I love this time of year, when Foreign Policy magazine releases its failed states index. It is probably the best index out there, and possibly the most well-read warning of state failure. A few highlights:
- much of the index this year focused on how fragile states will be effected by the global economic crisis (my favourites include Pakistan, Sudan and Iran)
- This year they added an interactive map that helps you see, in a nutshell, how bad the situation is in any part of the world.
- What did they miss? Mexico. Mexico is the state that is quietly failing, but doesn’t get talked about very much. I’m working on an article for a journal on the subject, so I might share a few of my findings here, because I think they need to be said.
