AEI’s Thomas Donnelly identifies the four “essential” rules to follow in helping reconstruct “weak or collapsed states” such as Haiti.

In Canada’s Chronicle Herald, Scott Taylor urges international community to “learn from our mistake in Afghanistan and rather than rushing in to rebuild [Haiti’s]  shattered infrastructure, we should patiently educate them into doing it themselves. It will take longer, and it will cost more, but the end result will be worth it.”