Thieves of state: why corruption threatens global security

"If I see somebody planting an IED..." : Afghanistan, 2009

"Lord King, how I wish that you were wise" : mirrors for princes, ca. 700-1516

Hearing the people's complaints : Kandahar to Kabul, 2001-2009

Nonkinetic targeting : Kabul, 2009

Vertically integrated criminal syndicates : Kabul, Garmisch, 2009-2010

Revolt against kleptocracy : the Arab spring : Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, 2011

Variation 1: the (overlooked) military-kleptocratic complex : Egypt, ca. 2010

Variation 2: the bureaucratic kleptocracy : Tunisia, ca. 2010

Variation 3: the post-Soviet kleptocratic autocracy : Uzbekistan, ca. 2013

Variation 4: the resource kleptocracy : Nigeria, ca. 2014

Up a level : Afghanistan and Washington, June 2010-January 2011

Forging an appeal on Earth : The Netherlands, England, America, ca. 1560-1787

Violent extremists

Remedies

Self-reflection

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