Confronting Poverty : Weak States and U.S. National Security

Rice, Susan E. (EDT); Graff, Corinne (EDT); Pascual, Carlos (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0815703902 / ISBN 13: 9780815703907

Edité par Brookings Institution Press, 2010

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• Titre: Confronting Poverty : Weak States and U.S. National Security
• Éditeur: Brookings Institution Press
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0815703902
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780815703907
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: As New

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Synopsis

In this important new book, former Brookings senior fellow Susan E. Rice spearheads an investigation of the connections between poverty and fragile states and the implications for American security. Coedited by Rice and former Brookings colleagues Corinne Graff and Carlos Pascual, 'Confronting Poverty' is a timely reminder that alleviating global poverty and shoring up weak states are not only humanitarian and economic imperatives, but key components of a more balanced and sustainable U.S. national security strategy. From Rice's introduction. In today's world, risks to U.S. national security extend well beyond a handful of hostile states. Foremost among them are transnational security threats that, by definition, are not limited to any individual state. They include terrorism, weapons proliferation, the global economic crisis, conflict, infectious disease, international crime and narcotics flows, climate change, and environmental degradation. These transnational phenomena can threaten U.S.national security because they have the potential to kill significant numbers of Americans-whether swiftly or over an extended period of time. Rice elucidates the relationship between poverty, state weakness, and transnational security threats, and Graff and Pascual offer policy recommendations. The book's overarching conclusions highlight the need to invest in poverty alleviation and capacity building in weak states to break the vicious cycle of poverty, fragility, and transnational threats. 'Confronting Poverty' grows out of a project on global poverty and U.S. national security that Rice directed at Brookings from 2002 through January 2009, before she became U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations. It builds on the findings of the Brookings Index of State Weakness in the Developing World, an analytic tool that Rice published in a 2008 Brookings report coauthored with Stewart Patrick, now at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Susan E. Rice was a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development programs at the Brookings Institution from 2002 to 2009. From 1997 to 2001, Ambassador Rice was the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African Affairs. In 2009, she left Brookings to become U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations. Corinne Graff is a fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution. Carlos Pascual was vice president and director of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution. Prior to joining Brookings, he served on the National Security Council, as coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization at the State Department, and as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Since August 2009, he has been serving as U.S. ambassador to Mexico.