International Security & Failed States - Holland, Paul
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The balance of power between states is no longer the sole source of state insecurity. In the twenty-first century it will increasingly be joined by non-state threats lurking behind de jure sovereignty. Disease, piracy, terrorism, organized crime, and rapacious corporations all take advantage of the poverty and lack of institutional capacity endemic to failed and weak states. Since these threats are not contained by borders, it is a security imperative that states engage in state-building operations. For state-building to be successful in this context, the role of identity must be incorporated…mehr

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The balance of power between states is no longer the sole source of state insecurity. In the twenty-first century it will increasingly be joined by non-state threats lurking behind de jure sovereignty. Disease, piracy, terrorism, organized crime, and rapacious corporations all take advantage of the poverty and lack of institutional capacity endemic to failed and weak states. Since these threats are not contained by borders, it is a security imperative that states engage in state-building operations. For state-building to be successful in this context, the role of identity must be incorporated into the process to secure the blessings of legitimacy. Partition or federacy offer two structural solutions to the problem of incorporating divergent identities into the process of building legitimate institutional capacity and strength.
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Paul Holland was a 2012 presidential fellow at Trinity College where he graduate Optimus with honors in general scholarship and departmental honors. He is currently pursuing his masters degree at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, specializing in international security policy and East Asian studies.