BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Particularly since 9/11\, it has been commonplace to assert tha t the main threats to the United States and the world community emanate le ss from great powers than from weak and failing states. Yet surprisingly l ittle empirical research has investigated the precise connections between weak governance in the developing world and today’s main transnational thr eats. \; Please join author Stewart Patrick\, senior fellow at the Cou ncil on Foreign Relations\, who will summarize the arguments of his forthc oming book\, Weak Links: Fragile States\, Global Threats\, and Internation al Security (Oxford University Press). \; DTEND:20100225T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T104040Z DTSTART:20100225T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Weak States and Global Threats: What Are the Connections? UID:RFCALITEM639141648402779073 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Particularly since 9/11\, it has been commonpl ace to assert that the main threats to the United States and the world com munity emanate less from great powers than from weak and failing states. Y et surprisingly little empirical research has investigated the precise con nections between weak governance in the developing world and today’s main transnational threats. \; Please join author Stewart Patrick\, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations\, who will summarize the argume nts of his forthcoming book\, Weak Links: Fragile States\, Global Threats\ , and International Security (Oxford University Press). \; END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR