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A failed state is a state whose central government is so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory. The level of control required to avoid being considered a failed state varies considerably amongst authorities.[citation needed] Furthermore, the declaration that a state has "failed" is generally controversial and, when made authoritatively, may carry significant geopolitical consequences.[citation needed] Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. ...
Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (ISBN 0-8050-7912-2) is a book by Noam Chomsky, first published in 2006, in which Chomsky argues that the United States is a “failed state,†and thus a danger to its own people and the world. ...
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Definition
A state could be said to "succeed" if it maintains a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within its borders. When this is broken (e.g., through the dominant presence of warlords, militias, or terrorism), the very existence of the state becomes dubious, and the state becomes a failed state. The difficulty of determining whether a government maintains "a monopoly on the legitimate use of force" (which includes the problems of the definition of "legitimate") means it is not clear precisely when a state can be said to have "failed." This problem of legitimacy can be solved by understanding what Weber intended by it. Weber clearly explains that only the state has the means of production necessary for physical violence (politics as vocation). This means that the state does not require legitimacy for achieving monopoly on the means of violence (de facto) but will need one if it needs to use it (de jure). The monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force designs an essential attribute of the states sovereignty. ...
A warlord is a person with power who has de facto military control of a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. ...
Lebanese Kataeb militia The term Militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary [1] citizens to provide defense, emergency, law enforcement, or paramilitary service, and those engaged in such activity, without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service. ...
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The term is also used in the sense of a state that has been rendered ineffective (i.e., has nominal military/police control over its territory only in the sense of having no armed opposition groups directly challenging state authority; in short, the "no news is good news" approach) and is not able to enforce its laws uniformly because of high crime rates, extreme political corruption, an extensive informal market, impenetrable bureaucracy, judicial ineffectiveness, military interference in politics, cultural situations in which traditional leaders wield more power than the state over a certain area but do not compete with the state, or a number of other factors. World map of the Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, which measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians. High numbers (green) indicate relatively less corruption, whereas lower numbers (red) indicate relatively more corruption. ...
In economics the informal economy is the system of exchange used outside state-controlled or money-based economic activities. ...
Crisis States Research Centre The Crisis States Research Centre defines a “failed state” as a condition of “state collapse” – e.g. a state that can no longer perform its basic security and development functions and that has no effective control over its territory and borders. A failed state is one that can no longer reproduce the conditions for its own existence. This term is used in very contradictory ways in the policy community (for instance, there is a tendency to label a “poorly performing” state as “failed” – a tendency the Crisis States Research Centre rejects). The opposite of a “failed state” is an “enduring state” and the absolute dividing line between these two conditions is difficult to ascertain at the margins. Even in a failed state, some elements of the state, such as local state organisations, might continue to exist. The Crisis States Research Centre is based within the Development Studies Institute (DESTIN) of the London School of Economics and is funded by a grant from the UK Department for International Development DFID. Following an initial phase of research focusing on the ability of public authorities at local, national and...
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Failed States Index - See also: List of countries by Failed States Index
 Failed States according to Foreign Policy, 2005-2007 | Alert Warning No Information / Dependent Territory | Moderate Sustainable
| Since 2005 the United States think-tank, the Fund for Peace and the magazine Foreign Policy, publishes an annual index called the Failed States Index. The list only assesses sovereign states (determined by membership in the United Nations.)[1] Several territories are excluded until their political status and UN membership is ratified in international law. For example: Taiwan, the Palestinian Territories, Northern Cyprus, Kosovo, and Western Sahara are not included in the list - even though some are recognized as sovereign states by some nations. Ranking is based on the total scores of the 12 indicators (see below.) For each indicator, the ratings are placed on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable). The total score is the sum of the 12 indicators and is on a scale of 0-120.[1] This is a list of countries by Failed States Index. ...
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The Fund for Peace is an independent Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research and educational organization. ...
A countrys foreign policy is a set of political goals that seeks to outline how that particular country will interact with other countries of the world and, to a lesser extent, non-state actors. ...
This article is about the Palestinian territories as a geopolitical phenomenon. ...
Anthem İstiklâl Marşı(Turkish) Independence March Capital Nicosia Official languages Turkish Government Representative democratic republic1 - President Mehmet Ali Talat - Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer Sovereignty from Cyprus - Proclaimed November 15, 1983 - Recognition By Turkey - Independence from Cyprus - Declared November 15, 1983 Area - Total 3,355 km² (not ranked) 1...
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Indicators of State Vulnerability The index's ranks are based on twelve indicators of state vulnerability - four social, two economic and six political.[2] The indicators are not designed to forecast when states may experience violence or collapse. Instead, they are meant to measure a state's vulnerability to collapse or conflict. All countries in the red, orange, or yellow categories display some features that make parts of their societies and institutions vulnerable to failure. Some in the yellow zone may be failing at a faster rate than those in the more dangerous orange or red zones, and therefore could experience violence sooner. Conversely, some in the red zone, though critical, may exhibit some positive signs of recovery or be deteriorating slowly, giving them time to adopt mitigating strategies.[1]
Social Indicators 1. Demographic pressures: including the pressures deriving from high population density relative to food supply and other life-sustaining resources. The pressure from a population's settlement patterns and physical settings, including border disputes, ownership or occupancy of land, access to transportation outlets, control of religious or historical sites, and proximity to environmental hazards.[3]
2. Massive movement of refugees and internally displaced peoples: forced uprooting of large communities as a result of random or targeted violence and/or repression, causing food shortages, disease, lack of clean water, land competition, and turmoil that can spiral into larger humanitarian and security problems, both within and between countries.[4]
3. Legacy of vengeance-seeking group grievance: based on recent or past injustices, which could date back centuries. Including atrocities committed with impunity against communal groups and/or specific groups singled out by state authorities, or by dominant groups, for persecution or repression. Institutionalized political exclusion. Public scapegoating of groups believed to have acquired wealth, status or power as evidenced in the emergence of "hate" radio, pamphleteering and stereotypical or nationalistic political rhetoric.[5] The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt, 1854. ...
4. Chronic and sustained human flight: both the "brain drain" of professionals, intellectuals and political dissidents and voluntary emigration of "the middle class." Growth of exile/expat communities are also used as part of this indicator.[6] This article is about the emigration term. ...
For the band, see Expatriate (band). ...
Economic Indicators 5. Uneven economic development along group lines: determined by group-based inequality, or perceived inequality, in education, jobs, and economic status. Also measured by group-based poverty levels, infant mortality rates, education levels.[7]
6. Sharp and/or severe economic decline: measured by a progressive economic decline of the society as a whole (using: per capita income, GNP, debt, child mortality rates, poverty levels, business failures.) A sudden drop in commodity prices, trade revenue, foreign investment or debt payments. Collapse or devaluation of the national currency and a growth of hidden economies, including the drug trade, smuggling, and capital flight. Failure of the state to pay salaries of government employees and armed forces or to meet other financial obligations to its citizens, such as pension payments.[8]
Political Indicators 7. Criminalization and/or delegitimisation of the state: endemic corruption or profiteering by ruling elites and resistance to transparency, accountability and political representation. Includes any widespread loss of popular confidence in state institutions and processes.[9]
8. Progressive deterioration of public services: a disappearance of basic state functions that serve the people, including failure to protect citizens from terrorism and violence and to provide essential services, such as health, education, sanitation, public transportation. Also using the state apparatus for agencies that serve the ruling elites, such as the security forces, presidential staff, central bank, diplomatic service, customs and collection agencies.[10]
9. Widespread violation of human rights: an emergence of authoritarian, dictatorial or military rule in which constitutional and democratic institutions and processes are suspended or manipulated. Outbreaks of politically inspired (as opposed to criminal) violence against innocent civilians. A rising number of political prisoners or dissidents who are denied due process consistent with international norms and practices. Any widespread abuse of legal, political and social rights, including those of individuals, groups or cultural institutions (e.g., harassment of the press, politicization of the judiciary, internal use of military for political ends, public repression of political opponents, religious or cultural persecution.)[11]
10. Security apparatus as ‘state within a state’: an emergence of elite or praetorian guards that operate with impunity. Emergence of state-sponsored or state-supported private militias that terrorize political opponents, suspected "enemies," or civilians seen to be sympathetic to the opposition. An "army within an army" that serves the interests of the dominant military or political clique. Emergence of rival militias, guerilla forces or private armies in an armed struggle or protracted violent campaigns against state security forces.[12] The Praetorian Guard (sometimes Prætorian Guard) (in Latin: praetoriani) comprised a special force of bodyguards used by Roman emperors. ...
11. Rise of factionalised elites: a fragmentation of ruling elites and state institutions along group lines. Any use of nationalistic political rhetoric by ruling elites, often in terms of communal irredentism or of communal solidarity (e.g., "ethnic cleansing" or "defending the faith.")[13]
12. Intervention of other states or external factors: military or Para-military engagement in the internal affairs of the state at risk by outside armies, states, identity groups or entities that affect the internal balance of power or resolution of the conflict. Intervention by donors, especially if there is a tendency towards over-dependence on foreign aid or peacekeeping missions.[14]
Failed States List
2007
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| 177 states were included in the list, of which 32 were classified as "alert", 97 as "warning", 33 as "moderate", 15 as "sustainable". The worst 20 states are shown below. For the entire ranking see List of countries by Failed States Index. Change in rank from 2006 is shown in parentheses.[15] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 351 pixelsFull resolution (1425 × 625 pixel, file size: 20 KB, MIME type: image/png) Alert Warning Moderate Sustainable No Information / Dependent Territory File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Motto: Unidade, Acção, Progresso (Portuguese: Unity, Action, Progress) Anthem: Pátria Capital (and largest city) Dili Official languages Tetum and Portuguese1 Demonym East Timorese Government Parliamentary republic - President José Ramos-Horta - Acting President Fernando de Araújo - Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão Independence from Portugal² - Declared November 28, 1975...
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2006
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| 146 states were included in the 2006 list, of which 28 were classified as "alert", 78 as "warning", 27 as "moderate", 13 as "sustainable". The worst 20 states are shown below. Change in rank from 2005 is shown in parentheses.[20] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 351 pixelsFull resolution (1425 × 625 pixel, file size: 20 KB, MIME type: image/png) Alert Warning Moderate Sustainable No Information / Dependent Territory File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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2005
 Failed States according to the "Failed States Index 2005" of Foreign Policy Alert Warning Moderate / Sustainable / No Information / Dependent Territory 2005 was the first year that the Fund for Peace published the list. 76 states were analyzed, of which 33 were classified as "alert" and 43 as "warning" (ratings better than "warning" were not done in this year). The worst 20 are shown below. [23] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 351 pixelsFull resolution (1425 × 625 pixel, file size: 20 KB, MIME type: image/png) Alert Warning Moderate / Sustainable / No Information / Dependent Territory File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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See also This is a list of countries by Failed States Index. ...
Rogue state is a term applied by some international theorists to states considered threatening to the worlds peace. ...
Ochlocracy (Greek: οχλοκÏατια; Latin: ochlocratia) is government by mob or a mass of people, or the intimidation of constitutional authorities. ...
A crisis state is a state under acute stress, where reigning institutions face serious contestation and are potentially unable to manage conflict and shocks. ...
A fragile state is a state significantly susceptible to crisis in one or more of its sub-systems. ...
The Crisis States Research Centre is based within the Development Studies Institute (DESTIN) of the London School of Economics and is funded by a grant from the UK Department for International Development DFID. Following an initial phase of research focusing on the ability of public authorities at local, national and...
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A countrys foreign policy is a set of political goals that seeks to outline how that particular country will interact with other countries of the world and, to a lesser extent, non-state actors. ...
The Fund for Peace is an independent Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research and educational organization. ...
The Crisis States Research Centre is based within the Development Studies Institute (DESTIN) of the London School of Economics and is funded by a grant from the UK Department for International Development DFID. Following an initial phase of research focusing on the ability of public authorities at local, national and...
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The International Review of the Red Cross (ISSN 1560-7755) is a quarterly periodic journal published by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement which, according to its publisher, aims to promote debate, reflection and critical analysis on international humanitarian law, humanitarian action and policy during international armed conflict...
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| | Demographics | Population (graphical • by density) • Population growth rate • Life expectancy • Infant mortality rate • Fertility rate • Birth rate • Death rate • List of countries by sex ratio • Homicide rate • Human Development Index • Income equality • Literacy rate • HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate • Unemployment rate • Employment rate • Population living in poverty • Poverty Index • Immigrant population • Suicide rate • Undernourishment rate • Firearm-related death rate • Gun ownership Demographics refers to selected population characteristics as used in government, marketing or opinion research, or the demographic profiles used in such research. ...
This is a graphical list of sovereign states and other territories by population, estimated for the year 2005. ...
Population density by country, 2006 List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. ...
[[Image:Population other political entities by population growth rate, with estimates taken from the 2006 edition of the CIA World Factbook. ...
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This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate, based on The World Factbook, 2005 estimates. ...
Map of countries and territories by fertility rate Graph of Total Fertility Rates vs. ...
This is a list of countries by birth rate, based on The World Factbook, as at September 2005. ...
Death rate by country This is a list of countries and territories by death rate, based on The World Factbook, as of September 2006. ...
Sex ratio by country for total population. ...
List of countries by homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants. ...
This talks about the countries in the Human Development Index, for information on the Human Development Index, please Click Here World map indicating Human Development Index (2007) (Colour-blind compliant map) For red-green color vision problems. ...
World map of the Gini coefficient This is a list of countries or dependencies by Income inequality metrics, sorted in ascending order according to their Gini coefficient. ...
World literacy rates by country, based on The World Factbook. ...
People living with HIV/AIDS by country The adult HIV prevalence at the end of 2004 This is a list of countries and territories by people living with HIV/AIDS and the prevalence rate among adults, based on data from various sources, such as the The CIA World Factbook [1...
Map of world unemployment rates based on CIA Factbook data This is a list of countries by unemployment rate. ...
This is a list of countries by employment rate (the proportion of working age adults employed). ...
Map of world poverty by country, showing percentage of population below national poverty line. ...
The Human Poverty Index is an indication of the standard of living in a country, developed by the United Nations (UN). ...
This is a list of countries by immigrant population, based on United Nations (UN) World Population Policies 2005 publication[1][2], released by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. ...
World map of suicide rates per 100,000. ...
Map of world undernourishment levels by country. ...
This is a list of countries by firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population in one year. ...
This is a list of countries by percentage of households owning firearms. ...
| | Economy | Current account balance • Foreign exchange reserves • Tourist visits • Imports • Number of Internet users (Broadband) • Number of mobile phones • Number of telephone lines • Exports (per capita) • FDI by country • Debt (External, Public) • Consumption (Electricity, Natural gas, Electricity Intensity, Vehicles per capita) • Production (Natural gas production by country, Natural gas proven reserves, Oil proven reserves, Automobile production, Steel production, Aluminium production, Coal production, Iron production, Zinc production) Blue = countries in surplus; Red = countries in deficit This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance, in millions of U.S. dollars, equivalence based on The World Factbook ([1]). Most data are 2006 estimates. ...
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold in 2006 Foreign exchange reserves (also called Forex reserves) in a strict sense are only the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities. ...
The World Tourism Organization compiles the World Tourism Rankings. ...
This is a list of countries by number of internet users mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by number of telephone lines mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by exports per capita. ...
Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank Money supply Fiscal policy Spending Deficit Debt Trade policy Tariff Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate Personal Public Banking Regulation Government debt (also known as public debt or national debt) is...
Map of countries by external debt based on 2005 CIA factbook figures This is a list of countries by gross (i. ...
Map of countries by public debt This is a list of countries by public debt as percentage of gross domestic product, based on The World Factbook. ...
In economics, consumption refers to the final use of goods and services to provide utility. ...
Countries by electricity consumption This is a list of countries by electricity consumption mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in March 2006. ...
This is a list of countries by natural gas consumption mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in June 2006. ...
The countries with the highest GDP has different ELectricity Intensity. ...
This is a list of countries by natural gas production mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007 . ...
This is a list of countries by natural gas proven reserves mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by oil proven reserves mostly based on The World Factbook [1] accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by automobile production in 2006 mostly based on OICA accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by steel production in 2006 mostly based on International Iron and Steel Institute accessed in September 2007. ...
This is a list of countries by aluminium production in 2006 mostly based on Altech accessed in September 2007. ...
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Map of countries by 2006 GDP (nominal) per capita (IMF, October 2007). ...
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This is a list of countries of the world sorted by their Gross Domestic Product (PPP converted) per hour worked. ...
Economic history is the study of economic change, and of economic phenomena in the past. ...
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These are lists of regions and countries sorted by their estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a country/region in a given year. ...
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The list below is of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ...
The list below is of countries of the world by their gross domestic product per capita, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation per capita, within a given year. ...
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Map reflecting the findings of Freedom Houses 2007 survey, concerning the state of world freedom in 2006, which is widely used by researchers and correlates highly with other measures of democracy[1]. Some of these estimates are disputed. ...
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UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
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| | Environment | Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) • Greenhouse gas emissions per capita • GDP per emissions • Sustainability • Environmental Performance • Happy Planet Index This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions. ...
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This is a list of countries ranked by greenhouse-gas emissions per capita in 2000. ...
This is a list of countries arranged by their ratio of Gross domestic product (GDP (Nominal)) to carbon dioxide emissions. ...
The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a composite index tracking 21 elements of environmental sustainability covering natural resource endowments, past and present pollution levels, environmental management efforts, contributions to protection of the global commons, and a societys capacity to improve its environmental performance over time. ...
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a method of quantifying and numerically scaling the environmental performance of a set of companies or countries. ...
// The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an index of human well-being and environmental impact, introduced by the new economics foundation (nef), in July 2006. ...
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