Dr Andrew Thomson and Professor Dominic Bryan of Queen's University Belfast make the case for applying IEP’s Positive Peace framework to measure and guide peacebuilding in Northern Ireland.

The first Northern Ireland Peace Index data show violence falling in Northern Ireland but the trust and institutions needed to sustain peace long term remain fragile.

For the last two decades, Iceland has been the most peaceful country on earth underpinned by the absence of a standing military, very low crime rates, and strong social cohesion. Following Iceland at ...

Global peacefulness deteriorated for the 12th consecutive year, with the number of active, state-based conflicts reaching 61. This is the highest number since the end of the Second World War. Produced ...

'Mexico made its biggest leap in peacefulness in a decade in 2025, yet more Mexicans feel unsafe than they did the year before', writes Kaylee Janysek, IEP Research Assistant In 2025, Mexico recorded ...

The distribution of terrorism is not only geographically concentrated, it is also highly concentrated among a small number of terror groups, led by Islamic State. The ...

Youth radicalisation has become a defining feature of the contemporary terrorism landscape, emerging alongside a broader shift in the nature and geography of violence. While the Global Terrorism Index ...

Economic conflicts now outpace even conventional armed conflict as the greatest short-term risk to world stability. The fresh warning has emerged from the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks ...

The rapid escalation of water risk in Tunisia, exacerbated by ageing infrastructure and prolonged climatic shocks, has heightened the human costs. Since 2019, Tunisia has recorded the steepest rise in ...

Abhisvara Sinha (Rockefeller Foundation) and Sarah Malm (GOGLA) highlight how strategic finance and policy support could make universal energy access a reality by 2030, unlocking economic opportunity, ...