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Ungoverned Territories
Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks
Ungoverned territories - failed or failing states or ungoverned areas within otherwise viable states - generate all manner of security problems and can become terrorist sanctuaries. Using a two-tiered 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. On the basis of this ground-breaking analytical work, they identify three types of ungoverned territories and their effects on U.S. security interests and develop strategies to improve the U.S. ability to mitigate these effects.
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Contents
Chapter One:
Understanding Lack of Governance
Angel Rabasa and John E. Peters
Chapter Two:
Dimensions of Ungovernability
Angel Rabasa and John E. Peters
Chapter Three:
Dimensions of Conduciveness
Angel Rabasa and John E. Peters
Chapter Four:
Comparative Analysis of Case Studies
Angel Rabasa and John E. Peters
Chapter Five:
Conclusions and Recommendations
John E. Peters and Jennifer Moroney
Chapter Six:
Case Study: The Pakistani-Afghan Border Region
Peter Chalk
Chapter Seven:
Case Study: The Arabian Peninsula
Theodore Karasik and Kim Cragin
Chapter Eight:
Case Study: The Sulawesi-Mindanao Arc
Angel Rabasa
Chapter Nine:
Case Study: The East Africa Corridor
Peter Chalk
Chapter Ten:
Case Study: West Africa
Kevin A. O'Brien and Theodore Karasik
Chapter Eleven:
Case Study: The North Caucasus
Jennifer Moroney and Theodore Karasik
Chapter Twelve:
Case Study: The Colombia-Venezuela Border
Steven Boraz
Chapter Thirteen:
Case Study: The Guatemala-Chiapas Border
Steven Boraz
Appendix:
Assessment of Ungovernability and Conduciveness Values for Ungoverned Territories
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