Ungoverned territories pose an increasingly urgent threat to u. Anarchy refers to the state of a society that totally rejects hierarchy the word originally meant leaderlessness, but pierrejoseph proudhon adopted the term in his 1840 treatise what is property. A concept paper discussing the rule of daenerys targaryen in a song of ice and fire. Forest 17 analysis a weapon of violence al qaeda and taliban video james p.
The united states and the security agenda in the caribbean basin after 911. Using a twotiered framework areas applied to eight case studies from around the globe, the authors seek to understand the conditions that give rise to ungoverned territories and what makes some ungoverned territories more conducive to a terrorist or insurgent presence than others. Eurojihad patterns of islamist radicalization and terrorism in europe throughout history, radicalization has involved social and economic conditions and issues of identity. Ungoverned territories, state failure and the emerging tribal front. Leaving these spaces ungoverned is bad for residents welfare and lets them to become hot beds for terrorist and other insurgent groups. Did the invasion of afghanistan deter ungoverned spaces. Understanding and reducing terrorism risks, rand corporation, pp. Ungoverned spaces in the americas, part i insight crime. Stu woolman notes that for almost a decade government actors and academics have bemoaned a gaping hole in our law. Ungoverned spaces are often cited as key threats to national and international security and are increasingly targeted by the international community for external interventionsboth armed and otherwise. Jump down to document6 the rand corporation is a nonprofit research. Alternatives to state authority in an era of softened sovereignty anne clunan, harold trinkunas on. Different types of ungoverned territories warrant different responses, notes that ungoverned territories have become more common since the end of the cold war, ranging from the pakistani. We consider how the dominant narrative for africa generally, and the sahel specifically, securitizes space, and presents poverty, underdevelopment, and ungoverned spaces as security threats to be addressed abrahamsen 2005.
And the very existence of truly ungoverned space is questionable, as is its relationship to terrorism. In testimony presented before the house oversight and government reform committee, subcommittee on national security and foreign affairs, angel rabasa discusses the security problems posed by ungoverned territories, and what could be done to address them. This study examines ungoverned territories and the challenges that these areas pose to u. Studies of ungoverned territory have beenand remainstrongly influenced by the state failure literature that emerged in the 1990s. Rabasa analyzes the conditions that give rise to ungoverned territories and how they can generate terrorist safe havens. The united states and the security agenda in the caribbean. Thus, for the purposes of understanding and countering the most complex modern security challenges, we must focus on a more critical and far more common type of zungoverned space, one that is actually not ungoverned at all. Counterterrorism, ungoverned spaces, and the role of international. Rabasa, senior policy analyst at the rand corporation, will join us for a discussion of ungoverned spacesfailed or failing states, and what risks they pose for international peace and u. Rabasa is a senior political scientist at the rand corpor ation. Understanding and reducing terrorism risks see other formats. Bloomberg analyzed select conflicts from around the world that have resulted in areas beyond the control of state authorities. This content was written by a student and assessed as part of a university degree.
Ungoverned territories can also extend to airspace, for instance, air routes through south and central america and the caribbean that the countries a. Nonstate actors, ungoverned spaces and international. Understanding and reducing terrorism risks ungoverned territories. Brazil, apart from colombia, has perhaps spent the most time, political capital, and state funds to extend a presence across the vastness of its ungoverned territories. The christmas bomb attempt on a detroitbound plane has raised new concerns about ungoverned spaces. The international law literature on ungoverned spaces, 1 such as those in somalia, congo, afghanistan, iraq, libya and syria, 2 is replete with warnings about the security threats that such places pose to states, people or the international society at large. State failure, insecurity, and the international system. The rand corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing.
Rand ungoverned territories pdf this pdf document was made available from. Trinkunas ungoverned spaces are often cited as key threats to national and international security and are increasingly targeted by the international community for external interventionsboth armed and otherwise. Rather, these are sometimes called a zzone of competing governance or a zregion with parallel. Th is analysis of ungoverned territories can help the united states and its friends and allies develop more e. There are, however, a range of identifiable factors that help create an. Governance and conflict in the sahels ungoverned space. Accordingly, a degeneration of the territorial state poses challenges to the systems functionality. Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the research portal for the purpose of private study or research. He has written extensively about extremism, terrorism, and insurgency. In the intervening decade, ungoverned spaces have become a staple of the security lexicon of policymakers, analysts and researchers, and the territories the term describes thereby.
The ungoverned territories 6 february 2011 patricia mukhim one of the blessings of journalism involves forsaking the beaten track for the road less travelled. Farwell 23 analysis pakistan security issues concerning pakistans nuclear arsenal hans schippers. Pdf the concept of ungoverned territories has recently become one of the hot terms of usamerican security politics. Counterterrorism, ungoverned spaces, and the role of international law49 for the modern international legal system, therefore, the territorial state is a central organizing concept. Human rights and the transformations of war chetan bhatt, 2012. Article information, pdf download for human rights and the transformations of war open epub for human. On one such trip to the eastern part of arunachal pradesh, adjacent to namdapha national park in changlang district, i met a group of people who called themselves the lisu and occupy that. Alternatives to state authority in an era of softened sovereignty anne l. Pdf tribalism and the future of conflict researchgate. Successful jihadists may become the governors of these ungoverned spaces, imposing sharia over them. Of course, jihadists dont magically appear wherever central governments are weak. Ungoverned territories eine konzeptuelle innovation im war on terror conrad schetter. Understanding and reducing terrorism risks download pdf.
The aforementioned rand corporation study concluded that the likelihood of terrorist groups emerging in ungoverned territories depends on conduciveness. Characteristics of ungoverned territories ungoverned territories are areas in which a. This book examines exactly when and how these spaces contribute to global insecurity, and it incorporates the many spaces where state authority is contestedfrom tribal, sectarian, or clan. Ungoverned definition of ungoverned by merriamwebster. Lynd professor of sociology and cochair of the committee on global thought at columbia university. Understanding and reducing terrorism risk by angel rabasa, et al. Ungoverned definition of ungoverned by the free dictionary. This research brief describes a rand project air force study of the factors that give rise to ungoverned territories and make some of them conducive to terrorists and insurgents. You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profitmaking activity or commercial gain you may freely distribute the url identifying the publication in the research portal take down policy. Referring to the aftermath of the 911 terrorist attacks, rumsfeld noted, when terrorists are driven out of countriesas they were in afghanistan they often find havens in the worlds many ungoverned regions.
Using a twotiered framework areas applied to eight case studies from. Boko haram exploits ungoverned spaces al jazeera america. Aims to root out ungoverned spaces as hotbeds of terrorism. Alternatives to state authority in an era of softened sovereignty. Ungoverned territoriesfailed or failing states or ungoverned areas within otherwise viable statesgenerate all manner of security problems and can become terrorist sanctuaries. Ungoverned spaces can pose a security threat, but terrorist groups are rarely responsible for their. Peters, have probed the interior composition of ungoverned territories.
Clunan, al, trinkunas, ha eds 2010 ungoverned spaces. Counterterrorism, ungoverned spaces, and the role of. Support rand this pdf document was made available from. It was first published in far frontiers, volume iii, first collected in true names and other dangers, and later published in the 1991 edition of the omnibus across realtime baen books, 1991.
The ungoverned is a 1985 science fiction novella by american writer vernor vinge, set between his novels the peace war and marooned in realtime. The word dracarys may be the closest equivalent to a nuclear launch code and the hard power it represents in contemporary high fantasy. Parliament ultimately produced this superordinate legislation in 2005. In 2007, the rand corporation undertook one of the more. Thoughts on the nature and consequences of ungoverned spaces.
Thoughts on the nature and consequences of ungoverned. Rands publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. The rand corporations definition states that ungoverned territories can be failed or failing states. Federal police programs such as cobra, pebra, vebra, and others have all cycled through various states of funding and readiness.
Ungoverned spaces pose particularly vexing problems for international law, which. Ungoverned definition is not subjected to regulation or control. Existing studies of piracy focus attention on the institutional determinants of maritime piracy, but neglect variation in governments reach over territory. Can the international community induce countries to invest in controlling these territories.
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