03100nam 2200637 a 450 991045805650332120200520144314.01-283-42341-397866134234120-19-987695-9(CKB)2550000000075653(StDuBDS)AH21788874(SSID)ssj0000571430(PQKBManifestationID)12254370(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571430(PQKBWorkID)10619532(PQKB)10883435(MiAaPQ)EBC3054450(Au-PeEL)EBL3054450(CaPaEBR)ebr10521076(CaONFJC)MIL342341(OCoLC)774392870(EXLCZ)99255000000007565320100623d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrWeak links[electronic resource] fragile states, global threats, and international security /Stewart PatrickOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20101 online resource (x, 342 p. ) ill., mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-975151-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Left behind : understanding state fragility -- Transnational terrorism -- Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -- Transnational crime -- Energy security -- Infectious disease.Weak Links will force policymakers to rethink what they assume about state failure and transnational insecurity.Conventional wisdom holds that weak and failing states are the source of the world's most pressing security threats. After all, the 9/11 attacks originated in an impoverished, war-ravaged country, and transnational crime appears to flourish in weakly governed states. However, our assumptions about the threats posed by failing states are based on anecdotal arguments, not on a systematic analysis of the connections between state failure and transnational security threats. Analyzing terrorism, transnational crime, WMDs, pandemic diseases, and energy insecurity, Stewart Patrick shows that while some global threats do emerge in fragile states, most of their weaknesses create misery only for their own citizenry. Moreover, many threats originate farther up the chain, in wealthier and more stable countries like Russia and Venezuela. Weak Links will force policymakers to rethink what they assume about state failure and transnational insecurity.Security, InternationalPolitical stabilityFailed statesWorld politics2005-2015Electronic books.Security, International.Political stability.Failed states.World politics355/.033Patrick Stewart889797MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458056503321Weak links1987916UNINA