Weak links : fragile states, global threats, and international security / Stewart Patrick.
Weak links : fragile states, global threats, and international security / Stewart Patrick.
Weak links : fragile states, global threats, and international security / Stewart Patrick.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
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N355.033/45
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English
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Physical content
x, 342 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Left behind : understanding state fragility -- Transnational terrorism -- Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -- Transnational crime -- Energy security -- Infectious disease.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2011.
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Summary
Conventional wisdom among policymakers in both the US and Europe holds that weak and failing states are the source of the world's most pressing security threats today. However, as this book shows, our assumptions about the threats posed by failed and failing states are based on false premises.
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Weak links : fragile states, global threats, and international security / Stewart Patrick.
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"A Council on Foreign Relations Book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2011.
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N355.033/45
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74VvrdNogMBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvrdNogMBO
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ISBN
9780199751501 (hbk.)
9780199751518 (pbk.)
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355.033
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991011230849702626
