ABSTRACT
For over a decade, countries characterized by weak state capacity or weak legitimacy have become major sources of security threats on the local, regional, and often also global level. This chapter explores the phenomenon of state fragility from the perspective of the major threats and challenges to the future global security environment it poses and what it means for the future of warfare. Security threats emerging from fragile states impose new demands on the capabilities of armed forces, making them major targets for guerrilla-style attacks. Special attention is given to the security dimension of the climate change, how it manifests itself in fragile states and what it means for the existence of the international community in the form of the post-modern world order. On top of that, this chapter also brings considerable amount of attention to the global rise of authoritarianism in the context of state fragility. Originating in fragile states, security challenges are intertwined and often lead to the weakening of the state apparatus, which is something potentially dangerous for the entire international community.
