Abstract

NIEVAS, Flabián  and  SAMPO, Carolina. FAILED STATES? OR THE IMPOSSIBILITY TO CONSTITUTE THE MODERN NATION-STATE. rev.relac.int.estrateg.segur. [online]. 2016, vol.11, n.1, pp.103-119. ISSN 1909-3063.  https://doi.org/10.18359/ries.1370.

There is some consensus that the existence of Failed States generates instability in the international system since they appear to facilitate the settlement of transnational criminal organizations that use their territories to develop and increase their business. However, the inclusion of many different cases in this category force a review not only of the concept but also of the idea that lays behind it, the conception of modern nation-state. Hence the objective of this paper is to discuss the scope of the concept of failed state, considering that the modern nation state has found strong difficulties for its consolidation in many parts of the world. During the research we ask ourselves if it is possible to link inseparably the State and the nation or whether they should be treated as separate concepts that are sometimes together. In the same line: Are the states the ones that fail or is the construction of the nation-state which has never materialized? What is the role of international recognition of the state in this kind of conceptualization?

Keywords : Failed States; Nation State; Legitimacy; International Security.

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