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Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan's ex-Finance Minister on Aid, Graft,
NPR Morning Edition,
July 21 2010
Audio 5 Minutes
Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan: Cash and Corruption,
Al Jazeera English interview with Riz Khan,
July 20 2010
Video 22 Minutes.
Clare Lockhart discusses Afghanistan with William Dalrymple,
BBC Radio 4 Today Programme,
20 July 2010
Audio 5 Minutes.
Ashraf Ghani, Watching D.C. from Kabul,
Tell Me More, NPR News, June 29 2010
Audio 6 Minutes.
Ashraf Ghani, On Leadership: Afghanistan 'Captured by the Beltway',
The Washington Post, May 2010
Video 4 Minutes.
Turning the Corner on Corruption in Afghanistan,
Clare Lockhart, PBS Newshour discussion with Judy Woodruff and Ali Jalali,
March 30 2010
Video 8 Minutes.
Clare Lockhart, Exploring the Taliban's Complex, Shadowy Finances,
NPR Discussion Hosted by Renee Montagne, March 19, 2010
The Price (and potential) of Failure,
Clare Lockhart Interview, Global Business, BBC World Service, Jan 26 2010
Audio 23 minutes
How to Help Rebuild Haiti,
Clare Lockhart, Foreign Policy Magazine, Jan 19 2010
The Gathering Storm,
Clare Lockhart, The Times, Jan 2 2010
Clean Governance in Afghanistan,
Clare Lockhart, The World Today, Dec 16 2009
Audio 5 Minutes
Karzai and 22,000 Villages,
Ashraf Ghani, The National Interest, Dec 17 2009
“At last. Obama’s vision offers hope for all sides,”
Clare Lockhart, London Times, December 3, 2009
Take Part. Clare Lockhart speaks with Take Part activists on current US involvement in Afghanistan.
December 3, 2009
The New York Times. In her comment piece “Invest in Afghanistan’s Youth,” Clare Lockhart reacts to President Obama’s strategy and emphasizes priorities from ISE’s experience.
December 3, 2009
Clare Lockhart on The Takeaway,
WNYC, December 2 2009
Audio 8 minutes
Decision Afghanistan.
Clare Lockhart, CNN Interview with Tony Harris, December 2 2009
Video3 Minutes. Download video (21Mb)
SW Radio Africa. Clare Lockhart discusses the current political situation in Zimbabwe and recommendations toward building democratic and market based institutions.
November 20, 2009.
Afghan Government a Looting Machine,
Ashraf Ghani, Christine Amanpour CNN, Nov 19 2009
Please Send More Than Troops,
Ashraf Ghani,Foreign Policy, Nov 10 2009
No Honeymoon for Hamid Karzai,
Ashraf Ghani,The Guardian, Nov 9 2009
An Afghan Path Toward Stability,
Clare Lockhart, Council on Foreign Relations, Sept 29 2009
Testimony to Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
Clare Lockhart, Sept 17 2009
Clare Lockhart interview,
Guardian Activate 09 Summit, July 1 2009
Clare Lockhart Interview,
The Browser, May 2009
Building Civil Society in Afghanistan,
Clare Lockhart, NPR, May 25 2009
Audio 12 minutes
Afghanistan Debate, The Orwell Prize,
Clare Lockhart, Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, April 1 2009
The Second Chance,
Ashraf Ghani, Prospect, March 2009
Clare Lockhart Radio Interview
Marco Werman, PRI's The World, February 12 2009
Audio 5 Minutes
Ashraf Ghani Interview ,
Fareed Zakaria, CNN, January 26 2009
 Video12 Minutes
The Way Forward in Afghanistan
Ashraf Ghani, Plenary Panel at 'Passing the Baton' Conference, January 8 2009
Afghanistan is a failing state. It needs a Marshall Plan
Ashraf Ghani, The Independent, December 29 2008
Afghanistan will thrive only if we let it
Clare Lockhart, The Spectator, December 12 2008
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart: Fixing Failed States
The Aspen Institute, December 11 2008
Video70 minutes
Winning the Peace
America Abroad Media, October 8 2008
Audio 51 Minutes
Afghanistan Stabilized after 9/11. Let's get back to what was working
Clare Lockhart, Slate.com, November 5 2008
A Change in Priorities: Investing in Global Public Policy,
Ashraf Ghani,2008 Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Lecture,
Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University, posted August 5 2008
Audio 56 minutes
A Conversation with author Clare Lockhart,
Charlie Rose, August 5 2008
Video 56 minutes
Advice for Obama: Afghanistan: A Thirst for Justice,
Newsweek, July 21 2008
Interview with Dr Ashraf Ghani,
Night Talk, Bloomberg, July 8 2008
Video   Part 1: 6 minutes Video  Part 2: 8 minutes Video  Part 3: 5 minutes
Clare Lockhart & Ashraf Ghani, Authors@Google.com,
June 25 2008
Video 60 minutes
The Right and Wrong Fix: Afghan Lessons for Zimbabwe,
OpenDemocracy.net, June 27 2008
The Failed State We're In, Clare Lockhart,
Prospect, June 2008
Letter of Correction, NGOs in Afghanistan,
Prospect, July 2008
Fixing Failed States,
Presentation to the London School of Economics,
May 22 2008
Audio 90 minutes
WILL, Illinois Public Radio,
20 May 2008
Audio 51 minutes
Book TV on CSPAN (hosted by the Asia Society),
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart, May 19 2008
Video 75 minutes
Can Failed States Be Fixed?,
The Conversation with Ross Reynolds, KUOW 94.9 Seattle Radio, May 8 2008
Audio 32 minutes
Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World,
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, April 29 2008 
Video   62 minutes
Success Stories,
Carnegie Council of Ethics in International Affairs,
April 29 2008
Video   5 minutes
Public Finance,
Carnegie Council of Ethics in International Affairs,
April 29 2008
Video  4 minutes
Investing in Human Capital,
Carnegie Council of Ethics in International Affairs,
April 29 2008
Video 3 minutes
Promoting Good Governance,
Global Philanthropy Forum Panel,
Elizabeth Farnsworth (Chair), April 11 2008
Aid Effectiveness,
BBC World Service, March 24 2008
Audio 3 minutes
Will Money Solve Africa's Development Problems?,
John Templeton Foundation, November 2007
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
Like companies, states must report,
Clare Lockhart & Ashraf Ghani, Financial Times, July 10 2007 (PDF)
Networked Governance: Multilateral Institutions of the Future, discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival, 6 July 2007
Video 73 minutes
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
How to Fix Broken States,
TED, July 2005
Video 19 minutes
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




Kabul Conference Marks Transition to Afghan Leadership,
Dow Jones Newswire,
July 18 2010
What will come out of the 'historic' Kabul Conference?"
Lyse Doucet,
19 July 2010
Caroline Jaine, Shining a Spotlight on Public Private Partnership,
blogs.worldbank.org, April 27 2010
Could A Virtual Surge Fix Afghanistan?
Nathan Hodge, Wired.com, Jan 20 2010
Tom Ricks - Today's best piece on Afghanistan.
December 3 2009
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart Named in
FP Top 100 Global Thinkers 2009
,
Foreign Policy, Nov 30 2009
Tom Evans, Afghan Minister: Taliban can be defeated,
CNN, Nov 20 2009
John Kerry, Testing Afghanistan Assumptions,
Wall Street Journal, Sept 27 2009
David Brooks, The Afghan Imperative,
Sept 24 2009
U.S. Needs Integrated Approach to Afghanistan, Senate panel told,
CNNPolitics.com, Sept 17 2009
Bronwen Maddox, Why Stay in Afghanistan? To help its Women,
The Times, August 5 2009
Martin Belam, Activate 09 at The Guardian:
Notes and take-away quotes - Part 3, July 7 2009
Clare Lockhart interview,
Guardian Activate 09 Summit, July 1 2009
Under the Influence: Schooled in State-Building,
Andrew Bast, World Politics Review, May 04 2009
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium,
Clare Lockhart, Council on Foreign Relations, April 21 2009 (PDF)
Securing Development
Robert Zoellick, Keynote Address to United States Institute of Peace 'Passing the Baton' Conference, January 8 2009 (PDF)
Picking Up the Pieces,
Robert Cooper, Financial Times, October 25 2008
A Tale of Two Wars: Afghanistan,
Aryn Baker, Time Magazine, October 31 2008
Karzai in peace talk overtures to Taliban chiefs,
Jon Boone and Roula Khalaf, Financial Times, October 1 2008
Taliban revival sets fear swirling through Kabul,
Christina Lamb, The Sunday Times, September 28 2008
The Smart Money in Afghanistan, Washington Post,
Anne Applebaum, September 24 2008
Fixing Failed Aid: The Chaos of Foreigh Aid in Afghanistan,
Anne Applebaum, Slate, September 23 2008
Afghanistan: Rethinking Reconstruction,
Richard Weitz, Eurasianet.org, September 23 2008
The Ashraf Ghani on Rebuilding Afghanistan.
Pomed Wire, Pomed Notes,
Project on Middle East Democracy, September 12 2008
Changing Trends in Global Power and Conflict Resolution
Robert Zoellick, Keynote Address to International Institute for Strategic Studies 6th Global Strategic Review Conference, September 12 2008
More on dealing with Failed States,
Stephen F. DeAngelis, Enterprise Resilience Management blog , September 9 2008
Review of "Fixing Failed States",
G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, September/October 2008
The key to rebuilding Afghanistan,
Robert B. Zoellick, The Washington Post, August 22 2008
Cameron's summer reading list for his MPs,
The Times, August 2 2008
"Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World",
Max Hastings, The Sunday Times, July 27 2008
A World of Disconnect,
Julia Chapman, The Ontarion, June 2008
Fixing Failed States at the Aspen Ideas Festival,
David Devlin-Foltz, Global Interdependence Initiative, July 6 2008
Nation-building for Dummies,
Economist.com, June 26 2008
Becoming Citizens: A Stint in Student Government can Shape One's Future,
Suzie Boss, Edutopia, June 23 2008
Donors eager to increase support, says Dr. Bhattarai,
Editorial, Gorkhapatra (Nepal), June 6 2008
Look at Ireland to see how aid can be put to good use,
Bronwen Maddox, The Times,
June 12 2008
Afghans plead for £25bn in aid as disorder grows,
Christina Lamb, The Sunday Times, June 8 2008
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe's reckoning looms,
Mary Riddell, The Telegraph, 4 June 2008
"Fixing Failed States" and "Enlightened Self" Interest" ,
Francisco Noguera, World Resources Institute, 4 June 2008
Useful Reading for aid staff in Maputo,
Bosses Blog, 4 June 2008
How to Fix Failed States,
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart, Asia Society, May 19 2008
The fears of a former Afghan Minister,
Peter Goodspeed, National Post of Canada, May 17 2008
From Rags to Riches,
Arnaud de Borchgrave, The Washington Times, May 7 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
Growth Sputter,
Saad Mohseni, The Wall Street Journal,May 29 2007
U of S grads told world reaching a vital crossroads,
Joe Sylvester, The Scranton Times-Tribune, May 28 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)
 
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