Sentence examples for weak states from inspiring English sources

Weak states should concentrate on the basics.

Second, they have the economies of weak states.

Debs and Monteiro argue that most states are too weak to do so; most weak states aren't interested; some weak states aren't especially threatened; and most weak states that are threatened are protected by stronger states.

For example, in weak states like Somalia, a hand grenade can cost as little as £15.

A decision to train the militaries of weak states like Yemen is reckless.

Terrorists thrive in failing, stagnant, weak states with illegitimate regimes -- not countries on the rise.

At Paris-Sud, Mathurin built an economic model of Haiti and other similarly weak states.

Drought and famine, drug and human trafficking, criminal gangs and weak states plague people there.

Phantom states stoke wars, foster crime, and make weak states even weaker.

The newest battleground, however, is the small, poor, weak states of Central America.

Truly weak states are doing well just to establish a general sense of order.