The world isnt one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority.
Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a society like Afghani… - Rory Stewart
Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a society like Afghani…
- Rory Stewart
The Afghan government is much better informed, much more intrusive and ambitious than I had guessed. There are amazing craftsmen in Kabul but few des… - Rory Stewart
The Afghan government is much better informed, much more intrusive and ambitious than I had guessed. There are amazing craftsmen in Kabul but few des…
Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity. - Rory Stewart
Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity.
The world isnt one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficien… - Rory Stewart
The world isnt one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficien…
I do a lot of work with policymakers, but how much effect am I having? It’s like they’re coming in and saying to you, ‘I’m going to drive my car off … - Rory Stewart
I do a lot of work with policymakers, but how much effect am I having? It’s like they’re coming in and saying to you, ‘I’m going to drive my car off …
I had been walking one afternoon in Scotland and thought: Why don't I just keep going? There was, I said, a magic in leaving a line of footprints str… - Rory Stewart
I had been walking one afternoon in Scotland and thought: Why don't I just keep going? There was, I said, a magic in leaving a line of footprints str…
The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It's not that it guarantees peace with itself or wit… - Rory Stewart
The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It's not that it guarantees peace with itself or wit…
This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable. - Rory Stewart
This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable.
I left things out - my motivations, my history, my emotional responses - because I am not good at understanding them or writing about them. I tried a… - Rory Stewart
I left things out - my motivations, my history, my emotional responses - because I am not good at understanding them or writing about them. I tried a…
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