February 26, 2011 - 11:03 AMT
WSJ ranks Azerbaijan 10th among 85 potential hot spots

The Wall Street Journal has published a list of countries likely to be hit by anti-government revolts in the future.

The top 10 potential hot spots are led by Kenya and Cameroon and include Pakistan, Nigeria, Indonesia, Morocco, Jordan and Azerbaijan. Libya, Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia are in the next 10, together with Vietnam, India and Uzbekistan. The top 30 is then made up of countries including Colombia, South Africa, Iran, Venezuela, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan and Brazil. Saudi Arabia is 39 out of the 85, Russia is 40 and Kuwait is 51.

The highest-ranked European Union country is Romania at 37.

Bottom ranked is Sweden followed by Austria, Canada, Denmark and Germany. In terms of oil producers, Norway, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates look pretty safe.

Armenia is not on the list.