Don't worry, you know our favorite countries came to join the party. While it seems that Africa dominates the top 20, Central Asia holds its own. Uzbekistan tied with Kenya and the Congo as the 26th most unstable country in the world, while Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan stole 39th and 40th place (Take that Egypt!). Sans 'bashy, Turkmenistan took 46th place.
And don't worry, Central/Eastern Europe couldn't stay away. Moldova, recently rated one of the top 5 unhappiest places on earth, just made the top 50 at 49th place. Belarus and Bosnia took 53rd and 54th places. And, representing the Caucasus, Georgia takes 56th place; better luck next time, Armenia.
If you interested in what FP takes into account when ranking these countries, well it's a great number of indicators of instability, including demographic pressures, refugee and IDP counts, the economy, public services, human rights, etc, etc. Check out the chart and scoring here: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/images/fs2008/failed_states_ranking.jpg.
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To my mind everybody have to browse on it.
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