Saving Failed States: Sometimes a Neocolonialist Notion

Failing failed states

On the eve of a trip to West Africa in February of 2002, the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, compared the intense international interest in helping Afghanistan rebuild a new state with the lack of interest in getting involved in helping the Congo. ” If you allow a series of failed states to rise, then sooner or later you end up having to deal with them” (Reuters 11/2/02). He went on to comp...

Affective States and the Notion of Happiness: A Preliminary Analysis

Large-scale social surveys typically elicit levels of happiness and/or life satisfaction. This paper studies how such reports of happiness and life satisfaction are related to measures of positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA). Major findings are the following: (1) PA and NA levels jointly predict happiness better than they predict life satisfaction. (2) PA levels predict happiness bette...

Ahmad Rashid Jamal research regarding Failed states

Bad Neighbors: Failed States and Their Consequences

Failed States and International Order: Constructing a Post-Westphalian World

What is meant by ‘failed’ states in debates about international order, security and threats to security? Does the concept of failed states, as constructed through academic and policy discourse, undermine the ontological assumptions of international order premised upon bounded, viable, rational states? Are weak or failed states a viable category for analysis in international politics? Can we fin...