Managing Frontiers of Insecurity Through State Building Interventionism
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London School of Economics and Political Science T h e Collaboration P roblematique Managing frontiers of insecurity through state building interventionism Matthew Byron Arnold A thesis submitted to the Department of International Relations of the London School of Economics for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, London, August 2008 UMI Number: U615934 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Dissertation Publishing UMI U615934 Published by ProQuest LLC 2014. Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest LLC 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. 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Signature Date / 1 Jo*-* Z tt'T 2 Ta b l e o f C o n te n ts Introduction: Life in a Frontier..........................................................................................................5 Chapter 1: On Frontiers and Collaboration ..................................................................................... 10 1.1: The nexus of weak and failed states and globalisation ...................................................... 11 1.2: Literature review .................................................................................................................. 15 1.3: Thesis outline ....................................................................................................................... 22 1.4: Conclusion ............................................................................................................................29 Chapter 2: Frontiers of Insecurity ....................................................................................................33 2.1: Defining frontiers.................................................................................................................33 2.2: Robinson and Gallagher’s ‘frontiers of insecurity’ ........................................................... 37 2.3: Current frontiers of insecurity ............................................................................................42 2.4: Conclusion ............................................................................................................................59 Chapter 3: Managing Frontier States through State Building Interventionism ............................61 3.1: Rationales and methods for responding to frontiers .......................................................... 61 3.2: Frontiers require engagement .............................................................................................. 67 3.3: Frontiers require state building interventionism .................................................................70 3.4: State building interventionism as frontier management .................................................... 83 3.5: Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 86 Chapter 4: The Theory of Collaboration .......................................................................................... 88 4.1: Why it is necessary to analyse ‘collaboration’ .................................................................... 89 4.2: Robinson’s ‘sketch’ for a theory of collaboration ..............................................................93 4.3: An updated ‘theory of collaboration’ for state building interventionism ........................ 95 4.4: The ‘collaboration problematique’ of state building interventionism ............................ 110 4.5: Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 114 Chapter 5: Gradualism Collaboration ............................................................................................116 5.1: The nature of gradualism collaboration ............................................................... 116 5.2: The framework of gradualism collaboration .........................................................122 5.3: The mechanics for gradualism collaboration .........................................................133 5.4: Gradualism collaboration is currently not effective ....................................................... 146 5.5: Conclusion ..........................................................................................................................148 Chapter 6: The Collaboration Problematique ................................................................................149 6.1: The contextual challenges of frontiers of insecurity .........................................................150 6.2: Collaboration is not a strategic doctrine ............................................................................154 6.3: No willingness to bear the costs of collaboration .............................................................156 6.4: The values debate of imperialistic interventionism .............................................. 161 6.5: The ramifications of the collaboration problematique ..........................................168 6.6: Conclusion........................................................................................................................... 175 Chapter 7: Ameliorating the Collaboration Problematique ...........................................................177 7.1: Manage expectations for frontiers of insecurity ............................................................... 178 7.2: Make collaboration a strategic doctrine .............................................................................181 7.3: Collaboration needs stronger management ........................................................................189 7.4: Alternative collaboration strategies ...................................................................................202 7.5: Conclusion ...........................................................................................................................207 Chapter 8: Who Wants Frontiers? ..................................................................................................208 8.1: Why even do state building interventions? ....................................................................... 208 8.2: And yet, frontiers do require interventions ....................................................................... 214 8.3: Values and individuals still matter.....................................................................................218 8.4: Conclusion............................................................................................................................232 Notes................................................................................................................................................. 235 Bibliography .....................................................................................................................................256 3 Ab str a c t The pulling nature of crises on the ‘frontiers’ stimulates Western interventionism focused on state building. This interventionism is fundamentally dependent upon collaboration with indigenous politics and ‘collaborative systems’, the relationships linking interventionist actors with indigenous ones, determine its structure and dynamics. State building interventions rely on collaborative systems because they define the interface of the external forces of the intervening power with indigenous politics. Unless the energy and resources of the intervening power can be translated and internalised into terms of indigenous politics, the intervention will be unable to achieve its state building goals. Presently, Western states are both failing to build appropriate collaborative systems and to manage their collaborative partners. However, if Western states can improve their approach to and implementation of collaboration with indigenous politics, they can better manage insecurity on the frontiers through state- building interventionism. Acknowledgements The author would like to firstly thank Professor Christopher Coker for his supervision of this thesis as his ideas and suggestions have been very helpful and exceptionally influential. As a part-time student living variously in three countries, it has been an extended and complicated process to write this PhD thesis and Professor Coker’s support and encouragement never wavered, as witnessed by the fact that tutorials were held in London, Bangkok and Rome. Additionally, the author would