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: @paldhous #elections2020 #uspolitics #FSI #fragility #socialcohesion #stability
This Scary Statistic Predicts Growing US Political Violence
Two researchers claim that a single number they call the “political stress indicator” can warn when societies are at risk of erupting into...
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Applications for our Spring 2021 internship are now open! Make sure to apply before the deadline on Nov. 30th, 2020.
The Fund for Peace - Internship Spring 2021
Do you have an interest in conflict early warning, peace building, security, and human rights? Are you a current graduate or undergraduate student (or...
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FFP’s Natalie Fiertz publishes an article analyzing the long-term trends behind the erosion of American resilience:
The erosion of American resilience
Our weaknesses did not spring from a single individual, nor can they be put back in the box by a single election.
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[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: #FSI #Africa
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“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: #Nigeria #OndoState #OndoDecides2020 #elections #WestAfrica
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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: #FSI2019 #FSI #FragileStatesIndex #Pakistan #SDGs
Pakistan's relations with the EU and China: On the path towards sustainable connectivity
With its strengths in environmental sustainability and challenges related to financial and people-to-people connectivity, Pakistan lags behind most As...
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“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.
View the teaser below:
"We now have a better way of looking at issues... that are affecting human security in the West African region... much deeper... We are able to respond better." - Dr. Gueye, Director, ECOWAS Early Warning Directorate
See the full video: https://t.co/WhXunbycdW
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The Country Risk and Vulnerability Assessments in West Africa measure communities’ resilience to conflict, humanitarian emergencies and other shocks. The assessments are part of the REWARD project through close collaboration between USAID and ECOWAS
FFP's Patricia Taft @pattitaft was quoted in this article by the Libya Herald on the state of Libya and its position in the 2020 Fragile States Index.
Libya rates as most-worsened country in world for past decade: FSI
By Sami Zaptia. London, 10 September 2020: A report by Patricia Taft in the 2020 Fragile States Index (FSI) rates Libya as ‘‘the most-wors...
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Some scholars claim that conditions for civil violence in the U.S. are the worst since the 19th century. FFP Program Manager Charles Fiertz weighs in with some context @ABCaustralia.
This model forecast the US's current unrest a decade ago. It now says 'civil war'
"Is the US headed for another civil war? In a word, yes."
www.abc.net.au
With mass protests against racial injustice, soaring unemployment, impeachment, concerns of voter disenfranchisement, and 130,000 people dead from COVID-19, can the US be called a failed state? FFP's Charles Fiertz says, “No,” in an interview with @VICE.
Is the U.S. a Failed State?
Indicators are bad, but decline isn’t predetermined.
www.vice.com
Are you interested in a fall internship with FFP? Apply via our website by July 15! https://t.co/2GJbLh4o8E
FFP and @dcaf_business are pleased to present our research study and guidance toolkit on #VPSHR in-country implementation, with plenty of insights for business and human rights initiatives more broadly. https://t.co/EXRw1s4TFL
In 2005, #CotedIvoire ranked top of the #FragileStatesIndex. After recovering from two civil wars and implementing structural reforms, it is now one of the fastest growing economies in the world ... but work still needs to be done. https://t.co/eH6k8Ln0zA #FSI2020
#Libya is the most worsened country on the #FragileStatesIndex over the past decade, and its decline continued on #FSI2020. https://t.co/MqoYC2rhsO
