Rogue states

Rogue states, perceived as defiantly evading responsibilities within the international community or with respect to their citizens or minorities, include such as: the Iraq of Saddam Hussein, Libya, Serbia, Cambodia and Burma. They are dangerous when only armed with conventional weapons, notably when they engage in or support terrorism. but they become especially dangerous when armed with nuclear or biochemical weapons of mass destruction.

1. Certain no-good states, notably Iraq, Iran, Libya and North Korea, with perhaps others to come, exploit global division and distraction for their own nefarious ends. Non-proliferation regimes are a means of isolating rogue states.

1. The concept of a rogue state was invented in the USA after the fall of the USSR as a substitute enemy to justify a defence mission, budget, and continuing leadership in the post-Cold War period. Focusing on rogue states encourages high military spending, aggravates temptations to intervene, and diverts from agendas capable of dealing with necessarily more complex situations.

1. Ungovernable countries
2. Internationally non-cooperative governments

1. Irredeemably disadvantaged regions
2. Extraterritorial abduction

1. Malignant visions

1. Unilateral declarations of independence by extra-territorial bases

1. Preventing nuclear proliferation
2. Outlawing rogue states
3. Defying international opinion
4. Being crazy

1. Roguery
2. Craziness
3. Defiance

1. Of Rogue Nations and Evil Empires