One of the problems the civilized world is facing is the number of failed states. A failed state, similar to a severely disturbed individual, is a danger to itself as well as well as those around it and beyond.
The term "failing state" has been in use only a decade or so but these countries are now the center of global politics. Yesteryear the concern was the concentration of too much power in one state as in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union. Today the concern is the absence of power. Failed states often degenerate into civil war as opposing groups vie for power.
Afghanistan is 6th and Iraq is 7th. Pakistan is 10th and has nuclear weapons.
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