http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/ungoverned-space Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:38:55 -0400 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:38:55 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/413/ungoverned-space-fragile-states-and-global-threats-deconstructing-linkages By Chloe A. Diggins - It is widely recognized that state security is no longer contingent upon a balance of power or the threat of conquering states, but global stability is now instead jeopardized by weak or fragile states. Fragile states represent chaos, disorder, and underdevelopment, and their very existence threatens not only the security of the developed world, but the capitalist, consumer-driven lifestyle to which the Western world is accustomed. Of critical concern are the global circulatory flows affiliated with poverty, conflict, and migration, which carry the potential to destabilize and undermine Western... Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/413/ungoverned-space-fragile-states-and-global-threats-deconstructing-linkages