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

<p>In this edition of<strong> Wilson Center NOW, </strong>we are joined by <strong>Michael Collins,</strong> Executive Director, The Americas, Institute for Economics & Peace. He discusses the newly released 17th edition of the annual <a title= "Original URL: https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GPI-2023-Web.pdf Click to follow link." href= "https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofhumanity.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F06%2FGPI-2023-Web.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CShaarona.Harris%40wilsoncenter.org%7Cc004b01dbb244088744b08db79803c74%7C84dfdf3abb4140edb7319f6cc84e7d91%7C1%7C0%7C638237363905799833%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MQha1I0TxHmgpQ3wBSu3FVpMUxgBA8SUVgtGafx3fw0%3D&reserved=0"> Global Peace Index (GPI)</a>, 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.”</p>