February 26, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
9:30 am — 11:00 am
at
The Brookings Institution
Saul/Zilkha Room, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
Introduction
Lael Brainard
Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution
Moderator
Carlos Pascual
Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Speakers
Stewart Patrick
Research Fellow, Center for Global Development
Susan Rice
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Adam Smith
U.S. Representative (D-Wash.)
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Since September 11, 2001, threats to international peace and security have frequently come from the world’s weakest states. The U.S. National Security Strategy describes weak and failed states as significant challenges and a high policy priority, a view widely shared by policy-makers in other nations, global development agencies, the U.S. military, the United Nations and the European Union.
On February 26, the Brookings Institution will release the Index of State Weakness in the Developing World, an effort designed to provide policy-makers and researchers with a credible tool for analyzing and understanding the world's most vulnerable countries. Co-directed by Brookings Senior Fellow Susan Rice and Center for Global Development Research Fellow Stewart Patrick, the Index ranks and assesses 141 developing nations according to their relative performance in four critical spheres: economic, political, security and social welfare.
To mark the launch, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), who chairs the House Armed Services Committee’s Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, will deliver remarks on the twin challenges of global poverty and state weakness, and their implications for U.S. and global security. Vice President and Director of Global Economy and Development Lael Brainard will provide introductory remarks. Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Carlos Pascual, who served as coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization at the State Department, will moderate the discussion. After the program, the panelists will take audience questions.
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