Quantitative Baseline

  • Display score: 4/5
  • Continuous score: 64.9
  • Confidence: PARTIAL
  • Data year: 2026
  • Sources: Fragile States Index, Curated dataset, World Bank WDI
MetricTierRawNormalizedSourceYear
Nuclear weapons statusDOMINANTconfirmed arsenal100.0Curated dataset2026
Fragile States IndexPRIMARY65.154.9Fragile States Index2023
Military expenditure (% GDP)PRIMARY1.7134.2World Bank WDI2024
Alliance membershipPRIMARY0.000.0Curated dataset2026

Manual Draft Prompt

Write the full security section. Cover nuclear status, alliance quality, force posture, geography, chokepoints, and which vulnerabilities are hard circuit-breakers.

Qualitative Overlay Notes

  • TODO: capture any country-specific override to the scored baseline.
  • TODO: note whether this factor is the decisive constraint, a lagging variable, or mostly background context.
  • TODO: cross-link to the relevant chokepoint, bloc, or trade vulnerability that should anchor the prose.

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