ARMENIA 101ST AMONG FAILED STATES
news.am
Nov 27 2009
Armenia
Armenia ranks 101st among 177 countries involved in the rating
of failed states issued by American "Foreign policy" magazine and
international organization the "Fund for peace".
The countries were assessed based on a number of criteria:
democratic pressure, refugees, group grievance, human rights, uneven
developments, economic decline, de-legitimatization of the state,
external intervention, factionalized elites, public services, security
apparatus and human flight.
In 2009 Somalia topped the failed countries’ list, just as last year.
As to other former USSR states, Uzbekistan takes the 31st place,
Georgia-33, Tajikistan-37 and Azerbaijan-56, while Russia is ranked
71st.