Fragile States Index 2016
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  • FSI Afghanistan: Limited Scope for Use
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy   ·    26 Oct, 2016   ·    5160
    In the 2016 edition of the Fragile States Index (FSI) brought out by the Fund for Peace (FFP), Afghanistan is listed in ‘High Alert’, scoring 107.9 points. It is placed 28.3 points behind India ('Elevated Warning'); an ...
  • FSI and Nepal
    Pramod Jaiswal   ·    21 Oct, 2016   ·    5157
    The Fund for Peace's (FFP) twelfth annual Fragile States Index (FSI) ranked 178 countries based on measures of their stability and the pressures they face. Initially called 'Failed States Index', it was renamed as 'Fragile ...
  • FSI and South Asia
    Monish Gulati   ·    10 Oct, 2016   ·    5149
    The Fragile States Index (FSI) is an annual ranking of 178 nations, conceived with the core notion that weak and failing states pose a challenge to the international community and in a highly interconnected world, ‘pressures&rsqu ...
  • Bangladesh: A Conflict Shatter Zone
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman   ·    06 Oct, 2016   ·    5148
    The Fragile States Index (FSI), published annually by the Washington DC based The Fund for Peace has come out with its report for 2016, which covers the conflict events for the year 2015. This article analyzes the indicators provided by t ...
  • FSI's Broader Conclusions: Methodology, Empirical Trends and Current Realities
    Amb TCA Raghavan   ·    06 Oct, 2016   ·    5147
    The broad conclusions on India of the Fragile States Index are: (a) 2016 as compared to 2015 has seen a significant worsening of India ...
  • Sri Lanka: Fault-lines in the Transitional Justice Process
    Aaranya Rajasingam   ·    23 Sep, 2016   ·    5137
    Sri Lanka is ranked 43rd (out of 178 countries) in the 2016 annual Fragile States Index, pointing to an improving trend in the country. The country has been moved from the “Alert” category to “High Warning” – ...
  • FSI and Myanmar: More Clarity Required
    Preet Malik   ·    12 Sep, 2016   ·    5124
    To try to evaluate a democratic process on a uniform framework is fraught with problems of a structural nature. Just by way of an example, in a farewell call on the then Malaysian prime minister in August 1990, he  remarked that &ldq ...
  • China and the FSI: Decennary Trends, 2007-2016
    Chao Xie   ·    10 Sep, 2016   ·    5123
    The Fund for Peace has released its twelfth annual Fragile States Index (FSI). As with previous editions, it presents yearly scores and rankings based on the levels of stability and pressures each state faces.. However, the cha ...
  • Measuring Fragility: A Case Study of Pakistan
    Sadia Tasleem   ·    09 Sep, 2016   ·    5122
    The review of a decade of reporting in the Fragile States Index (2007-2016) – previously known as the Failed States Index – issued by the Fund for Peace suggests fairly consistent trends and patterns in Pakistan. The Index ...
  • Fragility in Pakistan
    Rana Banerji   ·    09 Sep, 2016   ·    5121
    The US based non-profit organisation, Fund for Peace (FFP), which works to prevent conflict and to promote sustainable security by building relationships and trust across diverse sectors, annually prepares a Fragile States Index (FSI). It ...
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