International peace and security are at greatest risk from the world’s weakest states—countries that are overwhelmed by poverty, feckless and corrupt governments, ineffective social welfare systems and weakened national security. Despite general agreement on the dangers of state weakness for U.S. and international security, existing assessments of state weakness across developing countries remain inadequate. Brookings Senior Fellow Susan Rice and Center for Global Development Research Fellow Stewart Patrick presented the results of their study,
Index of State Weaknesses in the Developing World, at a Brookings forum hosted by Carlos Pascual, vice president and director of Foreign Policy at Brookings. Representative Adam Smith (D-WA), delivered remarks.
Index of State Weaknesses in the Developing World, Susan Rice and Stewart Patrick
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