Comments on: Weak Authoritarians http://registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 20:24:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Oldschool Boy http://registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/comment-page-1/#comment-376846 Oldschool Boy Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:52:19 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/#comment-376846 Funniest thing is that Kyrgyzstan turned to be a stronger state than China and Russia. Funniest thing is that Kyrgyzstan turned to be a stronger state than China and Russia.

]]> By: Laurence http://registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/comment-page-1/#comment-376844 Laurence Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:19:32 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/#comment-376844 Josh, One could quibble with the methodology--an authoritarian state is given "weak" scores on "political" grounds no matter how strong, for example Turkmenistan. But let us accept the ratings as is. What are the weakest states? Many of them are those that have had a history of receiving US and EU humanitarian aid and/or military intervention, specifically: 1 Somalia 0.52 0.00 0.00 1.37 0.70 226 2 Afghanistan 1.65 4.51 2.08 0.00 0.00 271 3 Congo, Dem. Rep. 1.67 4.06 1.80 0.28 0.52 130 4 Iraq 3.11 2.87 1.67 1.63 6.27 1134 5 Burundi 3.21 5.01 3.46 2.95 1.43 100 6 Sudan 3.29 5.05 2.06 1.46 4.59 810 7 Central african Rep. 3.33 4.11 2.90 5.06 1.25 360 8 Zimbabwe 3.44 1.56 1.56 6.81 3.84 350 9 Liberia 3.64 3.39 3.91 6.01 1.25 140 10 Cote D’ivoire 3.66 5.23 2.12 3.71 3.56 870 11 Angola 3.72 5.42 2.67 5.32 1.45 1980 12 Haiti Josh, One could quibble with the methodology–an authoritarian state is given “weak” scores on “political” grounds no matter how strong, for example Turkmenistan. But let us accept the ratings as is. What are the weakest states? Many of them are those that have had a history of receiving US and EU humanitarian aid and/or military intervention, specifically:

1 Somalia 0.52 0.00 0.00 1.37 0.70 226
2 Afghanistan 1.65 4.51 2.08 0.00 0.00 271
3 Congo, Dem. Rep. 1.67 4.06 1.80 0.28 0.52 130
4 Iraq 3.11 2.87 1.67 1.63 6.27 1134
5 Burundi 3.21 5.01 3.46 2.95 1.43 100
6 Sudan 3.29 5.05 2.06 1.46 4.59 810
7 Central african Rep. 3.33 4.11 2.90 5.06 1.25 360
8 Zimbabwe 3.44 1.56 1.56 6.81 3.84 350
9 Liberia 3.64 3.39 3.91 6.01 1.25 140
10 Cote D’ivoire 3.66 5.23 2.12 3.71 3.56 870
11 Angola 3.72 5.42 2.67 5.32 1.45 1980
12 Haiti

]]> By: Laurence http://registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/comment-page-1/#comment-376845 Laurence Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:19:32 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/#comment-376845 Josh, One could quibble with the methodology--an authoritarian state is given "weak" scores on "political" grounds no matter how strong, for example Turkmenistan. But let us accept the ratings as is. What are the weakest states? Many of them are those that have had a history of receiving US and EU humanitarian aid and/or military intervention, specifically: 1 Somalia 0.52 0.00 0.00 1.37 0.70 226 2 Afghanistan 1.65 4.51 2.08 0.00 0.00 271 3 Congo, Dem. Rep. 1.67 4.06 1.80 0.28 0.52 130 4 Iraq 3.11 2.87 1.67 1.63 6.27 1134 5 Burundi 3.21 5.01 3.46 2.95 1.43 100 6 Sudan 3.29 5.05 2.06 1.46 4.59 810 7 Central african Rep. 3.33 4.11 2.90 5.06 1.25 360 8 Zimbabwe 3.44 1.56 1.56 6.81 3.84 350 9 Liberia 3.64 3.39 3.91 6.01 1.25 140 10 Cote D’ivoire 3.66 5.23 2.12 3.71 3.56 870 11 Angola 3.72 5.42 2.67 5.32 1.45 1980 12 Haiti Josh, One could quibble with the methodology–an authoritarian state is given “weak” scores on “political” grounds no matter how strong, for example Turkmenistan. But let us accept the ratings as is. What are the weakest states? Many of them are those that have had a history of receiving US and EU humanitarian aid and/or military intervention, specifically:

1 Somalia 0.52 0.00 0.00 1.37 0.70 226
2 Afghanistan 1.65 4.51 2.08 0.00 0.00 271
3 Congo, Dem. Rep. 1.67 4.06 1.80 0.28 0.52 130
4 Iraq 3.11 2.87 1.67 1.63 6.27 1134
5 Burundi 3.21 5.01 3.46 2.95 1.43 100
6 Sudan 3.29 5.05 2.06 1.46 4.59 810
7 Central african Rep. 3.33 4.11 2.90 5.06 1.25 360
8 Zimbabwe 3.44 1.56 1.56 6.81 3.84 350
9 Liberia 3.64 3.39 3.91 6.01 1.25 140
10 Cote D’ivoire 3.66 5.23 2.12 3.71 3.56 870
11 Angola 3.72 5.42 2.67 5.32 1.45 1980
12 Haiti

]]> By: Shohmurod http://registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/comment-page-1/#comment-376843 Shohmurod Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:07:09 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/#comment-376843 hallelujah! hallelujah!

]]> By: Joshua Foust http://registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/comment-page-1/#comment-376842 Joshua Foust Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:29:01 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/04/21/weak-authoritarians/#comment-376842 I'm glad you didn't fall into that Ian Bremmer crap about the J-Curve. And you're right, of course. I’m glad you didn’t fall into that Ian Bremmer crap about the J-Curve. And you’re right, of course.

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