Connecticut voters make their choice: Navy veteran loses to foreign policy expert
A well-known Senate voice on international matters keeps his Connecticut seat after defeating a business-owning navy veteran. His recent work focuses on African governance issues
In the recent Nov elections Chris Murphy secured his spot as Connecticutʼs democratic senator beating his opponent Matthew Corey (a navy vet and local business-owner)
Murphy – who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has built up his name as a key-voice in US foreign affairs; he often writes for Foreign Policy magazine. After his recent east-African trip he shared some eye-opening thoughts about US involvement in global development
Poor governance creates a vicious circle of corruption inefficiency and underdevelopment. In Kenya and elsewhere‚ it has also provided fertile ground for predatory foreign actors such as Russia and China to bribe their way into contracts and influence
His main idea points to increasing US support for good-governance programs abroad – especially in places where other big-power countries try to gain influence through non-standard ways
