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FSI2012 "Who decides on which states are FAILED or WEAK states? and what are the implications of these categorizations?" Rubi @nvconflict
— shireen mukadam (@ShireenMukadam)
A major problem arises when the subject of a conflict is the legitimacy of the state, but solutions are sought thru that very state #fsi2012
— Fatima Mullick (@fmullick)
Shultz: "In my opinion, Assad's days are numbered. Generals are starting to defect - that's a big deal" #FSI2012
— A Chen (@achen852)
Is #SouthAfrica on the road to becoming a "Weak State" ? Vertical & horizontal Legitimacy. #FSI2012 @nvconflict @sjcoalition @r2kcampaign
— shireen mukadam (@ShireenMukadam)
"We [humans] have been here 4 million years and we've had "nation-states" for a small sliver of this [time]" @lesterkurtz at #FSI2012
— Althea M-D (@altheamarie)
Moral authority = acceptance by the people that those in power have the right to govern. --Richard Schultz #FSI2012
— Cynthia Boaz (@cynthiaboaz)
Q: What types of regimes have moral authority? Only liberal democracies? Why? --Richard Schultz #FSI2012
— Cynthia Boaz (@cynthiaboaz)
The outcomes of domestic politics are the main causes of conflicts in world today, not competition between states. -Richard Schultz #FSI2012
— Cynthia Boaz (@cynthiaboaz)
The 'crisis of the state' is really a crisis of legitimacy b/w the state and the political communities within it #fsi2012
— Fatima Mullick (@fmullick)
Today's conflicts are no longer understandable through the 20th century conflict & security paradigm. It's a very different world! #fsi2012
— Fatima Mullick (@fmullick)
Over half of the world's states are weak, failing or failed - Prof. Richard Shultz, #FSI2012
— A Chen (@achen852)
The old paradigm of war was interstate, industrialized. The new one is the war among the people. Leaders have failed to grasp this. #fsi2012
— A Chen (@achen852)
Irregular conflict: struggle between state & non-state actors for legitimacy, influence or control.- Shultz #FSI2012 "War amongst people"
— Laura Garcia Rdz B (@lauragrb)