Presents
at C.O.D. the
May 2008 Program
Failed States
With Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart
Monday, May 5, 2008
7 to 9 p.m.
Lecture and Discussion
Book signing in the lobby
Ghani & Lockhart address one of the central issues of our
times: the proliferation of failed states across the world and
our inability to stabilize them. There are between forty and sixty
failed states, and they house one billion people. The world's worst
problems — terrorism, drug and human trafficking, absolute
poverty, ethnic conflict, disease, genocide—originate in
such states, and the international community has devoted billions
upon billions of dollars to solving the problem. Yet, the effort
has largely failed. Two foremost experts on the subject will explain
why our solutions have not worked and present a compelling and
achievable agenda for addressing this pressing global crisis.
Ashraf Ghani has
taught at Johns Hopkins University and University of California
at Berkeley, played a central role in the design and implementation
of the post-Taliban settlement in Afghanistan, served as Finance
Minister of Afghanistan, and is Chancellor of Kabul University.
Clare Lockhart is a British lawyer who has worked for the World
Bank and the Afghanistan government as an advisor on strategy and
programs from 2002 to 2005. She has authored numerous op-eds
in leading periodicals, and advises countries and international
organizations on state-building as Director for the Institute for
State Effectiveness, which she runs with Ghani.
Their new book, Fixing Failed States, will be available for purchase
and signing at the program.
Monday, May 5, 2008
7 to 9 p.m.
Student Resource Center
(SRC), Room 2800
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL Members $10
Nonmembers $15
President’s Circle and Corporate Members complimentary.
Free for
COD students and faculty. Tickets for COD students and faculty may
be obtained at the MAC box office by calling (630) 942-4000. Tickets
for Members and Nonmembers may be obtained by contacting the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs at (312) 726-3860.
Due to ongoing construction, campus parking lot configuration
and designations may change. For directions and the latest parking information,
please check Maps and Directions
and Parking
and traffic Updates.
For more information please call the
International Education Office, (630) 942-3078. For Americans with Disabilities
Act accommodations, call (630) 942-2141 (voice) or (630) 858-9692 (TDD).
These programs are co-sponsored
by the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs and
College of DuPage.