INTL ST 189- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)
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178 nations based on their levels of stability and internal and external status: not failed states , most states in the world falls in between a vast spectrum, highly globalized economy and interlaced information systems and security. In a highly globalized economy they can produce drugs or terrorism that could find its way into these states. If a fragile state is under pressure its likely to sink in the neighboring states. Leads to a lck of control over the territoy and institutional. Strutures: poverty and economic decline are directly related to demographic pressures, group grievances and uneven economic development are directly related, no money leads to violence, thursday: burma in crisis, humanities gateway 1030, thursday january 11th 4. 30-5. 30, fragile state. It lack a widespread internal insurgent movement directed at the government which could still emerge. Sierra leone has not yet recovered from stevens"s depredations: president robert gabriel mugabe has personally led zimbabwe from strength to the precipice of failure.