Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) Updates

Executive Summary There are growing calls to transform the multilateral system, which is widely seen as being in crisis. Yet solving the crisis of multilateralism requires understanding what that...

Terrorism Spreads as Lone Wolf Attacks Dominate the West LONDON, March 05, 2025 – The number of countries recording a terrorist attack increased from 58 to 66, according to the 12th annual Global...

Executive Summary At COP29, nations will set a new global climate finance target (New Collective Quantified Goal) for the first time in 15 years. This presents a rare opportunity to rethink not just...

Water investment key to averting global conflict surge London, October 30, 2024: Today marks the launch of the 5th edition of the Ecological Threat Report (ETR) from international think-tank, the...

Highest number of countries engaged in conflict since Second World War London, June 11, 2024, Today marks the launch of the 18th edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI) from international think-tank,...

RESUMEN EJECUTIVO Esta es la undécima edición del Índice de Paz México (IPM), elaborado por el Instituto para la Economía y la Paz (IEP). El IPM proporciona una medición integral de la paz en México,...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the 11th edition of the Mexico Peace Index (MPI), produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP). It provides a comprehensive measure of peacefulness in Mexico,...

Executive Summary Peace is more than the absence of violence. Positive Peace describes the attitudes, institutions and structures that create and sustain peaceful societies. It is conceptually...

Terrorism gets worse as global conflicts drive risk of new wave  Deaths caused by terrorism increased by 22% to 8,352, the highest level since 2017. Attacks are more deadly as the number of...

New research reveals education’s potential in reducing violence and advancing peace The Global Partnership for Education (GPE), and the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), have released new...

Conflict risk escalates amid rising food and water scarcity and inflationary pressures London, November 1, 2023: Today marks the annual launch of the Ecological Threat Report, produced by the...

Conflict deaths at highest level this century causing world peacefulness to decline London, June 28, 2023, Today marks the launch of the 17 th edition of the Global Peace Index from international...

Bajan homicidios, pero aumenta polarización, violencia de género y tráfico de fentanilo: Índice de Paz México 2023 De 2019 a 2022, las incautaciones de fentanilo en la frontera entre México y Estados...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the tenth edition of the Mexico Peace Index (MPI), produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). It provides a comprehensive measure of peacefulness in Mexico,...

WHY POSITIVE PEACE IS TRANSFORMATIONAL Positive Peace is a transformational concept because it shifts the focus from the negative to the positive by describing the necessary conditions for peace and...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the tenth edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). This report provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism over the last decade...

Executive summary The Lloyd’s Register Foundation Safety Perceptions Index (SPI) provides a comprehensive assessment of worries and experiences of risk across 121 countries. The SPI is a unique body...

750 million globally now affected by undernourishment, with Russia-Ukraine War and inflationary pressures expected to worsen crisis London, October 19 2022. Today marks the annual launch of the...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll, when combined with associated data from the Gallup World Poll and a number of other sources, reveals a complex and sometimes...

Executive Summary This is the first edition of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Safety Perceptions Index (SPI), produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace using data from the Lloyd’s Register...