Embarrassed, I told him that it was just about relationships, building trust and listening.” “He told me that the cooperation I had engineered from the Iraqis had helped him understand how Britain had ruled half the world with a handful of Foreign Office folks and the odd sergeant major. These principles are reviewed here, not to condone colonialism’s evils, but in order to understand how it was able to establish stable political order in so many different parts of the world.
The basic organizational principles of the British colonial district officers - who operated with decentralized political engagement - could be effectively applied in an international state-building agency for promoting accountable government in failed states that export violence and suffering. Since 1945, however, international development assistance has generally worked with and through a recognized national government, implicitly supporting a centralization of power. Before 1939, foreign interventions were regularly managed by a decentralized team of plenipotentiary agents who specialized in fostering local political development. However, a review of the operational principles of British colonialism may offer some valuable lessons for how to successfully conduct state-building interventions. Myerson Failures of costly state-building missions in places like South Vietnam and Afghanistan have created a widespread belief that foreign interventions cannot stabilize fragile states. Africa History | Weak States November 10, 2022
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