A territory can register alarming scores across multiple indicators and still leave a fundamental question unanswered: are the forces undermining state sovereignty operating independently, or have they begun reinforcing one another to create a self-sustaining alternative order? This distinction matters. A state may experience economic extraction by armed groups, territorial insecurity and the weakening of [โ€ฆ]

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