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Stewart Patrick: Failing States & Security Threats

Conventional wisdom holds that weak and failing states are the source of the world's most pressing security threats; however, that wisdom has been based on anecdotal arguments, not a systematic analysis. Until now. Analyzing terrorism, transnational crime, WMDs, pandemic diseases, and energy insecurity, Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Stewart Patrick, author of Weak Links, shows that while some global threats do emerge in fragile states, most of their weaknesses create misery only for their own citizenryand, moreover, many threats originate further up the chain, in countries such as Russia and Venezuela. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. Series media sponsorship provided by PubliCola. Series supported by The Boeing Company Charitable Trust and the RealNetworks Foundation.