International Education Office
Zinta Konrad
Coordinator

Berg Instructional Center (IC), Room 3116
(630) 942-3079
Fax: (630) 858-1603

For more information,
e-mail
konrad@cod.edu

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International Education

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.