SETH D. KAPLAN

Seth D. Kaplan is a leading expert on fragile states, political transitions, and conflict prevention. He is a professorial lecturer at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, and consultant to organizations such as the World Bank, US State Department, and OECD, as well as the governments of developing nations and NGOs. His latest book, Fragile Neighborhoods , offers a bold new vision for addressing social decline in America, one zip code at a time.

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