PoliticsPernicious states: Towards a new grammar of international relations

The article proposes “pernicious state” as a new concept for international relations, arguing that established categories often stigmatise weaker countries while obscuring the violence and impunity of powerful states. It says superpowers can use economic, cultural, legal and military systems to rewrite global rules and institutionalise their lack of accountability.

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