With an emphasis on Afghanistan, Grant Curtis looks at “failed states” and how the international community attempts to rebuild them.
“My research examines how the international community has attempted to bolster failed states, with particular attention to why such efforts have been largely unsuccessful.”
The two articles, juxtaposed on the newspaper’s front page, couldn’t be more divergent. “Mars rover landing: NASA’s Perseverance touches down safely in search of life” details the arrival on Mars of “the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world.” The article presents the Perseverance mission as an inspirational story of human ingenuity, of […]
As someone who studies failed states, it has been exhausting living next to the American carnival. The incessant braying of the lion-maned, tiger-hued barker; the marquee lights distracting from tawdry set stages; the never-ending parade of hucksters and kewpie dolls; the ever-to-be-disappointed promises of a country returned to greatness. The carnival’s midway has afforded the […]
