Meaning of aspirant state | Babel Free

Definitions

A political entity which seeks to achieve international recognition as a sovereign state.

Examples

“By claiming that nuclear weapons are required for its security, a nuclear aspirant state can provoke a variety of responses among its neighbors and rivals which include, but are not limited to, forming a belief that the nuclear aspirant state is serious (or not), deciding to augment security capabilities, crafting a targeted non/counterproliferation policy, and so forth.”

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