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A Conversation with author Clare Lockhart, Charlie Rose, 5 August 2008
Ashraf Ghani, Advice for Obama: Afghanistan: A Thirst for Justice, Newsweek, July 21 2008
Ashraf Ghani, Night Talk Talk, Bloomberg, 8 July 2008
[ Video Part One - 6 minutes]     [Video Part Two - 8 minutes]    [Video Part Three - 5 minutes]
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart, Authors@Google, YouTube, June 25 2008 [VIDEO - 60 minutes]
Clare Lockhart and Ashraf Ghani, The Right and Wrong Fix: Afghan Lessons for Zimbabwe,
OpenDemocracy.net, June 27 2008
The Failed State We're In
Prospect, June 2008
Letter of Correction
Prospect, July 2008
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart, Fixing Failed States, Presentation to London School of Economics,
May 22 2008
WILL, Illinois Public Radio, 20 May 2008
[MP3 - 51 minutes]
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart, Book TV on CSPAN (hosted by the Asia Society), May 19 2008  
Clare Lockhart and Ashraf Ghani, Can Failed States Be Fixed?, The Conversation with Ross Reynolds,
KUOW 94.9 Seattle Radio, May 8 2008 [ MP3 - 32 minutes]

Ashraf Ghani, Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World,
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, April 29 2008 
  [ Audio Link - 62 minutes]    [ VIDEO Link - 60 minutes]

Ashraf Ghani, "Success Stories", Youtube Clip

Ashraf Ghani, "Public Finance", Youtube clip

Ashraf Ghani, "Investing in Human Capital", Youtube clip

Promoting Good Governance
Global Philanthropy Forum Panel,
Elizabth Farnsworth (Chair), April 11, 2008
ISE Director Clare Lockhart speaking on Aid Effectiveness, BBC World Service, March 24 2008 [ MP3 - 3 minutes]]
Will Money Solve Africa's Development Problems?, John Templeton Foundation, November 2007
Ashraf Ghani on post-conflict poverty alleviation, Clinton Global Initiative, September 2007 [VIDEO - 5 minutes]
A Convenient Truth: Profitable Business-Led Climate Solutions, Rocky Mountain Institute RMI25 Festival, RMIQ Lecture, August 2007 [ VIDEO - 51 minutes]
Building Real Security: Harnessing Resource Efficiency to Create Freedom from Fear of Privation or Attack, Rocky Mountain Institute, RMI25 Festival, August 2007 [ VIDEO - 87 minutes]
Networked Governance: Multilateral Institutions of the Future, discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival, July 2007
[ VIDEO - 73 minutes]
Ashraf Ghani: How to Fix Broken States, TED, July 2005 [ VIDEO - 19 minutes]
Like companies, states must report, Financial Times, July 10 2007 (PDF)
Rescue plan for an Afghanistan perilously close to its tipping point, Europe's World, June 2007 (PDF)
A New Order, Nepali Times, April 27 2007 (PDF)
Climate of Distrust, New York Times, September 28 2006 (PDF)
Hard Work, Hard Choices, Nepali Times, July 14 2006
Afghanistan Has the Assets to Regain Momentum, Financial Times, June 19 2006
Rethinking Nation-Building, Washington Post, January 1 2006
Where Democracy's Greatest Enemy is a Flower, New York Times, December 11 2004 (PDF)
Afghanistan Craves investment, Wall Street Journal, December 1 2004 (PDF)
Afghans Need a More Reliable Sort of Aid, Financial Times, November 4 2004 (PDF)
Voting for Afghanistan's Future, The Washington Post, October 12 2004
Afghanistan : Building a trade bridge from the ashes of war, International Herald Tribune, May 10 2004
A Big Step Towards Afghan Unity, Financial Times, January 7 2004 (PDF)
Rebuilding Afghanistan, The Wall Street Journal, October 15 2001 (PDF)
The Folly of Quick Action in Afghanistan, Financial Times, September 27 2001(PDF)
 

Press about ISE

 
Fragile States: Securing Development
Robert D.Zoellick,
Speech to International Institute for Strategic Studies,
Geneva, Sept 12 2008
More on dealing with Failed States
Stephen F.DeAngelis, Enterprise Reilience Management blog
September 9 2008
BookTV on CSPAN2, Launch of Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World,
May 19 2008
G. John Ikenberry, Review of Fixing Failed States, Foreign Affairs,
September/October 2008
Robert B. Zoellick, The key to rebuilding Afghanistan, The Washington Post,
August 22 2008
Cameron's summer reading list for his MPs, The Times,
August 2 2008
Max Hastings, Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World, The Sunday Times,
July 27 2008
Julia Chapman, A World of Disconnect, The Ontarion,
June 2008
David Devlin-Foltz, Fixing Failed States at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Global Interdependence Initiative,
July 6 2008
Nation-building for Dummies, Economist.com,
June 26 2008
Suzie Boss, Becoming Citizens: A Stint in Student Government can Shape One's Future, Edutopia,
June 23 2008
Editorial, Donors eager to increase support, says Dr. Bhattarai, Gorkhapatra (Nepal),
June 6 2008
Bronwen Maddox, Look at Ireland to see how aid can be put to good use, The Times,
June 12 2008
Christina Lamb, Afghans plead for £25bn in aid as disorder grows, The Sunday Times,
June 8 2008
Mary Riddell, Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe's reckoning looms, The Telegraph,
4 June 2008
Francisco Noguera, "Fixing Failed States" and "Enlightened Self Interest", World Resources Institute,
4 June 2008
Useful Reading for aid staff in Maputo, Bosses Blog,
4 June 2008
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart, How to Fix Failed States, Asia Society,
May 19 2008
Peter Goodspeed, The fears of a former Afghan Minister, National Post of Canada,
May 17 2008
How to Generate More Light than Heat, Globalgiving.com,
March 28, 2008
Beltway Bandits, Roya Wolverson, Newsweek,
Dec 3 2007 Issue
Not So Helpful, Roya Wolverson, Newsweek Web Exclusive,
Nov 25 2007
Turkey Is Central on World War IV's Frontline, Frederick Kempe, Bloomberg.com, August 23 2007
Rocky Mountain Institute Turns 25: The Distributed Generation of Amory Lovins' Brainpower,  WorldChanging.com,
August 15 2007
Dispersion of Wealth and Authority, Edelman.com, August 13 2007
Afghanistan: Vectors for change, Report by Brooks Tigner, July 24th 2007
Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme, WorldChanging.org, July 17 2007
Picking a World Bank President, New York Times, May 19 2007
Afghanistan: A Job Half Done, BBC Online, December 4 2006
Banking on Mr Ban, Guardian, October 9 2006
Afghan Ghani to Join Race to Succeed Annan, September 18 2006
Afghanistan's former finance minister joins race to lead UN, Financial Times, September 18 2006
Ghani Runs for UNSG and Deserves to Win, September 18 2006
The Battle to Rebuild Afghanistan, BBC Online, February 26 2006
Ashraf Ghani and the Scandinavians, January 26 2006
Call for Rethink in Aid Policy, BBC Online, August 1 2005
Death and Taxes in Kabul, Institutional Investor International, November 14 2004 (PDF)
An Uphill Road for Afghanistan's Money Man, New York Times, June 30 2002 (PDF)