ZImbabwe inflation over the one million percent mark. (reply)
Bad government from Executive despotism and tyranny have highly destructive effects. Zimbabwe shows how quickly a stable state can fall into chaos. The international system was designed for nation-state to be separate and self-contained political entities, consequently help is difficult to bring across political borders. Numerous methods have been tried; military intervention such as Iraq; multinational aid such as through the United Nations; covert intervention such as CIA involvement in establishing leaders; and diplomatic pressure. None has really worked and all have had blowback issues. There is no real answer to this at the moment. (more)
