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State collapse

State collapse is the catastrophic breakdown of a sovereign state's institutional apparatus, resulting in the inability to sustain a monopoly on the legitimate use of force.

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Possible consequences of collapse

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State collapse

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State collapse

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related to Definitions and examples · 34
State collapse → According, Afghanistan, Angola, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Call, Chad, Charles, Congo-Kinshasa, Daniel Lambach, Eva Johais, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Lambach, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Markus Bayer, Max Weber, Other
related to Ethnic cleansing, Refugee crisis or Diaspora · 17
State collapse → Africa, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Czarist, Earlier, Germans, Haiti, Libya, People's Republic, Poland, Revival Process, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, South African, State, White
related to Cyclical theories · 16
State collapse → Africa, After, Book, Eastern Europe, Exodus, God, Group, Him, Ibn Khaldun, In, Islamic, Marxist, Professor Geoff Mulgan, There, This, USSR
related to Ethnic and regional tensions · 16
State collapse → African National Congress, Belgrade, Bosnia, Croatia, If, Kosovo, Loss, Macedonia, National Party, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Africa's, The, The Socialist Federal Republic, Yugoslavia
related to Genocide · 16
State collapse → Armenian, Final, Gypsies, Hindus, Hitler, In, In Ottoman Turkey, India, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, Slavs, The, The Partition, When, Yugoslavia
related to Newly independent states · 10
State collapse → Africa, Chad, FRELIMO, Ghana, In Mozambique, Liberia, Somalia, State, Such, Uganda
has cause · 7
State collapse → Bayer, Global Change, In, Johais, Lambach, Peace, Security
is a · 1
State collapse → catastrophic breakdown of a sovereign state's institutional apparatus
related to Possible consequences of collapse · 1
State collapse → State

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State collapseis acatastrophic breakdown of a sovereign state's institutional apparatus0.90text
Charles Tinstance offoreign policy experts0.80text
decolonisation or regime change cause existing power structures to be questionedinstance ofpolitical transitions0.80text
the Golden Horde led to their territorial occupation by other statesinstance ofaccelerating the total failure of the state.The collapse in authority and failure of other states0.80text
in this case Russia.FragmentationThe partition of India in 1947 led to the creation of two independent nationsinstance ofaccelerating the total failure of the state.The collapse in authority and failure of other states0.80text
Indiainstance ofaccelerating the total failure of the state.The collapse in authority and failure of other states0.80text
Pakistaninstance ofaccelerating the total failure of the state.The collapse in authority and failure of other states0.80text
in this case Russiainstance ofaccelerating the total failure of the state.The collapse in authority and failure of other states0.80text
State collapsehas causeIn0.60section
State collapsehas causeJohais0.60section
State collapsehas causeBayer0.60section
State collapsehas causeLambach0.60section

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