Draft paper dated August 3, 1995, authored by Rudolph C. Ryser and prepared for the Los Alamos Historical Society symposium "The End of the Second World War and its Aftermath" (University of New Mexico–Los Alamos, August 13–16, 1995). The document analyzes state collapse, nationalism, and the evolution of state and non-state terrorism in the post–World War II era, citing numerous conflicts and secondary sources. Features include historical overview, conceptual distinctions between state and populist terrorism, regional case examples, and a policy proposal for a Congress of Nations and States. Text shows minor OCR artifacts (hyphenation, character substitutions) but content is recoverable. Includes a partial bibliography.