Sarah Chayes in Conversation with Chase Robinson: The Roots of Global Extremism

71uek3bCJULIn her acclaimed book Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, Sarah Chayes, an award-winning former NPR correspondent, explores crises currently confronting the globe — extremist terrorism and insurgency, revolutions that spin out of control, trafficking in people, guns, and drugs — and discerns a connecting thread: acute corruption. She discusses her findings with GC President Chase Robinson, a leading historian of early Islam. “An important book…required reading” — New York Times Book Review











When: Wed., Mar. 2, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Where: Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Ave.
212-817-7000
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71uek3bCJULIn her acclaimed book Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, Sarah Chayes, an award-winning former NPR correspondent, explores crises currently confronting the globe — extremist terrorism and insurgency, revolutions that spin out of control, trafficking in people, guns, and drugs — and discerns a connecting thread: acute corruption. She discusses her findings with GC President Chase Robinson, a leading historian of early Islam. “An important book…required reading” — New York Times Book Review

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