McG Comparative Government

“Putin and Medvedev won’t be burned by Russia fires” By: Michael Stott http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6792O920100810 Over the course of this summer Russia has been engaged in a prolonged battle against the wildfires that have frequented its lands. The wildfires were brought on by the extreme heat wave that has plagued Russia for the last few months. Not [...]

No state faces ultimate failure through one issue. Instead, the states in the most critical state of failure have reached that point via a combination of problems, each with its own consequences for the state.   And no failed state is the same as another—combinations and different levels of categorized problems, such as economy (and [...]