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Libya’s Peace Paradox: Less Violence, More Fragility

After nearly a decade of civil war, Libya in the past few years has substantially reduced its levels of open conflict. However, this relative peace belies its extreme social fragility and fractured military and political landscape, which leaves it at heightened risk of renewed conflict.

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GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2025

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How peacekeeping success is still delivering for Namibia  

As global conflict intensifies to levels unseen since World War II, several countries that have resisted the rising violence trend are those where...

Peace Starts With Us: inspiring stories of grassroots action 

While nations focus on spending on defence, a network of quiet changemakers is growing, people at the grassroots who refuse to accept conflict as...

Why Conflicts Escalate
Global Peace Index
July 7, 2025

Why Conflicts Escalate

Nine factors are of critical importance in transforming simmering hostilities into full-scale conflicts.

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Technology and modern warfare: How drones and AI are transforming conflict

The world has entered a new era where inexpensive, commercially available tools can undermine even...

Escalation hotspots: Where conflict risks are rising most rapidly

The Global Peace Index 2025 highlights a set of critical escalation hotspots, regions where...

The world’s dependency on Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is increasing 

Despite its relatively small footprint in global trade, Taiwan holds an outsized role in the...

Russia’s War Economy: Growth Built on Unsustainable Foundations 

Russia’s recent economic performance appears deceptively strong, however core indicators point to...

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