{"product_id":"weak-links-stewart-patrick-9780199751518","title":"Weak Links: Fragile States, Global Threats, and International Security","description":"Conventional wisdom holds that weak and failing states are the source of the world's most pressing security threats. After all, the 9\/11 attacks originated in an impoverished, war-ravaged country, and transnational crime appears to flourish in weakly governed states. However, our assumptions about the threats posed by failing states are based on anecdotal arguments, not on a systematic analysis of the connections between state failure and transnational security threats. Analyzing terrorism, transnational crime, WMDs, pandemic diseases, and energy insecurity, Stewart Patrick shows that while some global threats do emerge in fragile states, most of their weaknesses create misery only for their own citizenry. Moreover, many threats originate farther up the chain, in wealthier and more stable countries like Russia and Venezuela. \u003cem\u003eWeak Links\u003c\/em\u003e will force policymakers to rethink what they assume about state failure and transnational insecurity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stewart Patrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019975151X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199751518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2012","brand":"Stewart Patrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202108899583,"sku":"9780199751518","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76d914a5-b5b9-41a6-9d25-035c9e154f2b.jpg?v=1756819666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/weak-links-stewart-patrick-9780199751518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}