Editing Rogue state (section)

{{Short description|Country considered a threat to world peace}}
{{redirect|Rogue nation|other uses|Rogue Nation (disambiguation)|the 2000 book by William Blum|Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower}}
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"'''Rogue state'''" (or sometimes "'''outlaw state'''") is a term applied by some [[International relations theory|international theorists]] to states that they consider threatening to the world's peace. These states meet certain criteria, such as being ruled by [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] or [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian]] governments that severely restrict [[human rights]], sponsoring [[terrorism]], or seeking to proliferate [[weapons of mass destruction]].<ref>[http://www.empereur.com/armscontrol/page1/page1.html Rogue States?], Arms Control and Dr. A. Q. Khan.</ref> The term is used most by the [[United States]] (although the [[US State Department]] officially stopped using the term in 2000);{{cn|date=July 2023}} in his speech at the [[United Nations]] (UN) in 2017, U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] reiterated this phrase.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41324970|title=US could destroy North Korea - Trump|date=19 September 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> U.S. politicians have used the term to describe countries such as [[Iran]], [[Syria]], [[North Korea]], [[Pakistan]] , [[Afghanistan]], [[Cuba]] and [[Venezuela]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=The A to Z of international relations |language=en |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/international-relations-a-to-z |access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref> However, the term has been applied to other countries, as well as to the United States itself.<ref name=glj>Minnerop, Petra. (2002). [http://www.germanlawjournal.com/article.php?id=188 "Rogue States – State Sponsors of Terrorism?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212034924/http://www.germanlawjournal.com/article.php?id=188 |date=12 December 2007 }}. ''German Law Journal'', '''9'''.</ref>