Hostage‑taking by rogue states is on the rise. New research provides fresh ways to tackle it
- Written by Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Research Fellow, Security Studies, Macquarie University
Hostage-taking by nation-states is emerging as an overlooked consequence of the more unstable and dangerous world that’s been created by the fracturing rules-based order.
In an increasingly might-is-right system of international relations, malign actors have become even more emboldened to take the citizens of Western democracies hostage.
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