The 2015 edition of Flashpoints provides the results of our most recent analysis of factors associated with a nation's risk for conflict. It also provides an updated ranking for the 159 nations included in the study based on each nation's potential to experience future conflict or instability. This effort included extensive research, review, and analysis of several global patterns and trends related to the potential for instability and armed conflict. This work was conducted through a prism defined by rapidly occurring actions, events, and decisions with potentially significant regional and global implications, challenges, and opportunities. This is the tenth annual edition.
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