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Did the CIA’s Instability Model Put the US in the Highest-Risk Category for Civil War, Coup, or Collapse?

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 1 Mixed

The PITF model is CIA-funded and the US met its highest-risk criteria in 2020. But the CIA never scored the US — academics did. The US now ranks 51st globally, below all G7 peers.

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