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Gun ownership and peacefulness: what the data tell us after Bondi Beach

The terror attack on a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach, inspired by ISIS and carried out by a father and son using legally-owned firearms, has shocked Australians and reopened questions on gun laws, and the wider relationship between gun ownership and peace. 

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Conscription’s Return — Implications for Peace, Militarisation & Social Cohesion

Once treated as a relic of the Cold War, military service is again being revised, expanded or re-imagined in response to a more insecure world since...

Election plans amid Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis and ongoing conflict

The country's first election in nearly five years is scheduled for December 2025 amidst ongoing violence and humanitarian distress.

Collaborative Flourishing: How Positive Peace Principles Drive Business Success

New research by Dr Michael Mascolo demonstrates that the Institute for Economics & Peace's eight pillars of Positive Peace can transform how...

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Conscription’s Return — Implications for Peace, Militarisation & Social Cohesion

Once treated as a relic of the Cold War, military service is again being revised, expanded or...

Ethiopia and Eritrea: Understanding the Risk of Renewed Conflict 

Renewed escalation of tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have revived concerns that an already...

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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Brazil and the Amazon: 50 Years of Shifting Policy and Global Consequence

For the past 50 years, Brazil’s management of the Amazon rainforest has been on a rollercoaster...

Rising Ecological Threats in Northwestern Africa: Tunisia’s Worsening Water Crisis

The rapid escalation of water risk in Tunisia, exacerbated by ageing infrastructure and prolonged...

How India and Pakistan’s co-operation over water has avoided conflict 

India and Pakistan’s shared dependence on the Indus River has, for six decades, been governed by...

Amazon Risks Rising from Ecological Threats

The wider Amazon basin has become increasingly vulnerable to prolonged droughts and large-scale...

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Collaborative Flourishing: How Positive Peace Principles Drive Business Success

New research by Dr Michael Mascolo demonstrates that the Institute for Economics & Peace's eight...

Modelling the Economic Opportunity of Peace
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October 31, 2025

Modelling the Economic Opportunity of Peace

The Institute for Economics & Peace’s Business and Peace Report 2024 models how nations could...

Economic Prosperity, Peace and Business Data in 5 Charts

The relationship between the economic performance of a country and levels of peace can provide...

Growing without prosperity: how Africa can turn a youth boom into wealth

Africa’s growing young population has the potential to transform the continent’s economic...

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