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EI Weekly Listen — War and statehood by Philip Bobbitt

Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts

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The Evolution of the State

For 500 years, it has taken the resources of the state to destroy the state. But 9-11 foreshadowed a time when proto-states like Al-Qaeda will be able to marshal resources with such lethality that they threaten societies' existence. I should hasten to add that the emergence of such threats does not mean that the state will fade away or collapse. On the contrary, as in the past, the state will innovate by developing new constitutional orders and new methods of warfare and strategy.

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