Foreign Policy & the Fund for Peace 'Failed State Index' project, still subscribes to the idea, that what Failed States need is external help (More $$ Aid from Whitey!), instead of some Tough Love: “Africans are Responsible for the F**k Up that is Africa!”: “If You Can't Feed Em; Don't Breed Em!”
The label "failed" remains a powerful way to describe those states that no longer serve their people. That harsh term sharpens the attention of policymakers and helps single out countries that should be of utmost concern. The threat of such state failure also focuses attention on the soon-to-crumble; it is those countries that need the most external help.
Yet for such a classification to be useful, it must be more objective, more precise, and more discriminating than the popular conception of a failed state is today. Rather than lumping countries together qualitatively, the title of failed state should surgically distinguish countries at risk. The term should tell us that the country in question demonstrates certain characteristics, rather than merely evoking an amorphous sense of dysfunction.Read more »
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