Personally, when I think of the World’s Most Dangerous Places, I think of Robert Young Pelton, whose approach to off-the-beaten-path travel saved my life more times than I care to count during the early reckless years of my youth.

David Rothkopf, however, of Carnegie/Commerce Dept/CFR fame, takes a different view on the meaning of what makes a country dangerous: “actors who can cause the greatest disruption through their actions to the most people over the next decade or so.” As he also points out, “the most dangerous countries are the ones with the most power.”

So it is with some dubiousness that I call attention to the Rothkopf’s Top 10 World’s Most Dangerous Countries.