Articles

Some further articles by Seth Kaplan:
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Rethinking State Building in a Failed State
The Washington Quarterly, January 2010

Identity in Fragile States: Social Cohesion and State Building
Development, December 2009

Enhancing Resilience in Fragile States
European Report on Development, October 2009

The Conservative Way of Development
Modern Age, Summer/Fall 2009

Fixing Fragile States: Rethinking State Building
The Broker, October 2009

Faith and Fragile States: Why the Development Community Needs Religion
Harvard International Review, Spring 2009

What's Wrong with Diplomacy in Damascus
Carnegie Council Policy Innovations, May, 2009

Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development
Overseas Development Institute presentation, April 23, 2009

¿Estado fallido? No. Frágil sí: especialistas
Mexico's El Universal newspaper front page interview, March 24, 2009

Discard the Top-Down Strategy in Somalia
Carnegie Council Policy Innovations, February, 2009

Fixing Fragile States
Policy Review, December 2008

The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Rethinking State Building
U.S. Institute of Peace Presentation, November 19, 2008

A New U.S. Policy For Syria: Fostering Political Change in a Divided State
Middle East Policy, Fall 2008

Boiling point in Bolivia
The Christian Science Monitor, October 7, 2008

Saving the Congo
Carnegie Council Policy Innovations, October 2008

Democratization in Postcolonial States: The Triumph of a Societal-Based Approach in Somaliland
Journal of Democracy, July 2008

Kenya: Genuine Power Sharing
Carnegie Council Policy Innovations, February 2008

The Wrong Prescription for the Congo
Orbis, Spring 2007

A West African Union
Carnegie Council Policy Innovations, April 2007

West African Integration: A New Development Paradigm?
The Washington Quarterly, Fall 2006

Making Democracy Work in Bolivia
Orbis, Summer 2006

Haves and have-nots : China's boom leaves many behind
International Herald Tribune, March 2004

One Year On: Lessons From SARS
Asian Wall Street Journal, November 2003

THE BOSS: Adventure the Chinese Way
New York Times, May 2000