Quote Originally Posted by Bob's World View Post
Concepts of Sovereignty are indeed changing. Classic example is the "Failed" and "Failing" State list, with criteria that essentially define a successful state as one that conforms to the Western standards born of Westphalia. Most such states, not surprisingly, are in places as Africa, where such foreign forms of governance were imposed upon them by Colonial masters. As they reject these foreign concepts and seek forms that make more sense within their own cultures they are branded as "failed" by the West.

I think the Kurdish situation as well as the Pashtun situation cry out for fresh perspectives on Sovereignty as well. Ways to recognize unique forms of autonomy within multiple states, without also having to rip those same states apart first to do so.
Yes, and your original premise that insurgencies are caused by bad governments is at the root of everything. If government Provides and Protects it's citizens you will never have to worry about a civil war or an insurgency because there will be no motive to have one internally and no contradiction that could be exploited by any out side power. And if you run across the Charles Manson Guerrilla fighter who just wants a revolution for the heck of it, the population will take care of him very quickly.