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This article provides an overview of the domestic security environments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria today and discusses the danger new radical-inspired states pose to the United States and the international community.Ultimately, statebuilding remains the primary strategic means to address this new challenge.However, the world should prepare for the rise of radicalinspired states if state-building proves to be impossible. W ashington is not ready to dispense with the Global War onTerror.The scourge of radical Islam still constitutes a serious threat to the stability of the international system.Recently, the world has witnessed a series of terrorist attacks take place in the West, while the governments of countries such as Nigeria, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and others, struggle to quell insurgent forces and terrorist groups.Four countries in particular merit America's close attention over the span of the next several years: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria.All represent a new type of menace.They resemble "failed" or "collapsed" states in form. 1 Yet they are inherently precarious because new radicalinspired states (or "terror" states) are developing within their borders.2 This past decade, the conventional academic wisdom argued certain failed states undermined global stability because terrorists could operate with impunity from inside such countries.3 Nowadays this threat is undergoing a stunning metamorphosis, with insurgent-based movements transforming into new states and challenging the host governments of these four countries for supremacy.Today, the Afghan, Iraqi, Libyan, and Syrian governments are all fighting for their very survival, and America has the ability to play a role in determining whether they ultimately endure or perish.Surely, some 1 For definitions of "failed" and "collapsed" states, see Robert I. Rotberg, "The Failure and Collapse of Nation-States: Breakdown, Prevention, and Repair," in Robert I. Rotberg, ed., When States Fail: Causes and Consequences (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004), 1-10.2 In formulating this phrase, I drew upon the following works: Tim Arango, "ISIS Transforming into Functioning State that Uses Terror as Tool," New York Times, July 21, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/world/middleeast/isis-transforming-into-functioning-state-that-uses-