The Impact of Non State Actors on Nation State
Introduction:
Non-state armed groups have immerged in recent years as a current topic for policy making due to the growing interactions between state and non-state entities at regional and international level. At time, the non-state actors have turned violent, engaged in the use of military force to seek greater political influence in national and global affairs. (Claude, 2010).
Most benign non-state actors originate in the developed world, work within the framework provided by Western institutions and regimes, and act as propagators of “western values” such as free markets, environmental protection, and human rights (National Intellegence Council, 2007).
The growth of so many kinds of non-state actors challenges and even weakens the “state-centric” concept of international politics and replaces it with a “transnational” system in which relationships are more complex. The proliferation of non-state actors has recently led some observers of international relations to conclude that states are declining in importance and that non-state actors are gaining status and influence. (Ataman)
Now let us talk about one of the most famous body of United Nation, The International Monetary fund. How is it challenging the nation-state? The worsening economic growth statistics and social indicators in Third World debtor countries are indicative of the aggravation of their problems in lieu of stringent conditionality policies imposed by the Fund to make sure the loan is repaid later. ‘These policies are insensitive to the individual situations of developing countries, ideologically biased in the favor of free markets and against socialism, and tend to override national sovereignty’. (Williamson, 1983)
Thesis:
The establishment of non-state actors in the post