Confronting Poverty: Weak States and U.S. National Security

Table of Contents

v Contents Foreword vii Strobe Talbott 1 The National Security Implications of Global Poverty 1 Susan E. Rice 2 Poverty and State Weakness 23 Susan E. Rice 3 Poverty, Development, and Violent Extremism in Weak States 42 Corinne Graff 4 Poverty, State Weakness, and Civil War 90 Andrew Loomis 5 Feeding Insecurity? Poverty, Weak States, and Climate Change 125 Joshua Busby 6 State Weakness and Infectious Diseases 167 Miriam Estrin and Carl Malm 7 Conclusion and Policy Implications 202 Carlos Pascual and Corinne Graff Contributors 231 Index 233 00-0390-7 fm 5 12/8/09 12:20 PM 00-0390-7 fm 6 12/8/09 12:20 PM ...