About Kaplan, Seth

Seth Kaplan advises corporations and international organizations. His book Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development (Praeger, 2008) critiques Western policies in places such as the DRC, West Africa, Syria and Pakistan and lays out a new approach to overcoming the problems they face. For more information, visit www.sethkaplan.org.


Articles by Kaplan, Seth

Although the international community has focused on how to fix fragile states, none of its standard remedies has addressed the fundamental problems. Fractured societies require a new approach, one that is more firmly rooted in indigenous capacities and institutions.   Read more>>