May 2nd 2016
Thieves of State. Why corruption threatens global security. Sarah Chayes.
Thieves of State. Why corruption threatens global security. Sarah Chayes.2015. ISBN 9780393246537. This is quite the book. It was suggested to me by David Mouton and I am glad he did. The author details how various corrupt governments today ( Afghanistan, Egypt, Tunisia, Nigeria for eg) have been seized by kleptocracies so that the national revenue flows into the hands of the ruling few. She also shows how the individual living in these places gets caught between the religious right and the corrupt administration to the point that uprising seems the only option. Especially galling is that the Western powers and NGOs seem to always align with the corrupt administration, so the West is seen as part of the problem. She makes a very good case ( and worked in several of these countries on this) , the the West should be very concerned about dealing with corrupt administration/systems that are in all intents criminal in nature.. That is if thee West is interested in helping these populations have any alternatives to violence. She has some pretty good dirt on the CIA and US State department as well. Of course she also shows how the control of the US govt by Wall Street interest was not that short of being criminal.
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