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The FSI is a leading index that annually highlights current trends in social, economic and political pressures that affect all states, but can strain some beyond their capacity to cope. Apart from the impact on their people, fragile and failed states present the international community with a variety of challenges. In today's world, with its globalized economy, information systems and security challenges, pressures on one fragile state can have serious repercussions not only for that state and its people, but also for its neighbors and other states halfway across the globe.

Linking robust social science with modern technology, the FSI is unique in its integration of quantitative data with data produced using content-analysis software to process information from millions of publicly available documents. The result is an empirically- based, comprehensive ranking of the pressures experienced by 177 nations. The FSI is used by policy makers, civil society, academics, journalists and businesses around the world.

Video: Failed States Index 2012 Launch

The Fund for Peace Event
July 13, 2012
Washington, D.C.

Part 1: Keynote Address
Part 2: Overview of the Failed States Index 2012
Part 3: Expert Panel
Part 4: General Q&A

Part 1 of 4: Keynote Address
Video: 32 minutes, 35 seconds

Failed States Index 2012 Launch Event Keynote Address: Presented by Distinguished Visiting Professor at George Mason University's School of Public Policy and former Director of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael Hayden, on the challenges that fragile and failed states pose for the international community.

Part 2 of 4: Overview of the Failed States Index
Video: 19 minutes, 15 seconds

Presented by J.J. Messner, Co-Director of The Failed States Index.

Part 3 of 4: Expert Panel - Innovative Technology and its Role in Conflict Assessment and Prevention
Video: 23 minutes, 56 seconds

An expert discussion on the use of cutting-edge technology to aid in understanding and preventing conflict.
- Joseph Bermudez, Senior Analyst, DigitalGlobe Analysis Center
- Spike Stephenson, Senior Advisor: Stabilization and Reconstruction, Creative Associates
- Krista Hendry, Executive Director, The Fund for Peace

Part 4 of 4: General Q&A
Video: 49 minutes, 59 seconds

Questions and comment with the expert panel and with Co-Directors of The Failed States Index, Nate Haken and J.J. Messner

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