failed-state

All of the countries in the world (with the exception of failed-state anarchies like Somalia) practice some degree of socialism.

Think Progress » Corporations Speak Out Against SCOTUS Ruling, Call On Congress To Approve Public Financing Of Campaigns 2010

Although given the failed-state clusterf*ck that Yemen is becoming these days, perhaps it would have been better for everyone if the PDR-Yemen had swallowed up the North rather then the other way round.

Matthew Yglesias » A Missed Torture Opportunity 2010

Perhaps these contradictions tell us something about the limits of the failed-state designation, or, at least, that it should be used with greater care.

Saskia Sassen: Yet Another Blind Spot in the Afpak Analysis? 2010

For instance, is state failure on critical dimensions the same as being a failed-state?

Saskia Sassen: YET ANOTHER BLIND SPOT IN THE AFPAK ANALYSIS? 2010

For instance, is state failure on critical dimensions the same as being a failed-state?

Saskia Sassen: Yet Another Blind Spot in the Afpak Analysis? 2010

Several of the twelve criteria used are sufficiently ambiguous as to invite questions about the usefulness of the failed-state concept beyond the most extreme cases.

Saskia Sassen: Yet Another Blind Spot in the Afpak Analysis? 2010

Several of the twelve criteria used are sufficiently ambiguous as to invite questions about the usefulness of the failed-state concept beyond the most extreme cases.

Saskia Sassen: YET ANOTHER BLIND SPOT IN THE AFPAK ANALYSIS? 2010

The failed-state designation includes as a critical component the failure of a state to work diplomatically with other states.

Saskia Sassen: YET ANOTHER BLIND SPOT IN THE AFPAK ANALYSIS? 2010

So even if reconstruction goes well, Haiti's failed-state status offers the twin economic challenges of mass unemployment and a poor business climate.

After Reconstruction 2010

Perhaps these contradictions tell us something about the limits of the failed-state designation, or, at least, that it should be used with greater care.

Saskia Sassen: YET ANOTHER BLIND SPOT IN THE AFPAK ANALYSIS? 2010