Rogue states rogue nations rogue regime who 1st said it?
the term "rogue nations"or "rogue states"was first used between 1989 and 1996. Until 1989 the main threat for the US was the Soviet Union. When the Cold War ended, a group of nations would become a new threat: North Korea, Iraq, Iran and others. They had missiles or chemical weapons, or even nuclear weapons. In april 1996 US Defense Secretary William Perry published a preface to a DoD report in which he used the phrase. who first coined it?
William Pitt - The Younger - British Prime minister is alleged to have first used the phrase in 1804 in reference to the activities of France and that up and coming ex-colony, the United States of America. I'm not sure that either country would now recognise themselves in the category of rogue state but there was a time when France were less disciplined in their relationships with their neighbours. This required a considerable effort by the British, and eventually essential assistance from the Prussians, to convince them to adopt a less aggressive way to handle international relationships. The inclusion of the USA as a rogue state had more to do with it's relationship with the French than with any independent action taken by the USA at the time.