There has been an enormous amount of international intervention in civil wars since 1945 that some have argued served to extend wars.
Šibke države dobijo "de jure" suverenost, ki je enaka drugim državam, tudi takrat, ko nimajo "de facto" suverenosti ali nadzora nad svojim ozemljem, vključno z privilegiji mednarodne diplomatske priznanosti in enakega glasu v Organizaciji združenih narodov.