Q: So what’s a failed state?
A: A failed state is country where the government can no longer do its job.
Q: So what’s the job of a government?
A: To maintain order and control within its territory.
Q: Where are these failed states? And what's it like for people who live in them?
Haiti-- Guinea-- Ivory Coast--Dem. Rep. of Congo-- Central African Republic-- Sudan-- Chad--Zimbabwe-- Iraq-- Somalia--Afghanistan-- Pakistan
Q. Why should I care about failed states? I don't live in one!
A. Because what happens to them eventually will affect us.
Read the brutal truth article here: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/20/the_brutal_truth
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