The Fund for Peace and Business Executives for National Security Event
June 29, 2011
8.15 am - 11.00am
Washington, D.C.

This event has already occurred. Transcripts for the following presentations are now available:
- Keynote Address by Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Failed States Index 2011 Overview by J. J. Messner, Senior Associate, The Fund for Peace

Join The Fund for Peace (FfP) and BENS for the launch of this year’s Failed States Index (FSI). The FSI is a leading index that annually highlights current trends in social, economic and political pressures that affect all states, but can strain some beyond their capacity to cope. Apart from the impact on their people, fragile and failed states present the international community with a variety of challenges. In today's world, with its globalized economy, information systems and security challenges, pressures on one fragile state can have serious repercussions not only for that state and its people, but also for its neighbors and other states halfway across the globe.

Event Details

The event will include:

Keynote Address presented by Chairman Mullen on the challenges that fragile and failed states pose for the international community.

Highlights of the Failed States Index 2011 presented by the Fund for Peace.

A Debate on the motion "That Failed States are a Product of Modern Globalization."
The debate will be moderated by Foreign Policy magazine Editor-in-Chief Susan Glasser. Debaters include:
Taking the affirmative side:

• Col. John Agoglia (Ret.) - Vice-President of IDS International
• Emira Woods - Institute for Policy Studies

Taking the negative side:

• Paul Wood - President of Pax Mondial
• Arvind Subramanian - Peterson Institute for International Economics and Center for Global Development

The debate will be followed by a Q & A period.

When and Where

Wednesday, June 29

The National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington D.C., 20045

Media Contact

At The Fund for Peace, please contact Mr. J. J. Messner at jmessner@fundforpeace.org.