From Haiti to Afghanistan to Ethiopia, the Challenge of Supporting Fragile States

It’s been a summer of crisis in some of the world’s most fragile states. At Trending Globally, we’ve found ourselves asking the same questions over and over lately -- are the world’s rich countries simply not doing enough to help fragile states around the world? Or are they helping, but in the wrong way? On this episode guest host Dan Richards talks with Brian Atwood, a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute, about the unique challenges of providing aid to fragile states. Brian led the U.S. Agency for International Development - known as USAID - under President Clinton. He was also dean of the Humphrey School for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota from 2002 until 2010. Brian explains what the international community is getting wrong when it comes to helping the world’s fragile states, and what we might change to make it right. You can get more information about this and every other Trending Globally episode, including transcripts, by visiting our website here. You can learn more about the Watson Institute’s other podcasts here.