Map still looking solid

ARTICLE: “The Failed States Index 2008,” Fund for Peace and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,” Foreign Policy, July/August 2008, p. 64.

All the “critical” and “in danger” states lie within the confines of the Gap map.

All of the “stable” and “most stable” lie inside the Core.

Basically all of the New Core and many Seam States are described as “borderline.”

I drew my map based on U.S. military responses. Apparently that’s a pretty good way to categorize the world.

Comments

[William R. Cumming.]

Another take on the failed states is urbanization and the mega-cities. Cities like Lagos and Dacca are breeding grounds for trouble. The imagination, skills, and personal energy, much less honesty to manage these huge pools of humanity are almost beyond imagination by those in the US. Nonetheless, the US has to deal with a world of failed states often being key to US future and those giant cities requiring some sort of coherent approach to avoid disaster. Too many people. Perhaps judgement that Malthus was wrong was just too early in time but needs to be looked at over a longer period of record.