Below is an outline of the most fragile countries in the world within the past year.

Surprisingly, Syria - which has suffered four years of a brutal civil war that's displaced 12 million people - isn't the most fragile state in the world, according to the survey. Here are the ...

A top economist and risk expert says the US is in one of the most precarious investing environments ... eventual market collapse because we're more fragile than we were probably at any point ...