Highlights:
*Measures of state-sponsored terror and the likelihood of violent
demonstrations are the most improved indicators
*5% deterioration in the Global Peace Index recorded over the last six
years
*Syria’s peace score records the largest fall in GPI history; Libya’s peace bounces
back after the civil war but still low
*Iceland maintains status as the most peaceful country whilst
war-ravaged Afghanistan returns to the bottom of the index
*Europe remains the most peaceful region comprising thirteen of the top
twenty peaceful
countries; South Asia is the least peaceful region
*Eastern and Western Europe homicides are dropping, contrary to global
trend
*In the past year the Drug War in Mexico has claimed twice as many lives
than the conflicts
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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