‘Ungoverned Spaces?’ The Islamic State’s Challenge to (Post-)Westphalian ‘Order’
In this article in
E- International Relations, Matt Gordner examines the challenge that the so-called
Islamic State (IS) poses to the international order. One of the indirect aims of IS is to overturn the Westphalian model by introducing a
global caliphate. Rather than beginning with a monolithic, contiguous entity that expands outwards from its territory in Syria-Iraq, IS now seeks to establish ‘statelets’ or
wilayat within preexisting state entities that are, ostensibly, later to be joined. Delegitimising the IS’s dystopian post-Westphalian order requires the international community to (re)formulate and practice a coherent doctrine in which
global democracy and
liberal internationalism are prioritized over
realpolitik.
http://www.e-ir.info/2017/06/24/ungoverned-spaces-the-islamic-states-challenge-to-post-westphalian-order/
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