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2017 Fragile States Index: Early Warnings Amidst "Jarring" Results

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Posted: May 16th, 2017

When it comes to the world’s most fragile states, two of the wealthiest and most-developed countries, the United States and the United Kingdom, would not normally top the list. But by certain key metrics, they do: both significantly worsened in the category of “group grievance” – the indicator that measures feelings of heightened frustration in sub-communities within a country – in The Fund for Peace’s Fragile States Index (FSI) during the past year.

The United States, in fact, ranks as one of the most-worsened countries overall in 2017.

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