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

Published: June 30, 2023, 7:11 p.m.

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In this edition of\\xa0Wilson Center NOW,\\xa0we 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). \\xa0The index is the world\\u2019s leading measure of peacefulness, and \\u201creveals 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.\\u201d

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