Does the war-making/state-making thesis, most associated with Charles Tilly, apply in the
developing world If so, how? This essay reviews the bellicist literature and offers an …

International Security Studies (ISS) has changed and diversified in many ways since 1945.
This book provides the first intellectual history of the development of the subject in that …

Weak or failed states-where no government is in control-are the source of many of the
world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrorism. What can be done …

Plagued by bloody wars and armed conflicts, political instability, communal violence and
displaced persons, and at the mercy of natural catastrophes such as drought and famine, it …

Francis Fukuyama, catedrático de Economía Política Internacional en la Universidad Johns
Hopkins de Estados Unidos y miembro del Consejo de Bioética del presidente Bush, que …

Today Iran is once again in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the
future of Iraq's next-door neighbor is a matter of grave concern both for the stability of the …

Seemingly from its birth, Pakistan has teetered on the brink of becoming a failed state.
Today, it ranks 133rd out of 148 countries in global competitiveness. Its economy is as …

This article argues that rentier states stand in contrast to states that have to rely on domestic
resource extraction. They display a particular path to state-formation that by and large defies …

Individual instances of state failure and collapse must be placed within a broader
appreciation of the evolution of statehood within the international system. The idea that the …

The study of non-state armed groups (NSAGs) has traditionally been limited to those actors
with a political agenda that pose a specific threat to the state and undermine its ability to …