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'Thieves Of State' Reveals Tremendous Power Of Global Corruption

NPR
Published January 16, 2015 at 4:50 PM EST

Audie Cornish talks to former NPR reporter Sarah Chayes about how corruption can create the fertile ground for religious extremism. Chayes is a senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program and the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment. Her new book is Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security.

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