Russia at risk of becoming failed state, say foreign policy experts

Nearly half of top foreign policy experts think Russia will become a failed state or break up by 2033, while a large majority expects China to try and take Taiwan by force, according to a new survey by the Atlantic Council that points to a decade of global tumult ahead.

Forty-six per cent of the 167 experts responding to the think-tank said Russia’s failure or break-up could happen in the next 10 years. In a separate question, 40 per cent pointed to Russia as a country they expected to break up for reasons including “revolution, civil war or political disintegration” over that time.