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By Andrew Exum
16 Feb 2009 |
World Politics Review
Subnational actors like Hezbollah represent a challenge to the
international order as well as to the states in which they operate. Hezbollah functions as an independent actor retaining the right to pursue a
foreign policy agenda independent of the Lebanese state, which is what makes it so dangerous to stability in the Levant and so
challenging for policymakers.
By Robert C. Jones
16 Feb 2009 |
World Politics Review
Reports of the demise of the Westphalian system are premature,
but the shifting of the relative balance of power between states,
threats, and the populaces they emerge from is undeniable. A "populace-centric" approach to foreign policy would recognize the emergence
and enduring nature of popular power, and free U.S. interests from
becoming mired in fleeting governments or threats.
By Samuel Makinda
16 Feb 2009 |
World Politics Review
Multilateral
organizations are products of state sovereignty and survive largely
because their members exercise their sovereignty to keep them alive. However,
once created, these organizations acquire their own interests. Through the pursuit of their own
interests, multilateral organizations constrain the behavior of states
and thereby modify the meaning of sovereignty.