Incentivizing Peace only Leads to More War in Sudan
By Reem Abbas and Emily Sample Consistently in the top ten most fragile countries, the hope brought by the 2019 coup has since been dampened by the continued cycle of unstable governance. This has...
View ArticlePeru – Decades of Progress in Jeopardy
BY MELINDA ELLINGTON Peru steadily improved on the Fragile States Index from 2006, with a sharp reduction in poverty,[1] and improvements in literacy,[2] infant mortality,[3] and life expectancy.[4]...
View ArticleFragility Revisited
BY PAULINE H. BAKER, PRESIDENT EMERITUS, FFP An editorial cartoon in the May 27, 2023, edition of The Economist depicted a race about to start with four entrants, each represented by a pretzel-like...
View ArticleGuyana – A Wellspring of Potential
BY MELINDA ELLINGTON Photo by Grant Durr on Unsplash Despite a history of turbulent politics, ethnic divisions, and fractious relationships with neighbors, Guyana has the potential to become one of the...
View ArticleWhiplash in Türkiye: Promise and Fragility
By Ayça Kiriş Photo by Samuele Schirò on Pixabay After 100 years of independence, the Republic of Türkiye is veering toward greater fragility. When the Justice and Development Party (AKP) took power...
View ArticleState Fragility and the Shadow of Genocide in Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia...
BY ALEXIS POSTON Photo by Adam Jones In the early hours of 13 September 2022, Azeri Armed Forces launched a shelling attack against Armenian cities and towns along the Armenian-Azerbaijani borders,...
View ArticleL’Etat, C’est (Pas) Moi: France’s Mystifying Improvement on the Fragile...
BY DANIEL WOODBURN Photo by Antoine Schibler on Unsplash On its surface France may appear to be a country in turmoil, even decline, rocked by regular protests and an increasingly polarized political...
View ArticlePlanning for the Unpredictable
BY DANIEL WOODBURN Photo by Donnie on Unsplash As Yogi Berra wisely said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”[1] Through an international relations lens, it certainly is...
View ArticleCascading Fragility: From Ukraine to the World
BY DANIEL WOODBURN & EMILY SAMPLE Photo by Alice Kotlyarenko on Unsplash In the wake the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukraine’s 2023 Fragile States Index (FSI) score has risen from 68.6 to...
View ArticleFragile States Index 2023 – Annual Report
BY NATE HAKEN, DANIEL WOODBURN, EMILY SAMPLE, WENDY WILSON, JOHN MADDEN, PAUL TURNER, MIA BAXLEY, BILLY AGWANDA, MELINDA ELLINGTON, AYÇA KIRIŞ, CANDICE GARCIA, ISIDORE NSENGIYUMVA, EDIYE BASSEY,...
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