Should weak rogue states have a right to live?

ArmsControlWonk seems to think so.

My colleague Todd Sechser has a fascinating data set. As the difference in power between two states increases, a weak state is less likely to comply with demands by a strong state. His hypothesis is that the differences in power make it impossible for strong states to credibly offer Schelling’s implicit promise of nondestruction should the weak state comply.

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I don’t think so. The whole point of the Iraq war is that if weak states create intentional ambiguity about their willingness to build and use WMD, they can get their drivers’ licenses taken away. Statehood is a privilege, not a right.