There is currently a fragile ceasefire between Abkhazia and Georgia, which says the region is a part of Georgia.
Such drivers of a new vulnerability may not only occur within those states that are currently considered fragile but also within authoritarian regimes (e.g. in Asia or Latin America, or the Russian type of democracy), where resource revenues help to maintain political structures.
There is currently a fragile ceasefire in place in eastern Ukraine, but last week fighting intensified once again, and in one 24-hour period eight Ukrainian soldier were killed.
Afghanistan is currently a fragile state, still reeling from the effects of nearly thirty years of civil war and current political instability in several regions of the country [ 11].
But at the moment only 38% of the budget is currently allocated to fragile states.
She said the timing of any appearance would depend on the presenters' state of mind – currently described as "fragile".
Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight said: "With economic recovery currently looking feeble, fragile and far from guaranteed, we believe that the Bank of England will ultimately decide to give the economy a further helping hand with a final £50bn of QE.
Hamas, which won Palestinian parliamentary elections in 2006 and took full control of Gaza in 2007 after a brief factional war, is sworn to Israel's destruction, though it is currently observing a fragile cease-fire with Israel.
As students we're currently in that fragile state of mind when we're not quite sure what exactly will happen with our lives, so our anxiety points us in different directions.
According to the report, there are three elements that are currently aggravating the fragile state of affairs: first is the ongoing (albeit sporadic) violence; second is the continued expansion and legalization of settlements; and third is the illicit build-up of arms, specifically by Hamas.
