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rogue states

n. (plural of rogue state English)

Usage examples of "rogue states".

We're going against Iraq because it has weapons of mass destruction, and we don't accept the idea that rogue states like Iraq can have nuclear weapons.

When added to the innate opposition of the Russians, French, Chinese, and others to the American exercise of power and their determination not to allow the Security Council to become a vehicle for the United States to punish rogue states, the approach unravels.

But after a half-century of the Russians are coming, followed by terrorists from proliferating rogue states as well as the ongoing horrors of drug- related crime, there is little respite for a people so routinely-so fiercely-disinformed.

He called for initiating intelligence contact with some rogue states such as Libya and Syria that he said might be helpful in trying to destroy al Qaeda.

How to apply elements of Shock and Awe against rogue states, terrorist elements, international drug and crime cartels, as well as in the more traditional MRCs and LRCs needs much further study and analysis.