LEADER 03100nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910458056503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-42341-3 010 $a9786613423412 010 $a0-19-987695-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000075653 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH21788874 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000571430 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12254370 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571430 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10619532 035 $a(PQKB)10883435 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3054450 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3054450 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10521076 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL342341 035 $a(OCoLC)774392870 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000075653 100 $a20100623d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWeak links$b[electronic resource] $efragile states, global threats, and international security /$fStewart Patrick 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (x, 342 p. ) $cill., maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-975151-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLeft behind : understanding state fragility -- Transnational terrorism -- Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -- Transnational crime -- Energy security -- Infectious disease. 330 $aWeak Links will force policymakers to rethink what they assume about state failure and transnational insecurity. 330 $bConventional 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. 606 $aSecurity, International 606 $aPolitical stability 606 $aFailed states 606 $aWorld politics$y2005-2015 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSecurity, International. 615 0$aPolitical stability. 615 0$aFailed states. 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a355/.033 700 $aPatrick$b Stewart$0889797 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458056503321 996 $aWeak links$91987916 997 $aUNINA