Systems-building before state-building: on the systemic preconditions of state-buildingFootnote

Peter Haldén received his PhD in social and political sciences from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy in 2006. His research interests are state formation/state-building, environmental security, security in the Horn of Africa, African and Central Asian societies and international security.

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