And why is it a bad word? How could Thailand kill 40 million chickens without a state? Keith Mines explains all of this and why we care, drawing on his vast political, military, economic, and humanitarian nation-building experience.
Check out Keith’s book Why Nation-Building Matters: Political Consolidation, Building Security Forces, and Economic Development in Failed and Fragile States.
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