Over the last 350 years, nation-states have interacted via international
norms and institutions that were nurtured under the principles of
Westphalian nation-statehood. In the aftermath of the Second World War
(1939–1945), the U.S.-led West created an international system based
upon the interactions of developed nation-states. New nation-states
formed in colonial lands when their European overseers departed. These
new nation-states tried to adhere to the Westphalian ideals, but many of
them were nation-state in name only. The controlling entities were not
the nationstate’s governing bodies; the controlling entities were the
tribal societies beneath the surface. Great powers have continued to
work with these hollow governments and/or tribal societies with little
to no success. In order to achieve positive policy results, great powers
must adjust their interactions and expectations when dealing with
tribal societies and/or weak nation-states.
OBTAIN DOCUMENT: The Illusion of Control: Great Powers Interacting with Tribal Societies and Weak Nation-States
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