Comments on: Central Asian Failed states

By: Navtej Kohli

Navtej Kohli — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:47:49 +0000

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By: Readers Edition » Kämpfe in Pakistan, Umfragen in Zentralasien - Bürgerjournalismus weltweit

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:24:28 +0000

[...] immerhin den 5. Platz. Auf Platz 41 liegt das Land auf dem „Index der gescheiterten Staaten“. Shannon auf nonpon dazu: „Die Kirgisen haben die Möglichkeit ihrem Land zu entfliehen. Deshalb steht [...]

By: Global Voices auf Deutsch » Blog Archive » Kirgistan: Umfragen und Spioninnen im Parlament

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:20:08 +0000

[...] wird, hat auch die Aufmerksamkeit der Blogger erregt. Asel auf neweurasia und Shannon auf nonpon haben beide Posts über die Rangliste geschrieben, auf der Kirgistan dreizehn Plätze auf Nr. 41 [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Kyrgyzstan: From national surveys to a spy-lady in parliament

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:47:22 +0000

[...] Foreign Policy magazine has also attracted bloggers’ attention. Asel on neweurasia and Shannon on nonpon published posts on the ranking results, according to which Kyrgyzstan drops thirteen spots to #41. [...]

By: tkaye

tkaye — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:25:55 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Naryn. Here's a Russian reprint of the mistake. Talking of failed states, Publius Pundit comments on Russia's faltering society. Apparently, Russia ranks top 3 in the world for both teenage suicide and divorce rates.

If the people of Russia really loved their leader to the tune of 80% as public opinion polls claim, would they be killing themselves in droves and beating their wives to death with blunt instruments? It seems unlikely. And how could they love a leader who presides over the net loss of up to a million Russians from the population every year and an average wage of $3 per hour?

PP's answer to this "disturbing reality" -- the power of propaganda.

By: Naryn Aiyp

Naryn Aiyp — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:43:08 +0000

Washington ProFile said on 20 June about the 60 states only from the 177-position index, and because Russia was the 62nd, many Russian media, included RIA Novosti, stated immedately that Russia is out of the failed states list…

WPF also made a mistake saying Tajikistan was the 29th, while it was the 39th avtually, and many journalists repeat the mistake.

By: A Second Hand Conjecture » News Brief, Penguin Edition

A Second Hand Conjecture » News Brief, Penguin Edition — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:43:50 +0000

[...] more in depth look at the failed states index, and what it might mean about Central [...]

By: The Conjecturer » News Brief, Penguin Edition

The Conjecturer » News Brief, Penguin Edition — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:42:52 +0000

[...] more in depth look at the failed states index, and what it might mean about Central [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Central Asia: Failing States

Global Voices Online » Central Asia: Failing States — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:01:27 +0000

[...] Pon looks at how Central Asian states fared in the recently released Failed State Index. Share [...]