Based on an essay that has been hailed as one of the most influential policy pieces published in the last decade, Robert Cooper sets out a radical new interpretation of the shape of the world in this path-Breaking book The Breaking of Nations.
Cooper argues that there are three types of states in the world that deal with each other in different ways: \'pre-modern\' parts of the world, without fully functioning states, \'modern\' nation states, concerned with territorial sovereignty and national.
Based on an essay that has been hailed as one of the most influential policy pieces published in the last decade, Robert Cooper sets out a radical new interpretation of the shape of the world in this path-Breaking book The Breaking of Nations
