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Libya’s Peace Paradox: Less Violence, More Fragility 

Since 2020, Libya has recorded the largest improvements in the Global Peace Index. However, ongoing challenges, fragmented governance, foreign...

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...

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.

ECONOMISTS ON PEACE

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Will Kim Jong Un risk a war?
Economists on Peace
March 5, 2024

Will Kim Jong Un risk a war?

Conflict

In Search of an Exit Strategy

September 8, 2023

Economists on Peace

Experience of Conflict and Prosocial Behaviours

April 4, 2023

Economists on Peace

Embargoes on small arms work, but more can be done

April 3, 2023

The price for thirst
Climate, Ecological Threat Report, Ecological Threats, Editorial, Peace
December 5, 2024

The price for thirst