IS MALAWI DRIFTING TOWARDS A FAILING STATE?

By Al Bashir bin Abdul Aziz

Failing states are usually characterised by unstable political systems. Students of political science across the globe grapple with this subject matter that is today in constant flux.

However, there is no one unified theory to explain the causes of political instabilities among states.

Some political scientists have followed Aristotle’s view that political instability is generally the result of a situation in which the distribution...