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Fragile States Index 2020 Released
BY J.J. MESSNER DE LATOUR As many countries continue to suffer thousands of deaths and millions experience social isolation and economic hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 Fragile… Read More -
Democracies Under Pressure
BY NATE HAKEN On debate stages, behind pulpits, in lecture halls, journals, books, and op-ed pages, experts and politicians grapple with causes, implications, and solutions to the issue of growing… Read More -
A Pot Boiling Over: Chile Most Worsened in 2020
BY CHARLES FIERTZ On October 7, in the Santiago metro, a group of students began jumping turnstiles to protest a four percent rise in peak-time fares announced the day before.… Read More -
Exit from Brexit: U.K. Continues Rapid Fall
BY J.J. MESSNER DE LATOUR AND FIONA GRATHWOHL Brexit. In many ways, it would be easy to sum up the fortunes of the United Kingdom over the last five years… Read More -
Regional Instability Drives Worsening in Burkina Faso
BY MARCEL MAGLO AND FIONA GRATHWOHL Burkina Faso, formerly considered one of West Africa’s most stable countries, now rates as the fourth most worsened country in the 2020 Fragile States… Read More -
Colombia's Peace Deal Unravels
BY CHARLES FIERTZ Colombia saw its worst year-on-year change in the history of the Fragile States Index (FSI) in 2020, breaking a trend of almost uninterrupted improvement since the Index’s… Read More -
What Else Could Go Wrong? Mozambique Continues Worsening Trend
BY CHARLES FIERTZ A combination of natural disasters, insurgent attacks, and a contested election resulted in another challenging year for Mozambique, which tied with Libya for the second-most worsened country… Read More -
Division in India
BY CHARLES FIERTZ In 1989, foreshadowing events to come, India’s current ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued the Palampur Resolution, throwing their support behind the construction of a… Read More
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Peter Aldhous' new @BuzzFeedNews article discusses the structural causes of instability in the US, and uses FFP’s Fragile States Index to highlight worsening social cohesion: https://t.co/GcMNeeEAq5 @paldhous #elections2020 #uspolitics #FSI #fragility #socialcohesion #stability
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FFP’s Natalie Fiertz publishes an article analyzing the long-term trends behind the erosion of American resilience: https://t.co/rcIV6evhS2
[email protected] and @aguribfakim discuss Africa’s recovery from the #COVID19 #pandemic in @ProSyn article. FFP’s Fragile States Index mentioned as one of the major governance indicators to be used to monitor policy goals and outcomes: https://t.co/fFFV2wMYjF #FSI #Africa
“The Outlook for Ondo: Votes and Violence” report by @CDDWestAfrica reviews the Nigerian state’s political environment in the lead to the election, and cites FPP’s Nigeria Conflict Bulletin: https://t.co/or2LvWfmfV #Nigeria #OndoState #OndoDecides2020 #elections #WestAfrica
While Nigeria has managed COVID better than many, the pandemic has taken its toll on econ and livelihoods-with implications for peace/security. This report highlights challenges and opportunities for a sustainable recovery. @PINDFoundation @P4P_NigerDelta https://t.co/qjE3ToGqsr
[email protected]_Nitza mentions FFP’s 2019 Fragile States Index in her recent article discussing the impact of foreign actors such as the EU and China on Pakistan’s environmental sustainability policies: https://t.co/ZIxU8qRHfP #FSI2019 #FSI #FragileStatesIndex #Pakistan #SDGs
“A child at 60” article by Femi Orebe for @TheNationNews draws on FFP’s Fragile States Index to discuss Nigeria’s political situation 60 years after independence: https://t.co/8nTZ27HT4X #FSI2020 #WestAfrica #Nigeria #FragileStatesIndex
📽️The full-length film on the Country Risk and Vulnerability Assessments — along with a resource toolkit for researchers and practitioners — is available online here: https://t.co/dujHeVL9nQ
#peacebuilding #nationalsecurity #resilience #humanitariancrisis #peaceandconflict #GIS
These Country Risk and Vulnerability Assessments in #WestAfrica measure communities’ resilience to conflict, humanitarian emergencies and other shocks. These #CRVAs are part of the REWARD project through close collaboration between @USAID & @ecowas_cedeao.
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