| ID | 105040 |
| Title Proper | Failed States |
| Other Title Information | on 9/11, the west woke up to the threat posed by failed states.but did we actually understand it? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Traub, James |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Only some of them. It has been a truism of U.S. foreign policy since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that the United States is, in the words of President George W. Bush's 2002 National Security Strategy, "threatened less by conquering states than we are by failing ones." Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said that over the next 20 years, the gravest threats to America will come from failing states "that cannot meet the basic needs -- much less the aspirations -- of their people." Both as candidate and as president, Barack Obama has repeated this claim and has sought to reorient policy toward the prevention of state failure. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Policy vol. ,No. 187; Jul-Aug 2011: p.51-54 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Policy vol. ,No. 187; Jul-Aug 2011: p.51-54 |
| Key Words | Failed States ; US National Security ; Robert Gates ; America ; Muslim Populations ; Terrorism ; Islamist Militants ; 9/11 |