By Kristin Weis Sweden ranks second out of 154 countries in the most recent State Resilience Index (SRI), tying with Finland and Switzerland (8.3), above Denmark (8.2) and just below Norway (8.4). Sweden and its Nordic neighbors—Finland to the east, Norway to the west, and Denmark to the south—hold the top three overall highest SRI […]
Author Archives: Emily Sample
Lebanon’s Crumbling Resilience
- 10 November 2022
By Ziad Al Achkar[1] The crumbling of Lebanon’s State Capacity has been the defining feature of the country over the past few years amidst an unprecedented financial and economic crisis. The political class has been passive in reacting to the cascading crises and unwilling to conduct meaningful structural reforms. The international community and international monetary […]
Stephanie Mayle
- 27 September 2022
Research Assistant Stephanie Mayle is a part-time intern at the Fund for Peace and a full-time post-graduate student at the London School of Economics, pursuing a MSc in Gender, Development, and Globalization. Stephanie most recently worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance where she focused on Central Africa, […]
Jules Ottino-Loffler
- 19 September 2022
Research Assistant Jules is a graduate of the Masters in Law and Diplomacy Program at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He gained invaluable insights into international legal frameworks, peacebuilding, and human rights. He is passionate about peacebuilding, human rights, and human security. Before Fletcher, Jules worked at Northwestern at the Data Analytics Lab and as […]
Grace Hillerby
- 19 September 2022
Research Assistant Grace earned her BSc in Politics and International Relations and MSc in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on political violence and terrorism, peacebuilding in the Middle East, and statebuilding and self-determination in the post-Soviet space. She has previously worked as an intern for human […]