Title Weak links : fragile states, global threats, and international security / Stewart Patrick.

Publication Info.	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
	©2011

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Description	1 online resource (x, 342 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Note	"A Council on Foreign Relations book."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Left behind : understanding state fragility -- Transnational terrorism -- Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -- Transnational crime -- Energy insecurity -- Infectious disease.
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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Subject	Security, International.
	Security, International.
	Political stability.
	Political stability.
	Failed states.
	Failed states.
	World politics -- 2005-2015.
	World politics.
Chronological Term	2005-2015
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Patrick, Stewart. Weak links. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011 9780199751518 (DLC) 2010026001 (OCoLC)643569728
ISBN	9780199876952 (electronic book)
	0199876959 (electronic book)
	9780199751518
	019975151X