In this public lecture we tackle the question of how to build states after conflict and discuss Woodward’s book, The Ideology of Failed States, an analysis of the significant but counterproductive role played by the concept of failed states in shaping international order and intervention since the early 1990s.
Susan Woodward is a professor at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Christine Cheng is a lecturer in the War Studies Department, Kings College London.
Denisa Kostovicova is Associate Professor of Global Politics at LSE.
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