Wenn Staaten scheitern

Since the end of the Cold War, the problem of disintegrating states has become increasingly explosive. The current developments in Iraq and Lebanon bear witness to this, as do the unresolved late effects in countries such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda and Colombia. State disintegration processes not only destroy the socio-cultural, economic and political foundations of the respective populations, but also represent a new challenge for the international community. What internal and external causes underlie the decline of statehood? And what are the dimensions of this process? These questions will be examined on the basis of case studies from different continents. The category of "proto" states also takes into account the fact that failing statehood is not only the consequence of the disintegration of existing state structures, but also of unsuccessful states.