Professor Calvert Jones Continues String of Public Engagement with Foreign Affairs Article

Since last Fall, Professor Jones has been very active in communicating her research findings about the role of Western consultants in authoritarian politics to general audiences and policy-makers. In continuance of that trend, she recently published a piece entitled All the King's Consultants: The Perils of Advising Authoritarians in Foreign Affairs. She describes the perilous nature of conducting business in authoritarian or corrupt countries. In particular, she points out the nuanced trajectory of consultants' experience in advising Middle Eastern monarchs. What begins as genuine attempts by consultants to speak truth to power and identify fruitful reform plans often ends up as self-censorship. For more details on the details from her case studies and interviews, please read the article.

Published on Tue, 04/16/2019 - 13:15