What is a ‘failing state’ and when is it a security threat?

Working paper prepared by Judy Batt and Dov Lynch, research fellows at the EU Institute for Security Studies, for the first session of a seminar, 'Failing states and the EU's security agenda', organised by the Institute and held in Paris on 8 November 2004.

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European Union Institute for Security Studies: Seminars 2004: Failing states and the EU's security agenda, 8.11.04 http://www.iss-eu.org/activ/content/rep04-12.pdf

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