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State-building
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of state-building.
Talks about State-building
13:41
Rory Stewart
Why democracy matters
741K views
Oct 2012
20:38
Carne Ross
An independent diplomat
304K views
Sep 2010
18:53
Parag Khanna
Mapping the future of countries
727K views
Sep 2009
16:34
Paul Collier
New rules for rebuilding a broken nation
310K views
Jun 2009
14:08
Peter Gabriel
Fight injustice with raw video
512K views
Dec 2006
