Krasner, Stephen D., <br/><br/>
Addressing State Failure. 
Stephen D. Krasner and Carlos Pascual. 
 -  Foreign Affairs,  2005. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.  Article 37,  Global Issues,  1522-3221; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.  Originally Published: Addressing State Failure, July/Aug. 2005; pp. 153-163. 
<br/><br/> "In today's increasingly interconnected world, weak and failed states pose an acute risk to U.S. and global security. Indeed, they present one of the most important foreign policy challenges of the contemporary era. States are most vulnerable to collapse in the time immediately before, during, and after conflict. When chaos prevails, terrorism, narcotics trade, weapons proliferation, and other forms of organized crime can flourish. Left in dire straits, subject to depredation, and denied access to basic services, people become susceptible to the exhortations of demagogues and hatemongers. It was in such circumstances that in 2001 one of the poorest countries in the world, Afghanistan, became the base for the deadliest attack ever on the U.S. homeland, graphically and tragically illustrating that the problems of other countries often do not affect them alone." (FOREIGN AFFAIRS) The authors outline the reasons why "the United States and the rest of the world need to develop the tools to both prevent conflict and manage its aftermath when it does occur." 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3221; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and S
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Conflict management<br/>Developing countries<br/>Economic stabilization<br/>Humanitarian assistance<br/>Millennium challenge accounts<br/>War--Prevention
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050