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The Bunker
Kleptocracy Now – How the global corruption machine is seizing power – This Is Not A Drill BONUS

The Bunker

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 49:39


Desperate for a fresh pod over the holidays? We're tiding you over the Christmas-New Year gap with some shows you might have missed from the wider Podmasters universe. Today, enjoy this edition of our geopolitics weekly This Is Not A Drill. On this edition… Corruption, bribery and cronyism aren't just criminal matters. International alliances of corrupt states and their enablers are undermining democracies and international law, creating a world without rules where everything and anyone can be bought. From Putin's gangster state to COVID corruption and favouritism in the UK, the West's response has been feeble. How big is Kleptocracy's threat to global stability? Regular TINAD presenter Emma Beals explores an existential danger with anti-corruption writer Sarah Chayes – author of Everybody Knows: Corruption in America – and Guardian investigations correspondent and author of Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth Tom Burgis. NB This edition recorded before Trump's victory in the US election. • Subscribe to This Is Not A Drill on your favourite app. • When you buy books through our affiliate bookshop you're helping fund our podcasts by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org's fees help support independent bookshops too. Written and presented by Emma Beals. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Executive Producer Martin Bojtos. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. This Is Not A Drill is a Podmasters production podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doomsday Watch with Arthur Snell
Kleptocracy Now – How the Global Corruption Machine is seizing power

Doomsday Watch with Arthur Snell

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 46:52


Corruption, bribery and cronyism aren't just criminal matters. International alliances of corrupt states and their enablers are undermining democracies and international law, creating a world without rules where everything and anyone can be bought. From Putin's gangster state to COVID corruption and favouritism in the UK, the West's response has been feeble. Is Kleptocracy the real threat to global stability? Emma Beals explores an existential danger with anti-corruption writer Sarah Chayes – author of Everybody Knows: Corruption in America – and Guardian investigations correspondent and author of Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth Tom Burgis. • “If Trump wins, more than ever US policy will be up for sale.” – Sarah Chayes • Support This Is Not Drill on Patreon to continue by backing us on Patreon. You'll get early, ad-free editions, merchandise and more. • When you buy books through our affiliate bookshop you're helping fund This Is Not A Drill by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org's fees help support independent bookshops too. Written and presented by Emma Beals. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Executive Producer Martin Bojtos. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. This Is Not A Drill is a Podmasters production podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

theAnalysis.news
Systemic Corruption at Home and Abroad – Sarah Chayes

theAnalysis.news

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 38:11


Author of the book "On Corruption in America: And What is at Stake" and former NPR correspondent Sarah Chayes discusses embedded corruption networks in Afghanistan, particularly under U.S. and allied occupation, and other countries plagued by endemic corruption. She argues that the very institutions— primarily Western— seeking to tackle corruption in these countries end up propping up corrupt financial and military institutions by supporting networks of elite capital interests and a conglomeration of private contractors.

Background Briefing with Ian Masters
September 14, 2023 - David Shapiro | Sarah Chayes | Sylvia Allegretto

Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 63:15


The False Equivalence of Hunter Biden on Trial While His Father is Running Against the Head of the Trump Crime Family | The Grey Area Between What is Illegal and What is Corrupt | The Looming Strike by the UAW Against the Big Three Automakers backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

PUSHBACK talks
Summer Series: Money, Money, Money – Living in an Era of Corruption + Kleptocratic Networks, A Conversation with Sarah Chayes

PUSHBACK talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 61:14


It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! And we're doing things a little differently this year. For the next six weeks, we'll revisit some of our favorite episodes from across all six seasons, giving you updates on the guests and topics at the top of each episode. The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. No matter where you are - we hope you enjoy this year's Summer Series!The Filmmaker and the Advocate take listeners of this episode of PUSHBACK Talks into the real world – one where $$ money $$ is the principle value and corruption and kleptocracy the means of acquisition. Few are better placed to expose the workings of corruption than Sarah Chayes – former NPR reporter, and senior adviser to government officials in the US Department of Defence, and author of three books including her most recent, On Corruption in America and What is at Stake. Drawing on her experiences in Afghanistan, Nigeria, Honduras, Lebanon and beyond, Chayes reveals that contrary to media reporting, corruption is not about individuals or single acts. Rather, it operates through sophisticated networks that link together people from very different sectors of society, spanning governments and the private sector. These networks are flexible and exist through time, over decades, losing members along the way as protests and civil unrest require, and then gaining more members after each sacrifice. Network members bend and repurpose the institutions and agencies of government to make them serve the objectives of the network, rather than the public interest. The pivotal role of real estate in all of this is not lost on Chayes who notes a universal feature of these networks of corruption is the use of real estate as a vehicle.  So what's at stake when kleptocracy and corruption are left unchallenged? Nothing less than democracy.Produced by WG Film Recorded & Edited by Mikey JonesMusic by Florencia Di ConcilioSocial Media & Support Team - Maja Moberg, Valerie Estrina, Hanna LeanderSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/pushbacktalks)Support the showSupport the show

Crime Waves
America Runs on Corruption

Crime Waves

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 43:44 Transcription Available


Sarah Chayes is one courageous person. She spent nine years running a small community business in the heart of Kandahar, Afghanistan: the center of Taliban resistance, drug lords and deep-rooted criminal corruption.   She speaks  about the parallels between the corruption she witnessed there and the corruption taking place in the United States. 

River to River
A discussion of corruption in the U.S. and around the world

River to River

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022


Sarah Chayes is a former NPR foreign correspondent and an internationally recognized expert on corruption. She will visit Iowa this week.

River to River
A discussion of corruption in the U.S. and around the world

River to River

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022


Sarah Chayes is a former NPR foreign correspondent and an internationally recognized expert on corruption. She will visit Iowa this month.

Bribe, Swindle or Steal
Moneyland, Kleptopia and On Corruption in America

Bribe, Swindle or Steal

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 47:29


Oliver Bullough, Tom Burgis and Sarah Chayes, authors of three of the best books on global corruption, gather for a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival for a fascinating discussion about how the corrupt operate, often with impunity, and what can be done to slow the pace of looting.

Grand Fraud
012 - Is Corruption the Main Problem of Our Time? (2/2)

Grand Fraud

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 26:06


This is the second and last episode of my interview with Sarah Chayes, award-winning international journalist, author and former advisor to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. Our discussion revolved around a core question: Is corruption the most important issue of our time? Can anyone hope to tackle any other global problem – be it climate change, migration, security, wealth inequality – without addressing grand fraud and corruption first? Sarah's article mentioned in this episode can be found here: · https://aeon.co/essays/corruption-has-shaped-history-why-do-we-still-ignore-it Sarah's books mentioned in this episode can be found here: · Thieves of State (2015): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25622863-thieves-of-state · On Corruption in America (2020): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/585789/on-corruption-in-america-by-sarah-chayes/ Direct support for this podcast comes from Nemexis GmbH, a corporate crime investigations company based in Berlin, Germany (nemexis.de). Your host is Paul Milata, CFE, PhD. You can reach him at grandfraud@nemexis.de Views expressed by podcast guests are their own and not the view of The Grand Fraud Podcast, Paul Milata or Nemexis GmbH.

Grand Fraud
011 - Is Corruption the Main Problem of Our Time? (1/2)

Grand Fraud

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 16:08


Is corruption the most important issue of our time? Can anyone hope to tackle any other global problem – be it climate change, migration, security, wealth inequality – without addressing grand fraud and corruption? This is the first in a series of episodes where I discuss this question with Sarah Chayes, an award-winning international journalist, author and former advisor to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. Sarah's article mentioned in this episode can be found here: https://aeon.co/essays/corruption-has-shaped-history-why-do-we-still-ignore-it Sarah's books mentioned in this episode can be found here: Thieves of State (2015): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25622863-thieves-of-state On Corruption in America (2020): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/585789/on-corruption-in-america-by-sarah-chayes/ Direct support for this podcast comes from Nemexis GmbH, a corporate crime investigations company based in Berlin, Germany (nemexis.de). Your host is Paul Milata, CFE, PhD. You can reach him at grandfraud@nemexis.de Views expressed by podcast guests are their own and not the view of The Grand Fraud Podcast, Paul Milata or Nemexis GmbH.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)
"The Thieves are Uniting:" The Rise of Global Kleptocracy

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 30:10


Oligarchs and kleptocrats extend beyond Russia and, according to investigate reporter Tom Burgis, "The thieves are uniting." Is the ideological battle in the 21st century democracy vs. kleptocracy? And what role does the West play in supporting global kleptocrats? Tom Burgis, along with Oliver Bullough and Sarah Chayes, discuss the rise of global kleptocracy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talk Cocktail
Corruption is America's Operating System: A Conversation with Sarah Chayes

Talk Cocktail

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 38:28


Historian and journalist Sarah Chayes, argues that we can't fix our floundering democracy until we face — and fix — our current levels of corruption. In her view, we are in a “pandemic of corruption,” fostered by a network of corrupt businesses and political leaders worldwide. Before we can begin to set things right, however, we first have to grasp what modern-day corruption really is. Behind this evolving crisis, says Chayes, is a shift in the very definition of power. Where society's leaders once at least paid lip service to the concept of public service, today the only measure of social status, she contends, is money: The pursuit of power has turned into a no-holds-barred scramble for more and more wealth. Chayes, the author of On Corruption in America, explains how we got here, and how we must build a coalition of integrity that transcends ideology, one that has its roots in equity and the public interest.   My WhoWhatWhy conversation with Sarah Chayes:  

The National Writers Series Podcast
Sarah Chayes, Author of "Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security" (2015)

The National Writers Series Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 83:46


With Eastern Europe looking at another conflict region opening up between Russia and Ukraine, we're looking back to a conversation with a person who's been a journalist, an author, and a special adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sarah Chayes offers us some still-timely insight into the inner workings of international politics. In this discussion, guest host Jack Segal of the TCIAF leads the conversation about Sarah's book Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security. Chayes' book connects the dots from Syria to Ukraine to Nigeria to Afghanistan, showing how kleptocratic regimes – tolerated or even facilitated by the United States – can drive fed-up citizens into the arms of extreme fundamentalist groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nationalwritersseries/message

Maine Calling
Investigative journalist Sarah Chayes discusses her new book on corruption in America

Maine Calling

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 52:59


Investigative journalist Sarah Chayes discusses her new book on corruption in America

Maine Calling
Investigative journalist Sarah Chayes discusses her new book on corruption in America

Maine Calling

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 52:59


Investigative journalist Sarah Chayes discusses her new book on corruption in America

The Tully Show
Sarah Chayes / "On Corruption in America"

The Tully Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 58:36


New Tully Show! Author and journalist Sarah Chayes discusses "On Corruption in America: And What Is At Stake" (newly available in paperback), her time in Afghanistan, and more. Listen wherever you pod!

Under The Skin with Russell Brand
#211 Fighting Corruption Using a Spiritual Perspective (with Sarah Chayes)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 14:37


This week's episode is fantastic! I am joined by Sarah Chayes, who was recommended to me during my episode with Sebastian Junger. Sarah Chayes is an author and a journalist, and has worked as a political advisor. She writes primarily about the nature of corruption. Her books include Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, and most recently: On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake which is coming out in paperback in the US next week. This is a fascinating conversation with someone who possesses incredible experience. Sarah talks about her time in Afghanistan, her stint as a political advisor to the military, and her understanding of corruption that exists at every level of power. We get deep and philosophical about how this affects us as humans, and how we can fight corruption.  In the UK Sarah's book On Corruption in America is titled Everybody Knows: Corruption in America if you're looking to buy a copy.More Info: Get Sarah's books here: https://www.sarahchayes.org/books Come see me live; check out upcoming dates: https://www.russellbrand.com/live-dates/ My meditation podcast, Above the Noise, is out now, only on Luminary. I will be releasing guided meditations every Wednesday. Please check it out: http://luminary.link/meditate Elites are taking over! Our only hope is to form our own. To learn more join my cartel here https://www.russellbrand.com/join and get weekly bulletins too incendiary for anything but your private inbox. (*not a euphemism) Subscribe to my YouTube channel, I post four videos a week including video clips from these episodes!  https://www.youtube.com/russellbrand Subscribe to my YouTube side-channel for more wellness and spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/c/AwakeningWithRussell Instagram: http://instagram.com/russellbrand/ Twitter:  http://twitter.com/rustyrockets

In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson
”Sarah Chayes On Afghanistan‘s Future” - TPR‘s In Focus - Oct. 21, 2021

In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 9:30


Former NPR journalist Sarah Chayes covered the fall of the Taliban in 2001, then spent a decade trying to help the economy  through a cooperative she established, and became an advisor to the Pentagon and Chairman Mike Mullen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Sarah Chayes talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the Taliban's roots in Pakistan and how the group took hold in Afghanistan. 

Fareed Zakaria GPS
October 17, 2021 | On GPS: What's wrong with the supply chain and labor market in America and around the world?; Poland's democratic downturn; the surprising American state where some of the world's rich and powerful are hiding their money.

Fareed Zakaria GPS

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 38:36


Haven't received your online shopping on time? Fareed talks to David Lynch, global economics correspondent for the Washington Post, about why the post-pandemic economy is seeing supply shortages and high prices for goods. What is causing these glitches in the global supply chain? One piece of the puzzle is the shake-up in the labor market, Heather Long, an economics correspondent for the Washington Post, tells Fareed about the great re-assessment of work in America and how the puzzling data might foreshadow a positive future for productivity and growth in the global economy. Then, Anne Applebaum, staff writer for the Atlantic, explains Poland's democratic downturn and why events in Poland may sound familiar to Americans. The Pandora Papers offered another glimpse at how and where the rich hide their wealth. Sarah Chayes, author of the book “On Corruption,” explains why South Dakota has become a global tax haven, right in the U.S. heartland. Plus, Fareed takes a look at the future of German politics as Angela Merkel departs from the spotlight after her 16-year tenure as Chancellor.   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Thinking Allowed
Afghanistan

Thinking Allowed

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 29:20


Afghanistan: The lives of Afghans in Britain today and the role of corruption in the return of the Taliban. Laurie Taylor talks to Nichola Khan, Reader in Anthropology and Psychology at the University of Brighton, about her monumental study of Afghan migrants in Sussex, England, at a time when we are seeing a fresh wave of migration from their home country. Also, Sarah Chayes, former Senior Associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explores the role of political corruption in the renewed ascendency of the Taliban. Producer: Jayne Egerton

Thinking Allowed
Afghanistan

Thinking Allowed

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 29:20


Afghanistan: The lives of Afghans in Britain today and the role of corruption in the return of the Taliban. Laurie Taylor talks to Nichola Khan, Reader in Anthropology and Psychology at the University of Brighton, about her monumental study of Afghan migrants in Sussex, England, at a time when we are seeing a fresh wave of migration from their home country. Also, Sarah Chayes, former Senior Associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explores the role of political corruption in the renewed ascendency of the Taliban. Producer: Jayne Egerton

Thinking Allowed
Afghanistan

Thinking Allowed

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 28:02


Afghanistan: The lives of Afghans in Britain today and the role of corruption in the return of the Taliban. Laurie Taylor talks to Nichola Khan, Reader in Anthropology and Psychology at the University of Brighton, about her monumental study of Afghan migrants in Sussex, England, at a time when we are seeing a fresh wave of migration from their home country. Also, Sarah Chayes, former Senior Associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explores the role of political corruption in the renewed ascendency of the Taliban. Producer: Jayne Egerton

In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson
Former NPR Correspondent Sarah Chayes on Afghanistan‘s Future

In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 9:50


Former NPR correspondent Sarah Chayes covered the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, then stayed to establish a soap factory in Kandahar as a way to employ local workers to help the economy.  She talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about witnessing the fall of the Taliban in 2001 and reconnecting today with friends who are experiencing the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. 

Global Security
Former adviser Sarah Chayes: The US failed to understand how Afghans wage war

Global Security

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021


A logistical success, but a strategic failure.That's how top US generals described the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, in the second day of hearings on Wednesday on Capitol Hill, this time before the House Armed Services Committee.A lot of the most intense questioning dealt with intelligence failures and how the US could have missed signs pointing to the rapid collapse of the Afghan government. Related: Gen. David Petraeus: The US has a 'moral obligation' to help those left behind in AfghanistanUS Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tried to answer for these failures in his opening statement: "We need to consider some uncomfortable truths; that we did not fully comprehend the depth of corruption and poor leadership in their senior ranks; that we did not grasp the damaging effect of frequent and unexplained rotations by President [Ashraf] Ghani of his commanders; that we did not anticipate the snowball effect caused by the deals that the Taliban commanders struck with local leaders in the wake of the Doha agreement." Related: Afghan UN employees worry about their safetyAuthor Sarah Chayes, who served as a special adviser to the US military in Afghanistan and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a decade on the ground in Kandahar, has been watching the hearings closely. Her most recent book is called "On Corruption in America and What is at Stake." Chayes joined The World's host Marco Werman to share her reaction to these military testimonies and to fill in the blanks on who else may need to testify on US failures in Afghanistan. Marco Werman: What do you make of that explanation for the lack of military intelligence?Sarah Chayes: It's just stunning to me, but in a way, not surprising. So much US intelligence was focused on who we should kill instead of being focused on the degree of corruption, not just in the ranks of the Afghan military, but throughout the government, and the effect that that would have on the willingness of Afghan citizens to take mortal risks for their own government, you know? I mean, that information was being hammered on successive US administrations for years. I was one of the hammerers and not at all alone. And so, I find that very distressing. And then — this snowball effect of the local deals. I think this is another really significant failing on the intelligence and military side — is misunderstanding how Afghans wage war. Afghans rarely fight as units to the death. Fighting is much more a kind of psychological exercise. That's why it's often quite violent. So, you have the combination of the Taliban, who were making battlefield victories, a Doha agreement that essentially conferred sovereignty on them, and then they went to work on the ground, as you said. How could the United States government have missed that context?Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley tried to provide an answer for how the US failed to predict the Afghan government's collapse: "We can count the trucks and the guns and the units and all that. We can watch that from different techniques, but we can't measure a human heart from a machine. You've got to be there to do that. And I think that was probably one of the most significant contributing factors to missing the deterioration in the morale of the Afghan army." What do you make of Gen. Milley's comments? We were there for 20 years. We were on the ground for 20 years, and we still missed that type of psychological and social intelligence. We never got close enough to ordinary people.Related: How the Taliban might finance their new Afghan government Well, you spoke earlier about the lack of understanding of how Afghans wage war. I mean, Gen. Milley at one point questioned why the US had tried to build an Afghan army in our own image. What was he getting at? He put his finger on what you really can hang around the military's neck, is why would you create, in an environment of very difficult terrain, where wars are constantly being won by ill-armed, ill-equipped insurgents, why would you create a conventional army that looks like ours, that requires highly technical equipment that people need to maintain, that seems to require air support (although the Taliban never seem to need air support). And that, again, was going on for 20 years. And I think we really have to ask ourselves as a country, why? What was the incentive structure behind building that type of top-heavy, equipment-heavy military? And were economic interests not involved here? I mean, is this not the type of equipment and contractor support that is delivered by very high-end military contractors whose executives have been building fancy mansions around Washington, DC, for the last decade?So, the starting point for the hearings this week seems to be that the problems with the US project in Afghanistan were fundamentally military. And that's why generals were brought before lawmakers today and called to task. But weren't a lot of the fundamental problems also civilian?Well, exactly. Thank you, Marco. And I hope that civilian officials will be called soon. And first and foremost, for me, it would be Zal Khalilzad, [special envoy for Afghanistan], who is responsible for the actual terms of the Doha agreement. ... He's an Afghan American who conducted these negotiations at President [Donald] Trump's behest in Doha. Those negotiations, as far as I know, were conducted in Pashto without any member of the US government who spoke the language present — other than the ambassador — and they essentially conferred sovereignty on the Taliban. How would we expect an Afghan government not to be demoralized under those conditions?This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. 

The Marianne Williamson Podcast: Conversations That Matter
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: An Effort to More Deeply Understand

The Marianne Williamson Podcast: Conversations That Matter

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 33:20


Routing the Taliban from Afghanistan was a successful exercise in brute force. But keeping them out - and helping the Afghans keep them out - was something that required skills not currently in America's tool box. If anything, we proved the ultimate futility of endless violence. We succeeded at waging war, but we failed miserably at providing the conditions of a sustainable post-war state of peace.  THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: An Effort to More Deeply Understand, is compiled from interviews that provide meaningful reflections on the war. The individual interviews can be found here: https://mariannewilliamson.substack.com/s/reflections-on-afghanistan On Afghanistan, as on so many issues, it's imperative that we push against the grain of shallow and ultimately meaningless narrative that dominates our politics. This podcast was produced by Jon Ehrens, with interviews from Sarah Chayes, Laura Jedeed, Zainab Salbi, Tom Freston, Joe Cirincione, and Obaidullah Baheer. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast
60. Kate Bateman on the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 55:12


We welcome Kate Bateman, @katebatemandc), senior expert in the Afghanistan program of the United States Institute of Peace (https://www.usip.org/regions/asia/afghanistan), formerly in the Lessons Learned Program at Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (www.sigar.mil) Quarterly report by SIGAR: https://www.sigar.mil/quarterlyreports/index.aspx?SSR=6 Corruption lessons learned report : https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-16-58-LL.pdf Building the ANDSF lessons learned report: https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-17-62-LL.pdf most recent Lesson Learned report “What We Need to Learn,” distilling the insights of previous reports: https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-21-46-LL.pdf Books by Sarah Chayes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Chayes#Books_and_other_works Previous Kickback Episode on the role of Corruption in Afghanistan: https://soundcloud.com/kickback-gap/59-jodi-vittori-on-corruption-and-the-us-military-operation-in-afghanistan Recommended Podcast from Kate: https://www.cna.org/news/podcast Episodes 96 and 97.

Britain Debrief with Ben Judah
Did corruption lose the war in Afghanistan? || A debrief from Sarah Chayes

Britain Debrief with Ben Judah

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 25:44


Did corruption lose the war in Afghanistan? In the aftermath of the humiliating collapse of the Afghan government, I wanted to find out for this week's #BritainDebrief for the Atlantic Council why that government collapsed like a house of cards. I interviewed Sarah Chayes, who served for a decade in Afghanistan including as special assistant on corruption to Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as having advised David McKiernan and Stanley McChrystal, commanders of the International Security Assistant Force. Was the Afghan government a vertically integrated criminal enterprise? Why did Washington turn a blind eye to corruption? What could the US and the UK have been done differently? And is America in danger of succumbing to its own corruption?

Amanpour
Amanpour: Sarah Chayes, Maleeha Lodhi, Larry Brilliant and Elliot Ackerman

Amanpour

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 55:17


Former journalist and U.S. military advisor Sarah Chayes joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ties that bind U.S. and Afghan societies. Former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. and the UN Maleeha Lodhi says Pakistan would like to see the international community engage with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Then turning to the coronavirus pandemic, top epidemiologist Larry Brilliant discusses the potential for the Delta variant spread among children as many more schools are set to open in America. And then former marine and best-selling author Elliot Ackerman, who helped hundreds of Afghans escape in the last few weeks, talks about U.S. foreign policy going forward and Biden's legacy.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The Marianne Williamson Podcast: Conversations That Matter
Conversations with Marianne: Author Sarah Chayes

The Marianne Williamson Podcast: Conversations That Matter

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 71:23


Williamson and Chayes discuss Chayes' article “The Ides of August,” about her experiences working as a reporter and special counsellor to the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the war in Afghanistan. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Subscribe to Marianne's TRANSFORM Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3mMKauu Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/6rPjZBNBPrY Learn more about Sarah: https://www.sarahchayes.org/ Read "The Ides of August" https://www.sarahchayes.org/post/the-ides-of-august  

The Rachman Review
America's Afghan legacy

The Rachman Review

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 23:51


Sarah Chayes, a writer and former journalist who worked as a special adviser to the US military leadership in Afghanistan, talks to Martin Sandbu about what will be the legacy of America's 20-year involvement.Clips: White House; ITV News; ABC 7 Chicago  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Point
Journalist Sarah Chayes Reflects On 20 Years Of Crisis In Afghanistan

On Point

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 47:32


More than a decade. That's how long Sarah Chayes worked in Afghanistan. With the Taliban back in power, we talk with Chayes about how Afghanistan really changed, and how it changed her. Sarah Chayes joins Meghna Chakrabarti.

PBS NewsHour - World
The U.S. ignored corruption within the Afghan government. Did that lead to its fall?

PBS NewsHour - World

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 8:07


As the Taliban faces protests and dissent across Afghanistan, William Brangham explores the collapse of the country's government -- built and supported by the U.S. and allies for 20 years. For a deeper perspective, Brangham speaks with Sarah Chayes, who covered the fall of the Taliban after 9/11 for NPR and served as advisor to several senior U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

PBS NewsHour - Segments
The U.S. ignored corruption within the Afghan government. Did that lead to its fall?

PBS NewsHour - Segments

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 8:07


As the Taliban faces protests and dissent across Afghanistan, William Brangham explores the collapse of the country's government -- built and supported by the U.S. and allies for 20 years. For a deeper perspective, Brangham speaks with Sarah Chayes, who covered the fall of the Taliban after 9/11 for NPR and served as advisor to several senior U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes
Withdrawing from Afghanistan and the Impact of Global Corruption with Sarah Chayes

Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 53:35


Note: This conversation was recorded on July 27th, 2021, before the latest news in Kabul. Recognized around the globe for her research on corruption, Sarah Chayes has seen her fair share of corruption at play.  She also had frontline experience in Afghanistan during the events leading up to the country's collapse. The anti-corruption activist witnessed incidents that ultimately contributed to the United States' recent withdrawal. Chayes' career has led her from reporting in Paris for NPR and covering the fall of the Taliban in 2001, to examining developing countries that are considered corrupt during a stint at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The prolific author has said that kleptocratic actions are an “existential threat facing our generation” and her book “On Corruption In America - And What Is At Stake” examines the myriad reasons why unscrupulous practices are prevalent across global networks, and why crisis results.

The Brian Lehrer Show
The Future of Afghanistan and Women's Rights

The Brian Lehrer Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 29:16


Sarah Chayes, author and former NPR reporter, talks about the recent updates from Afghanistan and what Afghan women are experiencing as the United States withdraws from the country.

Feet to the Fire
Sarah Chayes on America's Corruption Crisis

Feet to the Fire

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 38:16


The United States, she argues, has fallen into a trap frighteningly similar to what we see in places like Afghanistan or Nigeria. And getting rid of Donald Trump will not save us.

Thinking Allowed
CORRUPTION

Thinking Allowed

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 29:20


Corruption: Laurie Taylor talks to Sarah Chayes, writer and former Senior Fellow in the Democracy and Rule of Law programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the ways in which vested interests have corrupted America - from unjust Supreme Court rulings to revolving doors between the private and state sector - and challenges the notion that this phenomenon is principally caused by wicked individuals lining their own pockets. Instead she reveals a many headed hydra of sophisticated networks spanning political and national boundaries. They’re joined by Dan Hough, Director of the Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex, who provides a British & global perspective on a phenomenon which is threatening democracy. How can it be tackled at a personal, political and collective level? Producer: Jayne Egerton

Business of Giving
Is the U.S. Showing Signs of the Most Corrupt Countries in the World?

Business of Giving

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 45:11


The United States is showing signs similar to some of the most corrupt countries in the world, and this corruption is determining the shape of our government and affecting all levels of society. This is a topic of a brand-new book by prizewinning journalist Sarah Chayes titled On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake.

The Impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime
Bonus Episode: Sarah Chayes on Corruption

The Impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 48:11


In this bonus episode of The Impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime, Jack sits down with author and former NPR foreign correspondent, https://www.sarahchayes.org/ (Sarah Chayes). In this extended version of the interview which was part of the COVID and Corruption episode, Sarah talks about her experience of studying corruption around the world and how kleptocratic networks capture state institutions, even in the United States. https://twitter.com/Sarah_Chayes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Sarah Chayes) is the author of Thieves of State and the upcoming book On Corruption in America. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Mornings with Carmen
Stories of women who have been restored by God | Identifying and combating public corruption

Mornings with Carmen

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 39:52


Missy Robertson, formerly of Duck Dynasty, talks about her new PureFlix series Restored, which highlights the stories of women who found restoration through God's grace.  Journalist and corruption specialist Sarah Chayes offers ways to identify and combat public corruption.

Mornings with Carmen
Loneliness and friendship in the workplace | Corruption is not a victimless crime

Mornings with Carmen

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 42:32


Bible and Business's Bill English looks at the workplace loneliness and friendships, and the importance to a balanced view of workplace relationships.  Sarah Chayes, author of Thieves of State, talks about being honest about government corruption and how it harms others the average person.

Mornings with Carmen
Loneliness and friendship in the workplace | Corruption is not a victimless crime

Mornings with Carmen

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 42:32


Bible and Business's Bill English looks at the workplace loneliness and friendships, and the importance to a balanced view of workplace relationships.  Sarah Chayes, author of Thieves of State, talks about being honest about government corruption and how it harms others the average person.

Mornings with Carmen
Living in a world of disruption | Confronting corruption and how it hurts people

Mornings with Carmen

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2019 42:43


With the release of Disney+ and how it's disrupting the entertainment industry, Bill English of Bible and Business looks how Christians can both respond and instigate positive disruption. Sarah Chayes, author of "Thieves of State," reviews the negative impact of corruption both overseas and in the US.

Mornings with Carmen
Living in a world of disruption | Confronting corruption and how it hurts people

Mornings with Carmen

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2019 42:42


With the release of Disney+ and how it's disrupting the entertainment industry, Bill English of Bible and Business looks how Christians can both respond and instigate positive disruption. Sarah Chayes, author of "Thieves of State," reviews the negative impact of corruption both overseas and in the US.

Mornings with Carmen
Impeachment update and a look at judicial picks | The damaging effects effects of political corruption and cronyism

Mornings with Carmen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 41:48


Daniel Bennett of the Center for Faith and Flourishing at John Brown University looks at the latest the impeachment front, as well as his recent address at the Presidential Politics Conference in Iowa on Trump's judicial picks. Sarah Chayes, author of "Thieves of State," talks about the reality of political corruption.

Mornings with Carmen
Impeachment update and a look at judicial picks | The damaging effects effects of political corruption and cronyism

Mornings with Carmen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 41:47


Daniel Bennett of the Center for Faith and Flourishing at John Brown University looks at the latest the impeachment front, as well as his recent address at the Presidential Politics Conference in Iowa on Trump's judicial picks. Sarah Chayes, author of "Thieves of State," talks about the reality of political corruption.

A Deeper Look
Networks of corruption

A Deeper Look

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 42:14


How does corruption impact development? In this first episode of the 2019 season, Patrick Fine speaks with Sarah Chayes, author of "Thieves of State." In 2019, A Deeper Look explores the darker side of development, with episodes that focus on the paradoxes and unintended consequences of development efforts. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

Hudson Institute Events Podcast
How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West

Hudson Institute Events Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017 88:34


On Oct 11th, Hudson Institute�s Kleptocracy Initiative held a discussion of Ilya Zaslavskiy�s report, How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West.