^doesn't it suck that despite doing better in rankings (assuming they are correct), India is still considered an emerging power and pakistan is considering a failing state?
After all it doesn't make much difference what you were in the past, what matters is where you're headed.
^^^ I wouldn't take the opinion/word (the Failed State Index) of a random Washington DC think tank with no credibility seriously, especially when it takes institutions and data to draw its conclusions, as opposed to the Human Development Index or other more telling signs. The FSI is checked against human analysis. India has been deemed as a failing state for quite some time as well.
Just look at the Middle East, African countries today, & even to an extent Europe & N.America FFS!!!