The Fund for Peace

In “Past Stateness, Present Strength,” Vaccaro & Gisselquist use the #FragileStatesIndex to examine how past state capacity shapes current fragility. The absence of a monopoly on violence and professional bureaucracy predicts chronic fragility. Read more: bit.ly/4uGrLPH

In “Risk Prediction in Design of Distributed Supply Chains Using Machine-Learning: A Bi-Objective Optimal Approach,” Shahsavary, et al use the #FragileStatesIndex to develop a Linear Programming model to evaluate factory location planning risk. Read More: tinyurl.com/32zxv3be

In “Corruption Risk as a Structural Driver of State Fragility,” Mkhize et al. use the Fragile States Index to show how corruption weakens governance in South Africa by eroding legitimacy, public services, and rule of law before crisis hits. Read More: bit.ly/4f0Hzsi

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In “Fragile State and Capital Flight in Africa,” Obama et al. draw on the #FragileStatesIndex to analyze 30 African countries, finding that political and social cohesion related fragility drive higher illicit capital outflows, particularly in the most fragile states.

In "Money Laundering and Financial Instability: Exploring the Nexus in Fragile Economies," Kumar uses the #FragileStatesIndex to study the relationship between money laundering and instability, linking money laundering to weaker economic systems. Read More:tinyurl.com/2ean3kfa

Sahlab traces rising fragility using the #FragileStatesIndex, since 2011, linking it to poverty, limited access to quality education, and systemic shocks while showing how development gains can build resilience.

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APL is leveraging our global expertise to do precisely this, building on work many domestic peacebuilding organizations are doing, helping them be more strategic, coordinated and proactive about preventing escalation of systemic political violence. More: bit.ly/48SXvJ0

Our American Peace Lab (APL) appreciated attending Notre Dame's American Peacebuilding at a Crossroads conference. Panelists "urged practitioners to apply global peacebuilding experiences, skills and tools to address growing conflicts and polarization within the United States".

In “State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution,” Romão uses the #FragileStatesIndex to assess the country's state capacity and the SAI governance performance, analyzing institutional limitations from 2010-2024. Read More: doi.org/10.1002/pad.70…

In Political Topology: A 225-Year Cross-National Dataset of Liberty, Tyranny, and Chaos, N Gogerty uses the #FragileStatesIndex to measure the “chaos” dimension of governance and track patterns of political stability across countries. Read More: bit.ly/4djNGXy

On February 26, FFP's President and Executive Director joined Dean Özerdem of George Mason University's Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution to share insights with students on how stakeholder network analysis inform our analysis and project design.

In "Tribalism, Institutions, and Insecurity in the EAC: Tanzania's Nation Building and the M23 Rebellion," Haruna uses the #FragileStatesIndex to compare state fragility metrics and how stable governance and reform are key to peacebuilding. Read more: bit.ly/46piylp

In "Geopolitics of Hunger," Gewehr and Guerra draw on the #FragileStatesIndex to show that higher state fragility is closely associated with chronic hunger, placing food insecurity within a broader geopolitical and human security framework. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.geof…

This Declaration reaffirms the principles of coexistence based on the historic Charter of Medina and aligns with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. #IRFSummit2026 #internationalreligousfreedom #globalpeace

On February 3, FFP's President and Executive Director, Paul Turner, joined global leaders at the International Religious Freedom Summit to mark the 10th Anniversary of the signing of the Marrakesh Declaration and honoring its champion, Mauritanian Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah.

The organizations affirmed their commitment to partnership and collaboration, as well as shared dedication to evidence-led peacebuilding.

On January 31, Sahlim Charles, Founder and Executive Director of Kenya’s Re-Imagining New Communities met with FFP’s President and Executive Director to discuss the future of grassroots peacebuilding in Kenya, youth engagement, and the important role of faith communities.

In "State Capacity, Social Fragmentation and Public Goods Provision," Jiali Shen finds that higher #FragileStatesIndex scores correlate with weaker public goods provision across infrastructure, education and health. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/gove.7…

In "Rising Tide of Stress," Canaletti et al. use the #FragileStatesIndex to examine how national-level fragility drives long-term stress trends, linking political and social instability to global health outcomes. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.…