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• Bad Week For Afghanistan… When It Rains, It Pours

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 137
  So, first, Afghanistan is declared the most corrupt country after Somalia (which barely qualifies as a country anyway), then, this: Unicef’s state of the world’s children report 2009: Where is the worst place in the world to grow up? Afghanistan | News | guardian.co.uk via kwout What a shocking ...
  2 weeks ago

• Failed Nations and Their Threat to The United States

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 507
  Failed nations present an enormous threat to the United States. I maintain this for a few reasons. First, a failed state is an attractive breeding ground for terrorism. Second, failed economies and/or an unstable populace can and often does bleed into otherwise stable nations. Finally, the regional instability of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Re-post – When Corruption Sustains Institutions

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 137
  In light of yesterday’s post on the publication of the latest Corruption Perception Index, and the sorry state of affairs in Afghanistan (which earned the next to last spot with only Somalia faring worse) as described in the BBC today. One notes three traits in corrupt practices in Afghanistan: BBC News : ...
  2 weeks ago

• Has North Korea’s brinkmanship been gamed?

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 430
  North Korea’s semi-feudal, semi-Stalinist regime has historically managed to play off the U.S., Russia and China to its own advantage.It “might be a failing state, balancing on the verge of famine, but when it comes to diplomatic games, North Korean politicians are second to none,” writes Andrei Lankov, an ...
  3 weeks ago

• Taylor Accuses Prosecution Of “Misleading” The Special Court for Sierra Leone; Says Almost All Of Moses Blah’s Testimony Is True

  
  The Trial of Charles Taylor — Authority: 420
  Charles Taylor this week accused the prosecution of “misleading the court” by introducing evidence that as Liberian president, Mr. Taylor acted to resolve conflicts between Sierra Leone’s rebel commanders, appointed a chief rebel leader in his warring neighboring country, and then independently offered safe ...
  4 weeks ago

• Democracy events

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 430
  November 9, 2009. 20 Years Ago: The Fall of the Berlin WallThe Friedrich Naumann Foundation invites you to a Roundtable Discussion with Torsten Herbst, Member of the State Legislature of Saxony, Secretary General of the Saxon Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Willard InterContinental Hotel, Crystal Room, 1401 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Taylor Accuses Britain Of Transporting Arms To Sierra Leone; Says He Had No Links With Al Qaeda

  
  The Trial of Charles Taylor — Authority: 420
  Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country. Mr. Taylor also denied widespread press and investigative reports ...
  4 weeks ago

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