Watch Sarah's keynote address at The St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs, a cooperative venture of a group of civic-minded residents and community supporters. 

Bringing to bear all of her knowledge, grasp, sense of history and observation, Sarah Chayes shows how the United States is showing signs similar to some of the most corrupt countries in the world. 

Sarah Chayes speaks on corruption and how it threatens global security.

Chayes moderated a lively discussion, including a Nigerian activist and Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, Dean Steve Coll.

Sarah Chayes has uncovered the unrecognized reality that severe and structured corruption often prompts international crises -- including violent religious insurgency.

Sarah Chayes has uncovered the unrecognized reality that severe and structured corruption often prompts international crises -- including violent religious insurgency.

Keynote speech (in English) on systemic corruption in Central America -- and beyond -- begins at about 20 minutes into the video

Chayes makes the case that behind many of the security crises gripping the globe lies a crisis of corruption.

Chayes shows how corrupt systems are organized, how they enforce the rules so their crimes are rarely punished, how they are overlooked and downplayed—shrugged off with a roll of the eyes—by the richer and better educated, and how they shape our government, affecting all levels of society.

Sarah presents on the topic of  how corruption breeds extremism in this talk: "Government in the Public Interest -- Under Assault?"

Keynote speech explaining the causal relationship between systemic corruption and violent  extremism and other crises.