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024) Dr. Stanislava P. Mladenova traces the changing character of interaction between both of these entities. She argues that the boundaries which once separated their functions are fading. Fragile, ungoverned, and insecure spaces need both of what these actors can provide. As a result, they have drawn closer together, and have everything at their disposal for a collaborative, efficient, and productive civil-military partnership, which is contrary to what many observers and leaders in the conflict and development space have long believed. Dr. Mladenova makes a convincing case that it is high time both sets of actors put aside their differences, bringing to light a fast-changing landscape of vicious poverty, insecurity, and climate change, where the conventional way of doing business will become the exception, not the rule. Use the code RLFANDF30 for a 30% discount if you buy via the publisher! This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose new book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Non-governmental organisations and militaries are notorious for their difficult relationship. The military is mostly understood through the prism of its lethality, and NGOs are perceived as idealistic do-gooders, ready to save the world. In When Rambo Meets the Red Cross: Civil Military Engagement in Fragile States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024) Dr. Stanislava P. Mladenova traces the changing character of interaction between both of these entities. She argues that the boundaries which once separated their functions are fading. Fragile, ungoverned, and insecure spaces need both of what these actors can provide. As a result, they have drawn closer together, and have everything at their disposal for a collaborative, efficient, and productive civil-military partnership, which is contrary to what many observers and leaders in the conflict and development space have long believed. Dr. Mladenova makes a convincing case that it is high time both sets of actors put aside their differences, bringing to light a fast-changing landscape of vicious poverty, insecurity, and climate change, where the conventional way of doing business will become the exception, not the rule. Use the code RLFANDF30 for a 30% discount if you buy via the publisher! This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose new book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

After the disastrous failures of the U.S. projects in Iraq and Afghanistan, many Americans have soured on nation-building, especially if it involves the deployment of U.S. troops in a hostile country for years on end. Americans also remember the fiasco in Somalia in 1993 or the hazy national interest when it came to intervening in the Balkans. In this episode, Keith Mines, a former U.S. Army officer and State Department diplomat, contends nation-building is more successful than its detractors are willing to concede. Mines, now an expert on post-conflict stabilization at the U.S. Institute of Peace, has worked in Latin America, Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, and elsewhere. Further reading: Why Nation Building Matters: Political Consolidation, Building Security Forces, and Economic Development in Failed and Fragile States by Keith Mines

Philippe Vogeleer is a chartered director specialized in partnerships between companies, governments, and international organizations. Until March 2024 he was the Global Head of Corporate Business Development for Vodafone. Prior to joining Vodafone, Philippe held senior positions for Ooredoo, Orange, and Deloitte. He has lived in 10 countries and worked in more than 100. He holds a master's degree in law, a master's degree in media and communications, and an Executive MBA. Philippe now advises a small number of companies as Non-Executive Director and supports the work of international charities, including Global Citizen. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at INSEAD. We start our conversation by learning about Philippe's international background, his early interest in human development, and how he discovered the importance of mobile phones and satellite technology. We then take a stroll through the decades with Philippe highlighting the big business opportunities for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector in each time period - from radio waves in the 1980s and 90s, to networks and services in the 2000s and 2010s. He also reminds us that most people don't have a laptop, accessing digital tools only on mobile phones, and that today's opportunity lies in bringing access to the devices.   We then shift to discussing how we can define the ICT sector and what we mean by digitalization. Also, we ask Philippe to help us understand what fragility looks like on the ground, from an ICT perspective, and how the ICT industry and digitalization can help counter fragility. This leads us to talk about what is needed to build a business case in fragile states or even in conflict areas, how you can engage external partners, and how to convince internal decision makers to take on the risk of investing under more difficult conditions. We also discuss the benefits of digitalization for governments, the main obstacles to closing the digital divide, and the role of AI in digitalization. We wrap up our conversation by considering the finite nature of money, how it can best catalyze digitalization, and the potential future for the ICT industry. Watch or listen to the episode for so many more insights from Philippe Vogeleer! ***** Philippe Vogeleer philippe.vogeleer@globalpartners4digitaldevelopment.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/global-partners-for-digital-development ***** Mihaela Carstei, Paul M. Bisca, and Johan Bjurman Bergman co-host F-World: The Fragility Podcast.  X: https://x.com/fworldpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fworldpodcast/ Website: https://f-world.org Music: "Tornado" by Wintergatan. Many thanks to Wintergartan for allowing us to use their wonderful music! This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net. Video editing by: Alex Mitran - find Alex on Facebook (facebook.com/alexmmitran), X (x.com/alexmmitran), or LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/alexmmitran) TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:11 Philippe's background – people, places, ideas that charted his path 00:08:16 ICT's big business opportunities through the decades 00:14:02 What is digitalization? What is the ICT sector? 00:18:13 What is fragility? What does it look like from an ICT perspective? 00:26:15 How can ICT and digitalization help counter fragility? 00:34:30 The business case for digitalization in fragile states and low-income countries 00:45:31 Digitalization benefits for governments 00:54:30 Obstacles to closing the digital divide 01:00:28 The role of AI in digitalization: risks or benefits 01:08:56 The finite nature of money & how to best catalyze digitalization 01:14:01 Potential future for the ICT industry 01:21:03 Wrap-up

Listen in as Rear Admiral Garry Hall, a seasoned leader with a storied career spanning the United States Navy and the National Security Council, as he navigates the waters of leadership, geopolitics, and humanitarianism. With insights gathered from commanding naval ships to advising on national security affairs, Admiral Hall brings a unique perspective to the airwaves. Tune in to gain exclusive access to captivating stories, expert analysis, and actionable strategies for success, all delivered with wit, wisdom, and a touch of salty sea breeze. Welcome aboard "The Admiral's Almanac," where excellence is not just a goal—it's a way of life.     He served as Executive Director of the Association of the US Navy, received a political appointment to serve as a Senior Director on the National Security Council and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. On the NSC he was responsible for Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, Immigration and Migration, Atrocity Prevention, United Nations Operations, Democracies, and Fragile States. In support of these portfolios, he led a team of career professionals dedicated to each of these functional areas. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy he served 35 years on active duty. A naval aviator, he flew anti-submarine warfare helicopters and commanded two squadrons. Additionally, he commanded the capitol ship USS Tarawa LHA 1, which had a compliment of 1000 Sailors, 2000 Marines, 32 aircraft and 3 landing craft. As a Flag Officer he served as General Tommy Franks Information Operations Officer at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, served with NATO in the United Kingdom, commanded an Expeditionary Strike Group deployed to the Middle East, and led a Senior Service college at National Defense University. In retirement from the Navy he serves the Catholic Church bringing operation risk management to the protection of children and young adults. He served on the National Review Board for 4 years advising the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops on child protection. He is currently the Chairman of the Archbishop of the of the Military Admiral Hall holds a B.S. in Marine Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, an MBA from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and is a graduate of National Defense University's Capstone Course. The Admiral is the host of the popular podcast, The Admiral's Almanac, and is the author of his recently published book, Navigating Leadership, Making a PACT with Excellence.              

Hannes Mueller is a tenured researcher at the Institute for Economic Analysis, a researcher center of the Spanish National Research Council. He also directs the master's program in Data Science for Decision Making at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. Most recently, his research focus has been on how conflict can be predicted using millions of newspaper articles – a project which drives the conflictforecast.org website. This research project has become a key resource for global work on conflict prevention and has led to collaborations with the Spanish Central Bank, the German Federal Foreign Office, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the UN, World Bank, and many others. This conversation was a tour de force and covered a lot of topics: from taxes and trust, to fiscal capacity as a dimension of state capacity, to fragility and the macroeconomic implications of violent conflict, to forecasting conflict using machine learning and implications for policy makers. Hannes gives us a live demonstration of conflictforecast.org and if you're interested in how AI can help us forecast conflict then this is the conversation for you! ***** Hannes Mueller Website: https://www.hannesfelixmueller.com Conflict forecast: https://conflictforecast.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannes-mueller-research/ ***** Mihaela Carstei, Paul M. Bisca, and Johan Bjurman Bergman co-host F-World: The Fragility Podcast.  X: https://twitter.com/fworldpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fworldpodcast/ Website: https://f-world.org Music: "Tornado" by Wintergatan. This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net. Video editing by: Alex Mitran - find Alex on Facebook (facebook.com/alexmmitran), X (x.com/alexmmitran), or LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/alexmmitran) EPISODE RESOURCES Timothy Besley and Hannes Mueller. 2012. Estimating the Peace Dividend: The Impact of Violence on House Prices in Northern Ireland. American Economic Review. Timothy Besley, Hannes Mueller, Fiscal Capacity and State Fragility In: Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States. Eds: Ralph Chami, Raphael Espinoza, and Peter Montiel, Oxford University Press (2021). International Monetary Fund. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198853091.003.0009 Hannes Mueller, Christopher Rauh, The Hard Problem of Prediction for Conflict Prevention, Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 20, Issue 6, December 2022 Hannes Mueller, Christopher Rauh, & Alessandro Ruggieri. 2022. Dynamic Early Warning and Action Model, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2236. TIMESTAMPS (00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:17) Hannes's background (00:03:26) Shock therapy in Poland vs. Russia (00:05:42) How Hannes's interest in politics shapes his research (00:09:09) Institution formation, fragility, & fiscal capacity (00:16:05) Trust, taxation, & public services (00:22:06) What is fragility (00:29:32) Relationship between fragility & violent conflict (00:33:11) Macroeconomic implications of conflict (00:37:21) Does conflict always lead to fragility (00:41:21) Forecasting fragility vs causal understanding (00:43:42) Human factors & forecasting fragility (00:50:42) Prevention & forecasting (00:55:09) Why is conflict prediction a hard problem (00:58:19) Machine learning for conflict prevention (01:03:21) What is a good model for conflict prevention? (01:11:05) Text availability by language for training the model (01:15:54) Conflictforecast.org demo (01:25:31) What can you ask the model & what you shouldn't ask (01:37:47) How can the model inform policy action & prevention (01:44:36) How can conflictforecast.org augment human decision making (01:49:51) The role of stabilizing factors in cross country comparisons (01:54:22) Hannes's data wish list (02:01:26) Do LLMs like ChatGPT impact the model's performance (02:04:37) Is there a role for sentiment analysis (02:08:45) Future research goals (02:13:08) Institutional myopia (02:15:27) Should we bring back salons (02:19:15) Wrap-up

This week Zohar is joined by public intellectual Seth Kaplan to discuss his new book Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time. Kaplan takes his analysis of Fragile States and applies the same lens to American neighborhoods. Zohar and Seth talk about what makes for good neighborhoods, why culture can't be reduced to economic or political analysis, the role of religion in community, and whether loneliness and failing neighborhoods are a driver of radicalism.

This week Zohar is joined by public intellectual Seth Kaplan to discuss his new book Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time. Kaplan takes his analysis of Fragile States and applies the same lens to American neighborhoods. Zohar and Seth talk about what makes for good neighborhoods, why culture can't be reduced to economic or political analysis, the role of religion in community, and whether loneliness and failing neighborhoods are a driver of radicalism.

Jan Kratzer, Chaired Professor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management and Founder/Academic Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship (CfE) at Technische Universität Berlin, joins Matthias Catón in this episode. Jan shares his expertise on challenges for entrepreneurs in low-income countries, comparing them to high-income countries. As their discussion explores the concept of entrepreneurship in fragile states, Matthias ... Read more

Seth Kaplan is a Visiting Fellow with the Mercatus Center's Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange. He is also a Professorial Lecturer at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, Senior Adviser for the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), and consultant to the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), USAID, and the U.S. Department of State. Seth is the author of three books: “Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development” (2008); “Betrayed: Promoting Inclusive Development in Fragile States (2013); and “Human Rights in Thick and Thin Societies: Universality Without Uniformity” (2018). His new book, “Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time,” was published on October 17, 2023. This was an incredibly interesting conversation and full of insights about the fragility present right now in one of the most prosperous countries in the world! We start by talking about how Seth's experience with fragility around the world helped him spot the fragility present in America's own neighborhoods and what motivated him to write the book. We then discuss what fragile neighborhoods look like, what makes a neighborhood fragile, and the role of norms and close relationships in the fragility of our communities. Seth makes the point that fragility is about relationships, whether those are found at the local community level, between communities, or at level of national institutions – and the nature of those relationships or their absence is what makes fragility emerge. We also talk about why we have fragile neighborhoods and what policies and factors have contributed the most to this problem. Our conversation touches upon the role of public service and on the “poverty-industrial-complex” & institutional obstacles to addressing fragility in neighborhoods. Seth also makes the case for the value of prevention in terms of saving social, human, and economic capital and highlights marriage as one of the institutions that can help prevent social decay. We wrap up our conversation by discussing the need for reviving the American Dream and bringing back into our neighborhoods the robust institutions and instincts for civil society that Alexis de Tocqueville observed two centuries ago.   Listen to the episode and read Seth's book for so many more ideas on how we can help neighborhoods exit fragility! ***** Dr. Seth D. Kaplan Website: https://sethkaplan.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethkaplan28 Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University: https://sais.jhu.edu/users/skapla13 Mercatus Center's Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange: https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/seth-d-kaplan Institute for Integrated Transitions: https://ifit-transitions.org/experts/seth-d-kaplan/ Seth D. Kaplan. 2023. Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time. https://amzn.to/3la0FSG ***** Music: "Tornado" by Wintergatan. This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net. Video editing by: Alex Mitran - Facebook (facebook.com/alexmmitran), X (twitter.com/alexmmitran), or LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/alexmmitran) TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:32 Seth's experience 00:04:00 What fragile neighborhoods look like? 00:10:21 Why Seth wrote this book? 00:16:48 The role of norms & closeness in relationships 00:24:30 Migration & social cohesion in neighborhoods 00:30:19 What's not working? 00:37:25 Problems in fragile neighborhoods 00:41:50 Homelessness 00:48:54 Why we have fragile neighborhoods? 00:57:34 The hero's journey: rethinking meritocracy 01:06:07 Placemaking & the role of jobs 01:12:44 The role of public service & elected politicians 01:17:38 The poverty industrial complex: obstacles to well being 01:26:50 Fragility prevention in neighborhoods 01:34:13 Lessons for international development 01:41:07 The case for reviving the American Dream 01:55:43 Wrap-up

Photo:  1930 Argentina No knlown restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow TONIGHT: The show ranges from Guaatemala City to Quito to discuss two fragile states watching democracy fail.  Then to Kabul and Islamabad to observe Pakistan revert to Army rule in a South Asia threatedn again by jihad.  Attention to Iran's predations and Russia's long range brutality as the Ukraine war staggers as the end of campaign season.

Trusting local actors and solutions in conflict affected countriesOur guest: Habib Ur Rehman Mayar,In this episode, Carmel, Chris and Jeremy discuss the politics of aid in fragile states with Habib Ur Rehman Mayar, Deputy General Secretary of the g7+ Secretariat and Executive Director of g7+ Foundation. The g7+ is an intergovernmental organisation made up of conflict-affected countries, providing a platform to collectively voice the need for national dialogue and reconciliation; advocate for effective development cooperation founded on the principles of country ownership, transparency and mutual accountability; and facilitate sharing of first-hand experience and good development practices.In this conversation, Habib advocates for reforms to the international aid system to support country led, sustainable development and solutions to conflict. For background information on issues discussed, please see the episode notes below. Please visit the Podcast page on the N4D website and share your comments, ideas and experiences.Please join the debate! Reading list: Read about the G7+ hereLearn about the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States and the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (IDPS): https://www.pbsbdialogue.org/en/ Find out more about N4D´s work in YemenCredits:Recorded edited and published by: N4D & Nutriat.coTheme tune: Saraweto, used with kind permission of Just East of Jazz© N4D Group 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Stay on Course podcast with your host Julie Riga. In today's episode, we are honored to have Rear Admiral Garry E. Hall, who is about to release his book called Navigating Leadership: Making A PACT With Excellence.Rear Admiral Garry E. Hall is a distinguished veteran who served 35 years on active duty in the United States Navy. As a naval aviator, he flew anti-submarine warfare helicopters and commanded two squadrons. He also commanded the USS Tarawa LHA 1, which had a complement of 1000 Sailors, 2000 Marines, 32 aircraft, and 3 landing craft.In addition, Rear Admiral Hall received a political appointment to serve as a Senior Director on the National Security Council (NSC) and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. He was responsible for Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, Immigration and Migration, Atrocity Prevention, United Nations Operations, Democracies, and Fragile States. He led a team of career professionals dedicated to each of these functional areas.In today's episode, we talk about accountability at work, at home with our families, and with our purpose. Rear Admiral Hall shares his insights and experiences on how we can become accountable leaders and live a fulfilling life.Don't miss this insightful episode with Rear Admiral Garry E. Hall, and make sure to grab a copy of his book, Navigating Leadership: Making A PACT With Excellence.Follow the Stay on Course podcast with Julie Riga for more inspiring conversations and insights.Gary E. Hall - https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryehall/Navigating Leadership: https://www.navigatingleadershipbook.com/The Admirals Almanac Podcast: https://admiral.libsyn.com/To learn more about Julie Riga and her mission to help you Stay On Course, visit her website: www.stayoncourse.ioJulie Riga is a certified coach, trainer, speaker and author with over 20 years of experience in the Pharma Industry. Julie's education is vast with studies that include business, communications, training and executive coaching. Julie started on this journey because she had a strong desire to pass on the knowledge and skills passed on to her by her father, Ennio Riga, and inspirational man who taught her how to keep going irrespective of the challenges that life may present you with.Based in New Jersey, Julie have travelled the world supporting corporations, business leaders and individuals on their journey of empowerment and growth. Discover your purpose, Stay on Course, Leave a Legacy#StayOnCoursePodcast #Accountability #Leadership #NavigatingLeadership #GarryEHall #USNavalAcademy #NationalSecurityCouncil #HumanRights #Accountability #TakeResponsibility #OwnYourMistakes #Transparency #Integrity #Honesty #SelfAwareness #PersonalResponsibility #Leadership #Motivation #Inspiration #Productivity #SuccessMindset #GrowthMindset #SelfImprovement #SelfDevelopment #GoalSetting #ActionPlan #ProgressNotPerfection #Consistency #Discipline #Mindfulness #Wellness #HealthyHabits #PositiveMindset #PositiveChange #Empowerment #julieriga

Seth Kaplan is a Visiting Fellow with the Mercatus Center's Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange. He is also a Professorial Lecturer at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, Senior Adviser for the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), and consultant to the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), USAID, and the U.S. Department of State. Seth is the author of three books: “Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development” (2008); “Betrayed: Promoting Inclusive Development in Fragile States (2013); and “Human Rights in Thick and Thin Societies: Universality Without Uniformity” (2018). His new book, “Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time,” will be published in 2023. This episode is a grand tour of Seth's core ideas about fragile and conflict-affected countries. We start by talking about Seth's professional journey, which began out of his passion for travel and insatiable curiosity about why some societies work better than others. We then shift to the concept of fragility. Seth argues that social dynamics shape the institutions, understood both as “the rules of the game,” as well as the state apparatus. The pathways in and out of fragility or conflict depend on the interplay between formal institutions and informal social rules which govern collective action. Fragility and conflict can be prevented if social groups can come together and chart a unifying course of action that leads them towards prosperity – in other words, if they can manage political and social transitions. We then explore how these factors interact with politics, economics, and security. Seth provides a sweeping overview of situations where countries and communities made “good enough” progress to avoid collapse and even prosper, from Nigeria and Somaliland to Guatemala, India, and Indonesia. In most cases, leaders and elites were able to rally around a common storyline that enabled them achieve unity of purpose and navigate through tough transitions. We also talk about the hard cases, from Libya to Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. The conversation delves into many fascinating tangents. We discuss the work of the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), and how it deploys its framework in Libya and Colombia. Seth also argues that multilateral organizations like the World Bank must create the conditions for brave leaders who can move their societies forward rather than focus on purely technical policy advice or project financing. We conclude with the reasons for hope in fragile states, and with a reflection on the skills needed to be an effective operator in the most complex societies (hint – it's about the human soul). *****Dr. Seth D. KaplanWebsite: https://sethkaplan.orgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethkaplan28Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University: https://sais.jhu.edu/users/skapla13Mercatus Center's Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange: https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/seth-d-kaplanInstitute for Integrated Transitions: https://ifit-transitions.org/experts/seth-d-kaplan/*****Mihaela Carstei, Paul M. Bisca, and Johan Bjurman Bergman co-host F-World: The Fragility Podcast. Twitter: https://twitter.com/fworldpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fworldpodcast/Website: https://f-world.orgMusic: "Tornado" by Wintergatan. Many thanks to Wintergartan for allowing us to use their wonderful music! This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net. Video editing by: Alex Mitran - find Alex on Facebook (facebook.com/alexmmitran), Twitter (twitter.com/alexmmitran), or LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/alexmmitran)EPISODE RESOURCES:United Nations; World Bank. 2018. Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/28337Seth D. Kaplan. 2023. Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time. https://amzn.to/3la0FSGSeth D. Kaplan. 2018. Human Rights in Thick and Thin Societies: Universality Without Uniformity. https://amzn.to/3RLAQ7YSeth D. Kaplan. 2013. Betrayed: Promoting Inclusive Development in Fragile States. https://amzn.to/3YwbH2ZSeth D. Kaplan. 2008. Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development. https://amzn.to/3Yu9BkVSunil Khilnani. 1997. The Idea of India. https://bit.ly/3DOyfnFTIMESTAMPS:00:01:04 Seth's story – Wondering youth  00:04:29 Passion for societies in transition (Nigeria)00:08:04 Differences between people: Western and non-Western cultures00:10:21 What is fragility?00:12:49 Social cohesion & strong institutions (Somaliland & Syria) 00:15:20 Social cohesion & impact on politics & economics (Botswana)  00:20:16 Historical exceptions and what makes them special (India & Indonesia)00:24:37 Unifying leaders building on historical legacy (Nehru & Sukarno)00:27:21 Transitions unveiling social fractures (Libya vs. Tunisia)00:31:50 Shifting to a good equilibrium – decentralization (Nigeria), social cohesion (Libya), external anchors (Guatemala)00:39:29 Tough choices: corruption & violence or total country implosion?00:44:55 Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) approach01:00:33 Inclusiveness requires courage (Democrats & Republicans) 01:10:04 How to create a common identity? 01:14:51 Transitions for Ukraine, Afghanistan, & Syria  01:28:38 People in fragile states – reasons for hope 01:34:56 Skills, knowledge, & a new vision to help fragile states01:41:37 Wrap-up

Sarah Cliffe is the director of New York University's Center on International Cooperation (CIC). Prior to that, she held several leadership positions at the World Bank and United Nations. Sarah pioneered the work on fragile and conflict-affected states at the World Bank, serving also as the Special Representative for the 2011 World Development Report on Conflict, Security, and Development. At the UN, she spearheaded efforts to help countries build civilian capacities to strengthen peacebuilding and post-conflict transitions. Sarah's vast experience ranges from countries as diverse as Afghanistan, Rwanda, South Africa, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste. She began her career in the United Kingdom and has degrees from Cambridge University and Columbia University. This episode is full of big questions and insightful answers from the very beginning.  To start, we speak to Sarah about her formative years, and how her early impressions of fragility and conflict were actually shaped by her upbringing in a mining town in Wales at a time of social upheaval in the United Kingdom. She also shares her perspectives on what communities at risk in the UK, South Africa, and Rwanda had in common – and why some were more resilient. Our conversation then turns more conceptual, as we take a look at how the insights of her work at the World Bank on conflict, security, and development can help us understand today's global fragility trends. We then explore in depth the big challenges on the world stage ahead of the UN's General Assembly meetings in September. How are the growing tensions between the US, Russia, and China affecting global governance, especially the UN? How has Russia's invasion of Ukraine divided the international community and what are the perspectives of developing countries? What factors have influenced responses to refugees from Ukraine and beyond? How is the future of multilateralism intertwined with domestic politics? And are there any silver linings to geopolitical fragmentation and the new Cold War between the US and China? We conclude on a high note, talking about reasons to be hopeful – listen to the episode to hear Sarah share many more insights into geopolitics, fragility, and the future of global governance.  We conclude on a high note, talking about hope and how history can give us reasons to be hopeful. Listen to the episode to hear Sarah share many more insights into geopolitics, fragility, and the future of global governance.  *****Sarah CliffeTwitter: https://twitter.com/sarah_cliffeThe Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University: https://cic.nyu.edu/people/sarah-cliffe*****Mihaela Carstei, Paul M. Bisca, and Johan Bjurman Bergman co-host F-World: The Fragility Podcast. Twitter: https://twitter.com/fworldpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fworldpodcast/Website: https://f-world.orgMusic: "Tornado" by Wintergatan. Many thanks to Wintergartan for allowing us to use their wonderful music! This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net. *****EPISODE RESOURCES: World Bank. 2005. Low-Income Countries Under Stress: Update. Washington, DC: World Bank, https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/458871468328174684/pdf/34789.pdfWorld Bank. 2011. World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security, and Development. Washington, DC: World Bank, https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4389Sarah Cliffe and Karina Gerlach. Development Competition is Heating Up: China's Global Development Initiative, the G7 Partnership for Infrastructure, and the Global Alliance on Food Security. New York: Center on International Cooperation, July 22, 2022, https://cic.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/development_competition_is_heating_up_july_2022.pdfSarah Cliffe et all. How to Maintain International Unity on Ukraine (Part II). New York: Center on International Cooperation, May 31, 2022, https://cic.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/what_needs_to_be_done_to_maintain_international_unity_on_ukraine_part_ii.pdfSarah Cliffe et all. Recent UN Votes on Ukraine: What Needs to be Done to Maintain International Unity (Part I). New York: Center on International Cooperation, April 4, 2022, https://cic.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/what_needs_to_be_done_to_maintain_international_unity_on_ukraine_april_2022.pdfGeneral Assembly of the United Nations, High-Level Meetings of the 77th Session, https://www.un.org/en/ga/77/meetings/United Nations, Our Common Agenda: Report of the Secretary-General, New York: United Nations, https://www.un.org/en/content/common-agenda-report/assets/pdf/Common_Agenda_Report_English.pdf*****TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 Introduction00:01:12 Growing up in Wales, working in South Africa, Rwanda after the genocide 00:04:31 Fragility & conflict in the UK, then and now 00:07:33 Trade unions as community leaders in the UK & South Africa00:10:19 Conflict vs. contestation: What stressors exacerbate violence? 00:14:53 Conflict, security, & development (World Development Report 2011)00:21:22 Fragility drivers: External stressors, group-based inequality, technology & identity 00:27:55 Geopolitical fragmentation, UN General Assembly Meetings 00:33:09 Multilateralism and domestic politics in a changing world order 00:37:05 Reforming the UN in a time of crisis 00:41:18 Russia's invasion of Ukraine, maintaining the credibility of the UN00:48:12 Ukraine, Iraq & the accountability of great powers 00:55:00 Responses to refugees: Ukraine, Syria, Libya 01:00:19 Refugees, identity, & double standards 01:05:50 Geopolitical fragmentation & conflict risks01:09:12 US vs. China: Is a new Cold War a bad thing? 01:14:18 Free speech & joy as proxies for good governance  01:17:47 History as a reason for hope   01:19:59 Wrap-up 

Dr. Abdirahman Duale Beileh is a Somali economist, professor, politician, philanthropist, poet, and well acclaimed song writer. In August 2022, Dr. Beileh finished his term as Somalia's Minister of Finance, having served for the past five years. Previously, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from 2014 to 2015. Dr. Beileh has been a driving force behind the reestablishment of the Somali state, and the country's return to the international scene. We start our conversation with memories from Dr. Beileh's childhood home outside the city of Hargeisa. An opportunity to study and work abroad in the United Arab Emirates and the United States drove him to question the situation in his native Somalia, eventually leading him to pursue a 30-year career at the African Development Bank (AfDB). We then discuss Somalia's transition from a failed state to one where elections and a peaceful transition of power recently took place. We explore what went right and the remaining challenges for the future. Dr. Beileh shares his experience of working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and other partners on issues such as debt relief and the process of building from scratch an international coalition to support Somalia. He passionately talks about the challenges of instilling a “tax-payer mentality” in a country where most people only experience of taxation as extortion by the violent extremist group Al-Shabaab, as well as the urgent need to finance the security sector. He further shares his experience of collaborating with the finance ministers of Somalia's Federal Member States (FMS) and outlines his approach to building trust with citizens, federal member state governments, and international partners. And his toolkit is wide-ranging, from transparent communication to music and poetry. Finally, Dr. Beileh sets out a compelling 10-year vision for a Somalia: a country that is self-sufficient in food production, where the link between floods and famine is broken through good governance, and where young people can earn a quality education and pursue their dreams. Mihaela Carstei, Paul M. Bisca, and Johan Bjurman Bergman co-host F-World: The Fragility Podcast. Twitter: https://twitter.com/fworldpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fworldpodcast/Website: https://f-world.orgMusic: "Tornado" by Wintergatan . Many thanks to Wintergartan for allowing us to use their wonderful music! This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net.EPISODE RESOURCES:Songs by Minister Beilehhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDNI1Fbh2HnF8&v=NI1Fbh2HnF8&feature=emb_rel_endhttps://fb.watch/c-r_vmUL6X/International Monetary Fund (2022) “IMF Executive Board Completes the Second and Third Reviews of the Extended Credit Facility for Somalia”, IMF, Washington https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2022/06/20/pr22215-somalia-imf-executive-board-completes-second-and-third-reviews-of-ecfRaballand, G. and J. Knebelman (2021) “Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Somalia”, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/121391596804622057/pdf/Domestic-Resource-Mobilization-in-Somalia.pdfAbshir, S. et al. (2020) “Tax and the State in Somalia”, Rift Valley Institute Briefing Paper, Rift Valley Institute 2020. https://riftvalley.net/sites/default/files/publication-documents/Tax%20and%20the%20State%20in%20Somalia%20by%20Sagal%20Abshir%2C%20Khalif%20Abdirahman%20and%20Hannah%20Stogdon%20-%20RVI%20%282020%29.pdfWorld Bank. (2017). “Somalia - Security and Justice Sector Public Expenditure Review” World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. : http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/644671486531571103/Somalia-Security-and-justice-sector-public-expenditure-reviewHiraal Institute (2020), “A Losing Game: Countering Al-Shabab's Financial System”, Hiraal Institute, Mogadishu, Somalia. https://hiraalinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/A-Losing-Game.pdfKeating, M., Abshir, S., (2018), “The Politics of Security in Somalia” NYU Center on International Cooperation, New York. https://cic.nyu.edu/publications/politics-security-somaliaIntegrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), (2022) “Somalia Updated IPC and Famine Risk Analysis Technical Release 4th June 2022”, IPC, Nairobi. https://fsnau.org/downloads/Somalia-Updated-IPC-and-Famine-Risk-Analysis-Technical-Release-4-Jun-2022.pdfIntergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) https://igad.intHorn of Africa Initiative https://hoainitiative.org TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 Introduction00:01:41 Growing up in Somalia and early travels shaping the man00:09:36 Somalia's transition – success and challenges00:15:54 Being Minister of Finance in Somalia – Prioritizing spending and raising revenue00:22:00 Transparency and managing compounding crises 00:30:26 Financing security sector reform (SSR)00:35:25 Collaboration between the federal government and the member states of Somalia00:42:32 The State vs. Al Shabaab – governance in competition with violent extremism00:48:46 Exiting fragility – can Somalia find a path?00:51:57 Work-ethic and Dr. Beileh's approach to fragility00:58:46 Values & culture – fostering the right approach to economic growth01:03:41 Regional collaboration in the Horn of Africa 01:09:04 Working with international institutions – from blind-spots to trust01:12:58 Oil & gas in Somalia - avoiding the resource curse 01:16:44 A vision for Somalia in 10 years 01:23:51 Wrap-up

Over the last thirty years, in many developing economies, poverty has fallen, people live longer and healthier lives, and economies have been transformed. But this is not the case across the board. In his new book, “Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose”, former Chief Economist at the Department for International Development, and Policy Advisor to the Foreign Secretary, Stefan Dercon, asks why some of the previously poorest countries have prospered, while others have failed. He argues that development is most likely to happen when a country's elites want it to happen – what he calls a ‘development bargain'. In this conversation with Stefan, we explore the implications of this thesis for the role of impact investors, including development finance institutions (DFIs), in fragile and conflict-affected countries. For example, the track record of DFIs in fragile states is mixed. Should DFIs focus on countries where a ‘development bargain' looks likely? This conversation is chaired by British International Investment's Colin Buckley, Managing Director and General Counsel.  Additional links:  Watch a recording of this event here.  Subscribe to our newsletter here.

Mihaela Carstei, Paul M. Bisca, and Johan Bjurman Bergman co-host F-World: The Fragility Podcast. Twitter: https://twitter.com/fworldpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fworldpodcast/Website: https://f-world.orgMusic: "Tornado" by Wintergatan . Many thanks to Wintergartan for allowing us to use their wonderful music! This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net. Free License to use this track in your video can be downloaded at www.wintergatan.net.RESOURCES:OECD States of Fragility Platform: http://www3.compareyourcountry.org/states-of-fragility/about/0/States of Fragility 2020 Report: https://www.oecd.org/dac/states-of-fragility-fa5a6770-en.htmThe Crises & Fragility team in the Global Partnerships & Policies Division of the Development Cooperation Directorate (DCD) of the OECD. https://www.oecd.org/dac/conflict-fragility-resilience/Marley, J. and H. Desai (2020), "Fragility and Agenda 2030: Navigating shocks and pressures in fragile contexts", OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers, No. 82, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/65d5cb9c-en.Marley, J. (2020), "Peacebuilding in fragile contexts", OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers, No. 83, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/d222bc0a-en.Forsberg, E. and J. Marley (2020), "Diplomacy and peace in fragile contexts", OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers, No. 77, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/6a684a4b-en.OECD (2022) “Adding the human dimension to the OECD fragility framework”, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD Publishing, Paris. https://www.oecd.org/dac/2022-human-dimension-fragility.pdfOECD (2022), OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2022 Issue 1: Preliminary version, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/62d0ca31-en.TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Introduction0:45 The 80s in Ireland and the military as a career2:06 Jonathan's 1st deployment with NATO in Kosovo and civil-military cooperation5:45 The daily life of a peacekeeper8:31 Peacekeeping entrepreneurship11:25 How to build trust as a soldier and peacekeeper15:44 What's the difference: peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and development?19:39 The missing operational middle: local peacebuilding vs. national development planning23:51 Planning challenges: military vs. development28:45 Business case for prevention34:07 What is fragility?39:58 Value added: States of Fragility & the OECD44:54 Comfortable in ambiguity: the continuum of fragility50:52 Ukraine & the price of a cup of coffee: the value of multidimensional analysis and systems thinking57:23 How can diplomacy help in Ukraine and the role of diplomacy in development1:03:47 Diversity of perspectives on fragility and the challenges of communication1:08:41 The human dimension: a new addition to the States of Fragility framework1:15:34 Wrap-up

When Rufus Phillips III passed away in December 2021, America lost one of its most creative foreign policy thinkers. His final book, “Stabilizing Fragile States: Why It Matters and What to Do About It,” was published posthumously in April. Join USIP for a discussion of Phillips’ legacy, how insights from his final book can help inform the implementation of the Global Fragility Act, and the future of U.S. efforts to address state fragility. Speakers H.R. McMasterFouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Former U.S. National Security Advisor Max BootJeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Roger MyersonDavid L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies, University of Chicago Keith Mines, moderatorDirector, Latin America Program, U.S. Institute of Peace For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/stabilizing-fragile-states-legacy-rufus-phillips-iii

Katherine Marshall is professor of the practice of development, conflict, and religion in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and one of the world's foremost experts on the nexus between faith, ethics, and development. In her 35 years with the World Bank, Katherine was a pioneer for women in international development and led the Bank's work in some of the world's most fragile and poor nations. She was also one of the first international development experts to work on the critical importance of religion in global development. In the first part of our conversation, we talk about Katherine's experience as a woman as she joined the World Bank in 1971, what was then seen as new ideas about women as actors in development, the slowly dawning awareness of the importance of girls' education, and the need to defend both the roles of women within the institution and the roles of women in development. Katherine then shares with us how she became fascinated by the topic of religion at a time development professionals rarely spoke about or thought much about it. She calls it an adventure with a large number of large blind spots. It was fascinating because it took the work and the institution of the World Bank itself into a new area of ethics, reaching into more fundamental questions about what development is and how different economic models affect people's lives. We also talk about how development and religious organizations relate to different established orthodoxies. One of the ironies Katherine mentions is the religious sounding language used to describe many aspects of the work of development institutions - people go on missions and they follow a doctrine that relies on unseen forces and invisible hands. Listen to the episode to hear Katherine discuss many more fascinating connections between religion and development. The episode was recorded on April 9th, 2021. Mihaela Carstei, Paul M. Bisca, and Johan Bjurman Bergman co-host F-World: The Fragility Podcast. Twitter: https://twitter.com/fworldpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fworldpodcast/Website: https://f-world.orgMusic: "Tornado" by Wintergatan . Many thanks to Wintergartan for allowing us to use their wonderful music! This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net. Free License to use this track in your video can be downloaded at www.wintergatan.net. EPISODE RESOURCES:Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/people/katherine-marshallWomen, Religion and Peacebuilding - Illuminating the Unseen (2015) by Katherine Marshall https://www.usip.org/publications/2015/09/women-religion-and-peacebuildingGlobal Institutions of Religion: Ancient Movers, Modern Shakers (2013) by Katherine Marshall https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/global-institutions-of-religion-ancient-movers-modern-shakersThe World Bank: From Reconstruction to Development to Equity (2008) by Katherine Marshall https://www.routledge.com/The-World-Bank-From-Reconstruction-to-Development-to-Equity/Marshall/p/book/9780415381321

Photo: #Iran: JCPOA talking forever. Blaise Misztal, @BlaiseMisztal, @FDD, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, & director, BPC's national security program.  . Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/03/iran-fm-says-irgc-sanctions-red-line-vienna-talks https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/iran-wont-break-with-russia-over-ukraine-heres-why/ https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/31/biden-congress-new-iran-nuke-deal-00021853 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesofisrael.com/eu-foreign-policy-chief-says-iran-is-holding-up-nuclear-deal-with-no-end-in-sight/amp/ Blaise Misztal is Vice President for Policy at JINSA. His research interests include Iran and its nuclear program, U.S.-Turkey relations, countering extremism, and strategic competition.         Most recently, Misztal was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute. Formerly, he served as Executive Director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States, a congressionally-mandated project convened by the U.S. Institute of Peace; and Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Program. He has testified before Congress and published widely, including op-eds in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, and Roll Call.

Koen Davidse is the World Bank Group's Executive Director from the Netherlands since 2018. He represents a group of countries that also includes Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, and Ukraine. Previously, he served as the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Mali and held senior positions in the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the beginning of our conversation, Koen shares his reasons for choosing a career in diplomacy and development, with stints in India, Sudan, Mali, and also at the World Bank and UN. We then talk about why security sector reform (SSR) that builds effective but also affordable militaries, police, and justice institutions is essential to make progress on economic development in fragile states. Next, we delve deeper into his work in Sudan and Mali. We discuss the challenges of being an honest broker in the implementation of the peace agreement leading to South Sudan's independence in 2011 and what it's like to lead a peacekeeping mission aiming to bring stability in Mali. Throughout the episode, Koen shares his insights about why we need peace entrepreneurs to make lasting change, what it takes to achieve better coordination between peace, development, and humanitarian actors, and how to put vulnerable people at the center of global efforts to help fragile states. This episode was recorded on June 18, 2021. Mihaela Carstei, Paul M. Bisca, and Johan Bjurman Bergman co-host F-World: The Fragility Podcast. Twitter: https://twitter.com/fworldpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fworldpodcast/Website: https://f-world.org Music: "Tornado" by Wintergatan . Many thanks to Wintergartan for allowing us to use their wonderful music! This track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net. Free License to use this track in your video can be downloaded at www.wintergatan.net.  EPISODE RESOURCES:Paul Collier, 2007. “The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It.” New York: Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-bottom-billion-9780195311457?cc=us&lang=en&#Security and Development in Fragile States: The Netherlands Strategy (2008-2011) https://www.government.nl/binaries/government/documents/reports/2011/12/23/strategy-setting-out-the-principles-governing-dutch-policy-on-fragile-states-for-2008-2011/english-version-fs-strategy-02-03-2009.pdfUnited Nations, 2006. Delivering as One: Report of the Secretary-General's High Level Panel. New York: United Nations https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/publications/Delivering-as-One.pdfNew Deal for Fragile States (2011),  https://www.pbsbdialogue.org/en/new-deal/about-new-deal/World Bank. “World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security, and Development.” Washington, DC: World Bank https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4389Bernard Harborne, William Dorotinsky, and Paul M. Bisca (eds). “Securing Development: Public Finance and the Security Sector.” Washington, DC: World Bank, 2017 https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/25138Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005) https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/SD_060000_The%20Comprehensive%20Peace%20Agreement.pdfUnited Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission In Mali (MINUSMA), https://minusma.unmissions.org/enCalin Trenkov-Vermuth and Paul M. Bisca. 2021. “Global Fragility Act: A Chance to Reshape International Security Assistance?” Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace                                                                                                                           https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/01/global-fragility-act-chance-reshape-international-security-assistanceFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2020. “Visualizing the P in the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU45k07s70I

Dr. Shanta Devarajan is a professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he teaches development economics. Previously, Shanta worked for nearly three decades at the World Bank, where he was the Senior Director for Development Economics (DEC) and served as acting Chief Economist. This episode starts with Shanta's account of his early work on indicators to measure state fragility at the World Bank, and how his understanding of fragility has evolved over time. We then explore how country rankings are linked to aid allocations, and why venture capital is a better model to help countries escape the fragility trap than current practices. We also discuss how international financial institutions navigate the relationship with governments. Reflecting on his work prior to the Arab Spring, Shanta argues that development financing institutions should use knowledge and data to build greater trust with citizens – their ultimate clients. We then get more technical and discuss how taxation in oil-rich countries like South Sudan can promote solidarity, how conflict can shape government decisions on infrastructure development, and the role of macroeconomic policy in fragile states. This episode was recorded on April 14, 2021.Shanta's Blog ‘Future Development' at The Brookings Institution: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/EPISODE RESOURCES:Andrimihaja, Cinyabuguma, and Devarajan (2011) Avoiding the Fragility Trap in Africa - https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/3652/wps5884.pdf?sequence=1World Bank (2011) World Development Report 2011: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4389World Happiness Report, Gallup: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2021/USIP coverage and analysis of South Sudan: https://www.usip.org/programs/independence-south-sudanDevarajan and Giugale (2013). The Case for Direct Transfers of Resource Revenues in Africa https://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/direct-dividend-payments.pdfBanerjee (2016) Aadhaar: Digital Inclusion and Public Services in Indiahttps://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/655801461250682317-0050022016/original/WDR16BPAadhaarPaperBanerjee.pdfBuller et al. (2018) A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle-income countrieshttps://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/938-a-mixed-method-review-of-cash-transfers-and-intimate-partner-violence-in-low-and.htmlWorld Bank CPIA https://www.worldbank.org/en/data/datatopics/cpia

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Janine di Giovanni, the author of “The Vanishing: Faith, Loss, and the Twilight of Christianity in the Land of the Prophets”, to discuss the plight and possible extinction of Christian communities across Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Palestine after 2,000 years in their historical homeland. Janine di Giovanni is an author, journalist and war correspondent. She is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, a non-resident Fellow at The New America Foundation and the Geneva Center for Security Policy in International Security, a member of the British government's Stabilization Unit for Fragile States and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She was named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, and in 2020, the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded her the Blake-Dodd nonfiction prize for her lifetime body of work. She has contributed to The Times, Vanity Fair, Granta, The New York Times, and The Guardian. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sara Noshadi is an expert on the reconstruction of cultural heritage and creative economies in war-torn countries. She has developed and led national programs promoting unity and reconciliation through culture in Iraq after the fall of the Islamic State (2017), as well as in Afghanistan. Originally from Iran, Sara was trained as an anthropologist at the University of Tehran and worked at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris. In this episode, Sara tells the story of how a trip to post-civil war Tajikistan led her to focus on culture as a force for solidarity and peace. We discuss why it is so difficult to work on this agenda in fragile and conflict-affected states, where typical economic development programs fail to take into account the complex role of culture in shaping project outcomes. Sara also shares her views on how using culture as a lens can help make urban planning or mining projects more effective, and why conflict-affected states would benefit from 30 year-long national cultural programs disconnected from donor funding cycles.  Lastly, we talk about how cultural programming can help children and youth imagine a different future for themselves and new shared fictions for their countries. Sara is speaking in a personal capacity and her views do not represent the institutions or organizations that she is professionally affiliated with. The episode was recorded on May 19, 2021.  Episode ResourcesWorld Bank - World Development Report 2011: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4389World Bank CPIA https://www.worldbank.org/en/data/datatopics/cpiaSara Noshadi - Keeping history alive: safeguarding cultural heritage in post-conflict Afghanistan - https://books.google.se/books?id=mGx5DAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=sv&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=falseUNESCO Video of the Minaret of Jam - The Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam, in Afghanistan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkM5JNZJ4BYAfghanistan's Citizens' Charter Program: Empowering Communities for Better Services - https://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2020/10/20/afghanistans-citizens-charter-program-empowering-communities-for-better-servicesDebate on the inclusion of ethnicity on the Afghan Identity Cards (Taskira) https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2018-07-19/afghanistan-distribution-of-controversial-electronic-identity-cards-launched/

It's been a summer of crisis in some of the world's most fragile states.  At Trending Globally, we've found ourselves asking the same questions over and over lately -- are the world's rich countries simply not doing enough to help fragile states around the world? Or are they helping, but in the wrong way?  On this episode guest host Dan Richards talks with Brian Atwood, a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute, about the unique challenges of providing aid to fragile states. Brian led the U.S. Agency for International Development - known as USAID - under President Clinton. He was also dean of the Humphrey School for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota from 2002 until 2010. Brian explains what the international community is getting wrong when it comes to helping the world's fragile states, and what we might change to make it right.  You can get more information about this and every other Trending Globally episode, including transcripts, by visiting our website https://trending-globally.captivate.fm/ (here).  You can learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts https://watson.brown.edu/news/podcasts (here). 

Scott Guggenheim, an anthropologist by training, is one of the originators of community driven development (CDD). He has worked for the World Bank for over 30 years and served as a senior advisor to the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani. In this episode, Scott shares how his interest in anthropology started during a 6-month trip to Mexico as a 12-year old, and how an honest but controversial answer about the Vietnam War got him his first job at the World Bank. We then talk about how CDD started in Indonesia facilitated by the 1998 East Asia financial crisis, and how it was possible to build a national program driven by local community insights. We also discuss the importance of interdisciplinary work for development and the role of crises in driving innovation. In the second half of the conversation, we turn to Afghanistan. Scott shares insights gained during his time inside the presidential palace in Kabul, and his views on the existential challenges the country faces. We also talk about what could shift the path Afghanistan has been on for nearly half a century. The episode was recorded on April 11, 2021.EPISODE RESOURCESCommunity DevelopmentEric Wolf (1957) Closed Corporate Peasant Communities in Mesoamerica and Central Java. Southwestern Journal fo Anthropology v 13. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/soutjanth.13.1.3629154Wong and Guggenheim (2018) Community Driven Development Myths and Realitites https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/677351525887961626/pdf/WPS8435.pdfWorld Values Survey https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/wvs.jspBen Bernanke (2013) Creating Resilient Communities (speech)https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20130412a.htmRaghuram Rajan (2019) The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind https://www.amazon.com/Third-Pillar-Markets-Community-Behind/dp/0525558314IndonesiaBackground on Indonesia - Fall of Suharto Government 1998 https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/21/world/fall-suharto-overview-suharto-besieged-steps-down-after-32-year-rule-indonesia.htmlCernea and Guggenheim (1999) The Economics of Involuntary Settlement.  https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/790851468773055283/pdf/multi-page.pdfScott Guggenheim et al. (2004). Indonesia's Kecamatan Development Program: A Large-Scale Use of Community Development to Reduce Poverty https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/252411468753369732/pdf/307790IND0KDP0cty0devt01see0also0307591.pdfBenjamin Olken (2005) Corruption and the costs of redistribution: Micro evidence from Indonesia https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/gov2126/files/olken_indonesia_0.pdfBannerjee and Olken et al (2021) Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia https://economics.mit.edu/files/21317On the Poverty LineA visualization of the poverty line in India https://onehundredhomes.inHow to measure poverty and define the poverty line: Haughton (2009) A handbook on poverty and inequality. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/11985Feminist Economics http://www.feministeconomics.net/highlights/On Albert HirshmanThe Economist Obituary: https://www.economist.com/business/2012/12/22/exit-albert-hirschmanDavid Ellerman (2001). Hirschmanian Themes of Social Learning and Change https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/429621468739155797/pdf/multi0page.pdfAfghanistanWorld Bank (2021). Afghanistan Risk and Resilience Assessment https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/53589198fdb2c367bfa07ee06d9bd7c1-0310012021/original/Afghanistan-Risk-and-Resilient-Assessment.pdfGuggenheim and Farahi (2020) Pathways for Post-Peace Development in Afghanistan https://www.usip.org/publications/2020/11/pathways-post-peace-development-afghanistanThomas Barfield (2012) Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History https://www.amazon.com/Afghanistan-Cultural-Political-Princeton-Politics/dp/0691154414Barnett Rubin (2020) Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs to Know  https://www.amazon.com/Afghanistan-What-Everyone-Needs-Know®/dp/0190496649Kate Clark (2020) The Cost of Support to Afghanistan:Considering inequality, poverty and lack of democracy through the ‘rentier state' lens https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/20200528-Rentier-1.pdfUNDP (2020). Human Development Indicators for Afghanistan http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/Country-Profiles/AFG.pdf

Drugs, art, humans, gold – organized criminal networks smuggle illegal products into legal supply chains to then sell them on the European market. Roman Kern and Anne Kathrin Thüringer speak with experts of an international SWP project that takes a closer look at some of these illicit supply chains. Timestamp: 2:55 Mark Shaw, Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and renowned expert on international organized crime, talks about the origin and evolution of illicit trade and financial flows and the ways in which both are shaped today. Timestamp: 6:26 Daniel Brombacher, head of the project »Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development« at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) analyzes the visible and invisible stages of the global drug trade. Timestamp: 11:51 Jan Schubert is currently seconded to the Federal Foreign Office as Desk Officer in the field of international cooperation against Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, Human Trafficking, Piracy and Corruption and as liaison officer to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). He describes how the civil wars and instability in Iraq and Syria have created attractive spaces for organized criminal networks to engage in the illicit trade of art works. Timestamp: 17:59 Dr Judith Vorrath is a Senior Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) with a focus on transnational organized crime linked to armed violence and fragility. As she investigates illegal human trafficking, particularly of women from southern Nigeria, she sheds light on the connection to local traditions and spiritual rituals, as well as the colonial slave trade and even current migration movements. Timestamp: 25:14 Dr Melanie Müller is a Senior Associate with a focus on Southern Africa at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) and the head of the research project “Approaches for Transnational Governance of Sustainable Commodity Supply Chains”. Her research examines illegal gold mining in South Africa and the resulting transnational illicit trade and financial flows. Publications Mark Shaw Mark Shaw, Give us more guns. How South Africa's Gangs were Armed, Johannesburg/Cape Town/London: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2021, https://www.jonathanball.co.za/component/virtuemart/give-us-more-guns-how-south-africa-s-gangs-were-armed Tuesday Reitano and Mark Shaw, Criminal Contagion: How Mafias Gangsters and Scammers Profit from a Pandemic, C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd., 2021, https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/criminal-contagion/ Daniel Brombacher: Daniel Brombacher and Sarah David, From Alternative Development to Development-Oriented Drug Policies, Graduate Institute Geneva, 12, 2020, https://journals.openedition.org/poldev/3711 Daniel Brombacher, Jan Westerbarkei, From Alternative Development to Sustainable Development: The Role of Development Within the Global Drug Control Regime, Policy Commentary, Journal of Illicit Economies and Development 1(1), 2018: 89–98, https://jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31389/jied.12/ Melanie Müller: Melanie Müller, Armin Paasch, When only the coal counts: German co-responsibility for human rights in the South African coal sector, Johannesburg: ActionAid South Africa, 2016 Judith Vorrath: Judith Vorrath, Verena Zoppei, Africa–EU relations on organized crime: between securitization and fragmentation, In: Ariadna Ripoll Servent/Florian Trauner (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Justice and Home Affairs Research, Abingdon & New York: Routledge, 2018, pp. 323-335 Judith Vorrath, Organized Crime and Development, Challenges and Policy Options in West Africa's Fragile States, SWP Research Paper, 2015, https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/organized-crime-and-development This podcast was created as part of a workshop funded by the German Foreign Office.

How We Measure the Legitimacy & Resilience of States? How the global pandemic COVID-19 changed perceptions of fragility, peacebuilding and power? What is the fragility trap and how connected or disconnected is it to the gender perspective? A brief revision of the latest report by the Fund for Peace.

In this week's episode, we speak with Dr. John Ciorciari about his new book, “Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States.” Dr. Ciorciari discusses what sovereignty sharing is, defining it as "consent-based agreements between a national government and international actors to share domestic authority," and he goes on to outline the governance challenges around the world motivated him to write the book. Dr. Ciorciari explains the common denominators underlying state 'fragility', and why he chose to focus on the 'rule of law' in contextualizing his analysis in the book, and why 'rule of law' reform is very difficult in the international setting -- especially in establishing governmental institutions. Dr. Ciorciari goes on to describe incentives and downsides of sovereignty sharing for both host and donor country, whether U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan were sovereignty sharing situations, and how corruption and foreign policy have shaped sovereignty sharing.

Jonathan Papoulidis, Fellow at Columbia World Projects and Executive Advisor on Fragile States for World Vision, discusses country coordination platforms, a new path for development cooperation, and how CA personnel play a role. Sponsored by Tesla Government. One CA is brought to you by the Civil Affairs Association.

Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou is Director of the Politics and Governance Programme at the Overseas Development Institute. Past work has included academic posts, several development NGOs, and the OECD's Development Assistance Committee. With this in mind, it's interesting that the recurring theme of this conversation is a rather ambivalent relationship with the aid sector.  She's worked with some of the marquee names in the sector, but specifically in roles that are critical or reformist in nature. Equally in talking about her work she is conscious of  the seriousness and the stakes of the overall development agenda -- but also of the very real limitations on "development" as a business. In sum this is a conversation about striking that balance -- about finding a niche that is professionally honest, and moves things forward. --- Show notes: [02:40] Early days in the development sector in east and west Africa. Keeping one eye open as someone who development could be “done”. [11:00] Lessons from working around the Rwandan genocide. Recognising the asymmetrical and sometimes gung-ho nature of the aid sector. [16:55] Developing a baseline picture of reality as a reality check on the aid discourse. Advantages and disadvantages of academic work for the critical-minded. [20:40] A difficult transition to the world of development policy. Perversities in recruitment. The promise of the New Deal for Fragile States, versus the realities of aid politics. [31:40] The appeal of a management role in development policy, despite the challenges. Stepping up for what is missing in the sector. [39:25] The UK’s drastic aid cuts. The proper place of aid in the broader development agenda -- and what is most exciting right now.

An hour of top tunes from Dead Slow Hoot, Sorry, Natty Wylah, Project Blackbird, EARFATHER, Sara Wolff, Machine Boy, Louise Harris, VAARAPANDIS, Caiine, Codewalkers, Maria Helena, Joe Egan, The Fragile States, MF Tomlinson, Vicky Gray, and Siddharta Says, handpicked by Tom Robinson from the BBC Introducing Uploader.

Kruskaia Sierra-Escalante is a Senior Manager of Blended Finance at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is the private arm of the World Bank. The blended finance unit manages more than $1 billion in donor-contributions for climate-smart co-investments in IFC projects. In this interview, we talk about what blended finance is, and how it generally supports high-impact projects in fragile and conflict-affected states that cannot attract financing on strictly commercial terms. By balancing the risky investments with concessional co-financing from donors or third parties, the IFC can tailor lending packages to address the needs of private sector firms in fragile areas. What makes these loans more attractive to borrowers include pricing (i.e. below-market interest rates or a longer grace period), volume, and a local currency structure. On the creditor side, IFC’s role as a co-lender also mitigates some of the risk that private investors face. Blended finance, Kruskaia noted, is key to delivering on the IFC’s new strategy, which targets climate initiatives, women-led enterprises, and investment in fragile areas.

Rachel Glennerster is the Chief Economist for the UK Department for International Development (DFID), which is the UK's ministry for international development cooperation. Previously, she was the Executive Director of J-PAL (the Jameel Poverty Action Lab) at MIT. This March, Prof. Glennerster gave the closing keynote remarks at the 2020 annual conference at Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance, where she touched on challenges of working in fragile states and the linkages between the macro- and micro-levels. The economic policy tools used in advanced economies either do not exist or are ineffective in poor, conflict-afflicted areas. Shifts in macro-level policies can have devastating effects at the household level, leading to hyperinflation, parallel exchange rates, or major debt crises. In this interview, we discuss some of the innovative policy and research tools in fragile states, especially RCT (randomized controlled trials). And we touch on various debates on foreign aid, non-profits, and what it’s like to work in Africa. Some of our questions include: - RCT is a new way of studying impacts of social programs or medicines through randomizing individuals into control groups so that we can assess the actual causality. What is the difference between RCT specifically and other methods that help us conduct careful policy impact evaluations? Is there still a tension between those who accept and not accept RCTs? What are some of the reasonable arguments against the further adoption of RCTs? What are some of the main advantages and disadvantages to the system of "community-driven development?" Is it better to hand control over development to locals even if this may not be the best way to motivate more systemic change that may have to come from outside communities? Or is this question posing a “straw man” to a non-existent dilemma? What is it like to advise the distribution of the U.K’s international aid? What is the philosophy behind how nations should give and receive aid? Should it be viewed as a moral obligation, or something that is in the national security or economic interests of the U.K., or both?

Brad Setser is the Steven A. Tanenbaum Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served as the deputy assistant secretary for international economic analysis in the U.S. Treasury from 2011 to 2015. In this interview, Dr. Setser discusses how tax avoidance schemes by corporations could distort conventional understanding of cross-national capital flows, and how such capital flows through shell companies are driving international balance of payments. He argues we should pay more attention to external debt, particularly on exports and debt in foreign currency, rather than solely focusing on the government debt alone. He highlights the puzzling debt histories of two countries in particular: Japan, which should be in trouble but is not; and Argentina, which gets into trouble no matter what. We also touch on the important topics of progressive tax policies and how it’s entirely realistic to close down international tax loopholes. It’s noteworthy that Dr. Setser appears in the first chapter of Adam Tooze’s book of “Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World” by Adam Tooze, whom we interviewed last spring. It’s very unfortunate that this is a relatively short interview, but we hope it can be an introduction to a vast and important field of issues that you may continue to learn about afterwards. This interview was recorded in March at the 2020 annual conference of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance, and the theme was “Development Finance in Fragile States.” You may read more about Dr. Setser’s conference presentation on our webpage, and you can subscribe to his blog and newsletter “Follow the Money” on the webpage of Council on Foreign Relations.

A contemptible political environment has mired the United States as tensions boil over police brutality, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a public outcry for revolution. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/riley-mlewis/support

Between 1984 - 1993 Donald Ross Skinner was Julian Cope's main man: co-writer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and calmer of his Scott Walker obsession!  Since then Donald has produced and/or played with a wide range of bands and artists including Salad, Hotmotel, Kiosk, Fragile States, Love Amongst Ruin, Dan Laidler, Claire Nicolson, Know Escape, Dan Cross, CUD and many others.  In this Vapour Trails special we have a zoom chat with Don about his career - his first meetings with Julian Cope, the recording of many of JC's most famous and infamous albums, and what he's been up to since (quite a bit!)  Check out a number of great tunes Don's worked on (including a rare alternative version of If You Love Me At All from the Peggy Suicide sessions) during the chat then, afterwards, stick around for a selection of back-to-back tunes all, in some way or other, connected to the work Don has done over the years. Playlist(s) below  Donald Ross Skinner image design : Jane Durlacher Donald Ross Skinner Interview Playlist Julian Cope (feat. Donald Ross Skinner)-  Laughing Boy (excerpt), Me Singing, You, Eve’s Volcano, Robert Mitchum, China Doll, Double Vegetation, If You Loved Me At All (rare alternative demo version provided by Don), The Mystery Trend, Fa Fa Fine Salad (Undressed) -Moonshine, Hotmotel- Brutal Reign, Kiosk – Reshape While Damp   Donald Ross Skinner Aftershow Playlist MC5 – Looking at You The Meters – Hey Pock A-Way Roky Erickson – Night of the Vampire The 13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me (Live) Scott Walker – 30 Century Man Funkadelic – Hit It and Quit It Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side NEU! – After Eight David Bowie – Always Crashing the Same Car The Guess Who – Bus Rider (Live) Johnnie Allen – Promised Land The Stooges – Down on the Street The Balfa Brothers – La Danse de Mardi Gras Sly and the Family Stone – Brave and Strong Syd Barrett – Here I Go The Smiths – The Queen is Dead Salad – You Got the Job Faust – Gott ist Tot The Seeds – Mr Farmer David Bowie – Moonage Daydream The Teardrop Explodes – The Great Dominions #juliancope #donaldrossskinner #salad #hotmotel #kiosk #mc5 #themeters #rokyerickson #13thfloorelevators #scottwalker #funkadelic #loureed #neu #krautrock #davidbowie #theguesswho #johnnieallen #thestooges #iggypop #thebalfabrothers #cajunmusic #slyandthefamilystone #sydbarrett #pinkfloyd #thesmiths #faust #theseeds #theteardropexplodes #petedefreitas #prolapse #cud #psychedelia #peggysuicide #jehovahkill #headheritage

The Global Fragility Act (GFA) was passed by Congress as part of the 2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act and was signed into law on December 20, 2019. The bill represented a historic victory for the peacebuilding field, which has long advocated for the GFA as a way forward to prevent violent conflict.The Alliance for Peacebuilding, a non-partisan network of over 110 organizations working to build sustainable peace, has been at the forefront of advocating for the GFA. In this episode of Root of Conflict, we speak with Liz Hume, Vice President of Alliance for Peacebuilding. Liz is a conflict expert with over 20 years of experience in leadership positions in multilateral organizations and NGOs. Liz discusses Alliance for Peacebuilding’s role in getting the GFA passed, as well as the importance of research and advocacy in crafting policies that promote peaceful political outcomes.

In this week's episode of Sounds Strategic, Antônio Sampaio speaks with Senior Fellow Virginia Comolli and Research Associate Eleanor Beevor from the Conflict, Security and Development Programme at the IISS. They discuss the challenges fragile states face in managing the COVID-19 pandemic, why international organisations are struggling to deliver humanitarian aid and how non-state armed groups have been responding to this global crisis.International organisations, such as the UN and the African Union, have struggled to maintain their commitments in conflict-afflicted countries during the pandemic. Virginia details why this has been the case and how the delivery of humanitarian assistance has been impacted. She also looks at the second-order effects this crisis is having on food security.Non-state armed groups such as Al-Shabaab in Somalia are also complicating responses to the COVID-19 virus. As Eleanor explains, many armed groups are restricting humanitarian access to areas they control, as well as generating counter-narratives on how to best fight the spread of the virus. These factors will likely only worsen the virus among some of the most vulnerable populations.We hope you enjoy listening and don't forget to follow, rate and subscribe to Sounds Strategic on wherever you listen to podcasts.Date of recording: 28 April 2020Sounds Strategic is recorded and produced at the IISS in London.Theme music: ‘Safety in Numbers' by We Were Promised Jetpacks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As COVID-19 cases appear in the Middle East and Africa, USIP’s Nancy Lindborg talks about opportunities for peace amid the humanitarian and security risks posed by an outbreak. “The hope is that everyone uses this opportunity to put down their arms and think differently about conflict,” says Lindborg. 

From Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s influence in the Iraqi elections to the involvement of religious actors in South Sudan’s peace process, the role of religion in conflict zones continues to dominate headlines. At the U.S. Institute of Peace on June 26, experts presented an approach for mapping the role of religious actors and institutions to better understand their legitimacy and influence in contributing to peace and conflict, exploring findings from three recent mappings from Libya, South Sudan, and Iraq based on work from the field. Speakers Col. Paul Hughes, welcoming remarksActing Vice President, Center for Applied Conflict Transformation, U.S. Institute of Peace Rev. Susan Hayward, introductory remarksSenior Advisor, Religion & Inclusive Societies, U.S. Institute of Peace Rosarie Tucci, moderatorDirector, Inclusive Societies, U.S. Institute of Peace Palwasha KakarSenior Program Officer, Libya Project Coordinator, U.S. Institute of Peace Monica PioSouth Sudan Researcher, Forcier Consulting Zainab QassimNetworks Manager, Sanad for Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace Dr. Ann WainscottLead Researcher and Iraq Project Coordinator, U.S. Institute of Peace Dr. Jacqueline WilsonLead Researcher and South Sudan Project Coordinator, U.S. Institute of Peace For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/mapping-role-religion-fragile-states

In this discussion, we’ll ask how the United States and the international community can address these national security challenges. How should U.S. assistance be prioritized and allocated? What is the difference between stabilizing a country versus nation building? How can the international community help a country like Syria? What lessons can be learned from efforts in countries, such as Nigeria and Colombia, preventing violence? And ultimately, how can we get ahead of the underlying causes of fragility that lead to and perpetuate violent conflict? Speakers:Joshua Johnson, ModeratorHost, NPR’s 1A Nancy LindborgPresident, U.S. Institute of Peace Ilan GoldenbergDirector, Middle East Security Program, Center for a New American Security Kimberly KaganFounder and President, The Institute for the Study of War