Tag: Global Peace Index
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Global Peace Index: Global Peacefulness Improves for the First Time in Five Years but World Remains Less Peaceful Than a Decade Ago
LONDON, June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Global Peace Index Key Results Ukraine registered the largest improvement this year; Nicaragua the largest drop. More countries decreased their militarisation, 106 countries, than increased it – continuing a decade long trend. Since 2008 global peacefulness has deteriorated by 3.78 per cent, with 81 countries deteriorating and 81 improving, highlighting that deteriorations in peacefulness…