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Global Peace Index 2023: “Peacefulness” Declines For 9th Straight Year

June 29, 202324:42

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Michael Collins, Executive Director, The Americas, Institute for Economics & Peace.  He discusses the newly released 17th edition of the annual Global Peace Index (GPI), produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP).  The index is the world’s leading measure of peacefulness, and “reveals the average level of global peacefulness deteriorated for the ninth consecutive year with post-COVID civil unrest and political instability remaining high while regional and global conflicts accelerate.”


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