Most people in a failed state tend to be poor, while elites tend to be predatory
, Ashraf Ghani, once wrote a book called “Fixing Failed States”. On August 15th he gave up trying to fix Afghanistan and fled to avoid capture by the Taliban, a jihadist group thatlater that day. Afghanistan is often described as a failed state, perhaps the least-coveted accolade in geopolitics. However, it is not the only one. In recent months, pundits have applied the label to Myanmar, Lebanon and even Nigeria.
The simplest definition of a failed state is one that cannot fulfil its most basic responsibility: to provide security. If the state no longer has a monopoly on violence, everything else breaks down, from electricity to roads, schools to health care. . What is less clear is when a state moves from “failing” to “failed”. Take Nigeria. Parts seem perilously close to failure.
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