The list uses only selected parameters, while ignoring ground realities.
ISLAMABAD: I find the list of failed states to be very unrealistic. It uses only selected parameters, while ignoring ground realities. A case in point is Greece, which may sound very stable from the outlook of these indexes but in reality is perhaps as unstable as Somalia or Afghanistan due to the economic crisis it is facing. And this has been the case not for the last few days, but for the last few years. Such lists need to be assessed carefully.
Muhammad Ramzan
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2011.
