Revisiting the category of fragile and failed states in international relations

International Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-294

  Nuruzzaman, Mohammed ^a  

^a GULF UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Failed and fragile states; Iraq; post occupation state building strategies

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; STATE BUILDING; WESTERN WORLD;

AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; BALKANS; CAUCASUS; IRAQ; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 79952950201     PISSN: 00208817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002088171004600301     Document Type: Article

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