English-French translations for failed state

• état en déliquescence
  Il pourrait bien être réputé état en déliquescence. It may well be deemed a failed state.
  La Somalie n'est pas un État fragile, c'est un État en déliquescence. Somalia is not only a fragile state, it is actually a failed state.
  En effet, elle adopte une position qui tend à présenter le Timor-Oriental comme un état en déliquescence. In fact, it adopts a stance which seeks to present East Timor as a failed state.
• État failli

Definition of failed state

• A state that has failed to meet the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government; one that has lost physical control of its territory, the ability to provide public services, etc

Related words

• failed