“Corruption, it made plain, was not solely a humanitarian affair, an issue touching on principles or values alone. It was a matter of national security—Afghan national security and, by extension, that of the United States. And if corruption was driving… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“His brother Najib owned an auto-parts store at bustling Shikarpur Gate, the mouth of the narrow road linking their village to the city—an ancient byway that had once led southward through the passes all the way to India. At dusk… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“In the end, none of our election recommendations was implemented. Afterward I asked ISAF’s intelligence chief, General Michael Flynn—among the most sympathetic officers to the anticorruption agenda—if any surveillance satellites had been assigned to monitor turnout. He seemed startled, as though we had never discussed the idea. Oh no, came his answer. They were too busy tracking insurgents.” — Sarah Chayes Copy Share
Corruption is a fact of life in America as in Afganistan, but as American citizens, if we are white, we tend to experience it… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“In other words, development resources passed through a corrupt system not only reinforced that system by helping to fund it but also inflamed the… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“The U.S. civilian leadership was shirking its responsibility to develop a high-level strategic approach to the most significant political and diplomatic challenge of this… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“Criticizing the “corrupt, questionable, and unqualified leaders [placed] into key positions,” the argument rested on the principle of command responsibility: “The international community has… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“The analysis in this book does not just apply to the extreme cases it has examined, where the whole of government has morphed into… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“Our questioning—again echoing Ghazali—of the likely impact of development efforts (“prosperity,” in his formula) also flew in the face of received wisdom. For years,… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“Corruption, it made plain, was not solely a humanitarian affair, an issue touching on principles or values alone. It was a matter of national… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
I know it sounds old-fashioned to say we're too materialistic in the West, but happiness does not derive exclusively from things, and yet we… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“His brother Najib owned an auto-parts store at bustling Shikarpur Gate, the mouth of the narrow road linking their village to the city—an ancient… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“In light of their views on the organization of society and political economy, Westerners, especially Americans, can be separated into two basic groups. One… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
“Corruption is usually classified as a humanitarian aid problem, to be handled by donor agencies, not mainstreamed into overall foreign and defense policy. And… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
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