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Comprised of 12 primary indicators and hundreds of sub-indicators, the Index uses a unique triangulated methodology that integrates content analysis of millions of documents pulled from more than 10,000 sources around the world, with quantitative data-sets and qualitative review. The Index and its indicators are based on a social-science framework that has been used by practitioners in the field of conflict early warning for over two decades. Read More News & Analysis Fragile States Index 2020 Released BY J.J. MESSNER DE LATOUR As many countries continue to suffer thousands of deaths and millions experience social isolation and economic hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 Fragile … Read More Democracies Under Pressure BY NATE HAKEN On debate stages, behind pulpits, in lecture halls, journals, books, and op-ed pages, experts and politicians grapple with causes, implications, and solutions to the issue of growing … Read More A Pot Boiling Over: Chile Most Worsened in 2020 BY CHARLES FIERTZ On October 7, in the Santiago metro, a group of students began jumping turnstiles to protest a four percent rise in peak-time fares announced the day before. … Read More Exit from Brexit: U.K. Continues Rapid Fall BY J.J. MESSNER DE LATOUR AND FIONA GRATHWOHL Brexit. In many ways, it would be easy to sum up the fortunes of the United Kingdom over the last five years … Read More Regional Instability Drives Worsening in Burkina Faso BY MARCEL MAGLO AND FIONA GRATHWOHL Burkina Faso, formerly considered one of West Africa’s most stable countries, now rates as the fourth most worsened country in the 2020 Fragile States … Read More Colombia's Peace Deal Unravels BY CHARLES FIERTZ Colombia saw its worst year-on-year change in the history of the Fragile States Index (FSI) in 2020, breaking a trend of almost uninterrupted improvement since the Index’s … Read More What Else Could Go Wrong? Mozambique Continues Worsening Trend BY CHARLES FIERTZ A combination of natural disasters, insurgent attacks, and a contested election resulted in another challenging year for Mozambique, which tied with Libya for the second-most worsened country … Read More Division in India BY CHARLES FIERTZ In 1989, foreshadowing events to come, India’s current ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued the Palampur Resolution, throwing their support behind the construction of a … Read More 1 2 The Fund for Peace @fundforpeace · 7 Jul Are you interested in a fall internship with FFP? Apply via our website by July 15! https://t.co/2GJbLh4o8E The Fund for Peace @fundforpeace · 4 Jun 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 The Fund for Peace @fundforpeace · 27 May 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 The Fund for Peace @fundforpeace · 26 May #Libya is the most worsened country on the #FragileStatesIndex over the past decade, and its decline continued on #FSI2020. https://t.co/MqoYC2rhsO The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian · 26 May What are the stories behind the countries ranked the highest on @fundforpeace’s Fragile State Index? Our report on the Fragile 15 explains: https://t.co/6izl7DfXQx The Fund for Peace @fundforpeace · 22 May #Uzbekistan is the most improved country over the last 5 years of the #FragileStatesIndex. Human rights advances, economic restructuring, and gradual democratization have driven the Central Asian nation’s progress. https://t.co/BZWDOtdYma #FSI2020 The Fund for Peace @fundforpeace · 22 May After the deposing of Omar al-Bashir, #Sudan ranked as one of the most improved countries on #FSI2020, boosted by Sudanese women pushing for equality and structural reform in the country. https://t.co/59MMGhsJY3 #FragileStatesIndex The Fund for Peace @fundforpeace · 21 May Rising nationalism, a weakened economy, and government crackdowns indicate an increasingly unstable social and political dynamic in #India, one of the most worsened countries in #FSI2020. https://t.co/MaVfB2wi7o #FragileStatesIndex The Fund for Peace @fundforpeace · 21 May #Lebanon, scene of recent widespread protests and social unrest, saw the most significant worsening of economic indicators in #FSI2020. https://t.co/Audi9F8Lis #FragileStatesIndex The Fund for Peace @fundforpeace · 20 May #BurkinaFaso witnessed one of its most violent years yet, with terrorism and poverty driving its rating a...