This week, the International Crisis Group issued a new briefing on Zimbabwe that portrays a country on simmer. “Zimbabwe is an insolvent and failing state,” writes ICG Africa Program director Comfort Ero, “its politics zero sum, its institutions hollowing out, and its once vibrant economy moribund.” Without significant changes of course in economic policy and elite behavior, the report warns, the risk of a sharper crisis and deeper collapse will continue to grow.