BY J.J. MESSNER AND NATALIE FIERTZ After 15 years of producing the Fragile States Index (FSI), we are frequently asked about how predictive of a tool it really is. So, to what extent can the FSI signal emerging crisis, as opposed to merely diagnosing current conditions? Though prediction is inevitably bound by probability and uncertainty, […]
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Ten Countries to Watch for in Fragile States Index 2020
- Monday, 23 December 2019 10:33
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Fragile States Index 2019 Released: Venezuela and Brazil Most-Worsened Countries in 2019
- Wednesday, 10 April 2019 09:10
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FOR RELEASE APRIL 10, 2019 Media Contact: Charles Fiertz, [email protected] www.fragilestatesindex.org Yemen Most Fragile State in 2019 Yemen has claimed the top position in Fund for Peace’s Fragile States Index (FSI) for the first time as a result of its civil war and humanitarian catastrophe. Yemen’s top ranking is the result of its rapid worsening […]
Fragile States Index 2019 – Annual Report
- Sunday, 07 April 2019 19:27
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BY J.J. MESSNER, NATE HAKEN, PATRICIA TAFT, IGNATIUS ONYEKWERE, HANNAH BLYTH, MARCEL MAGLO, DANIET MOGES, NATALIE FIERTZ, CHRISTINA MURPHY, WENDY WILSON, KEVIN OBIKE The Fragile States Index, produced by The Fund for Peace, is a critical tool in highlighting not only the normal pressures that all states experience, but also in identifying when those pressures […]
Always Look on the Bright Side
- Saturday, 06 April 2019 15:32
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BY J.J. MESSNER According to the famed philosopher, Eric Idle, one should always look on the bright side of life. “If life seems jolly rotten,” Mr. Idle would have us know, “There’s something you’ve forgotten.”1 From the perspective of the Fragile States Index (FSI), when the constant stream of the 24-hour news cycle peddles continual […]
The Sad Song of Venezuela
- Saturday, 06 April 2019 15:16
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BY NATALIE FIERTZ When the famed Chilean author, Isabel Allende, had to leave her native country in the wake of the military coup against leftist president Salvador Allende in 1973, she and her family fled to the safety and stability of Venezuela, then a beacon among the tumult of Latin America. In a recent interview, […]