The theory and practice of borders -- Which wars make the state and which states make war -- Preconditions to state building: making the case for comparison -- State building and state weakness before border fixity: Brandenburg-Prussia, Argentina, and Poland-Lithuania -- State building and state weakness in a fixed-borders world: Lebanon, Congo and Israel -- State weakness and international conflict in a fixed-borders world.
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