A rogue state (also known as states of concern) is a controversial political term, used mainly in the
United States,
denoting a government which does not
abide by international norms of behavior and whose leadership is irrational so that
conventional methods of deterence are ineffective. The existence of rogue states has
been used to justify recent interest in [anti-ballistic missiles]
? on the basis that a rogue
state may acquire [weapons of mass destruction]
? and not be deterred by threats of
retalliation. North Korea and Iraq have been candidates for the name rogue state.
Opponents to the concept of rogue states point out that leaders of even brutal and oppressive
regimes act according to the logic of self-interest and argue that rogue state actually means "any state that opposes the U.S."
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