failed state
a nation in which the government has lost political authority and control and is unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of a sovereign state.
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This is the Mexico that has been called a “failed state” — most recently by Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the president of Uruguay.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe country is now set on a path towards becoming a failed state.
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster | Michael Shank , Casey Harrity | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter all of its efforts to undermine the U.S. mission, Tehran now has a violent, semi-failed state right on its border.
Against Corruption—of the Democracy: Congress, Stockman believes, is a failed state.
D.C. Needs a Grassroots Fix That Will Come When Left and Right Find Common Ground | Lawrence Lessig | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis will turn Syria into a Somalia-like failed state and a battleground for a proxy war.
British Dictionary definitions for failed state
a weak state where social and political structures have collapsed to the point where the government has little or no control
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