The clean energy shift has made critical minerals strategic assets. The DRC's cobalt wealth now collides with weak governance and foreign competition, deepening existing conflict.

Falling productivity, social fragmentation and eroding government trust are straining Western democracies. IEP's new Positive Peace report offers a blueprint for renewal.

Declining press freedom is one of the clearest early signals a country's structural foundations of peace are eroding, IEP's Positive Peace data shows.

In a world that was not so long ago plagued by the strife of a global pandemic which had many fearing the possibility of never travelling again, we must look at the re-emergence of travel and tourism.

This article covers the Global Peace Index 2024 rankings. For the 2025 peace rankings, see the Global Peace Index map. Produced by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), the GPI is the world’s ...

Mexico has long struggled with organised crime, a complex issue that undermines the stability of its regions and communities. Despite efforts to curb the power of criminal organisations, the problem ...

As demographic transitions accelerate, humanity is entering a period unlike any before. The 2025 Ecological Threat Report examines how changing population dynamics intersect with ecological pressures ...

The Global Peace Index 2025 highlights a set of critical escalation hotspots, regions where conflict risks are accelerating and could evolve into major wars. At the forefront of these escalation ...

Peacefulness improved overall in Mexico in the past few years, however, the country continues to face rising levels of gender-based violence. In 2022, there were 968 reported cases of femicides, a 127 ...

IEP's Moritz Müller-Ibold delves into the organised crime landscape in Mexico, drawing from the latest Mexico Peace Index report. This analysis of Mexico’s organised crime landscape is based on the ...