Worry about crime fell 30% in Northern Ireland since 2019, even as hate crime was the only indicator to rise. New Index data explain why.

The first Northern Ireland Peace Index data show violence falling in Northern Ireland but the trust and institutions needed to sustain peace long term remain fragile.

Dr Andrew Thomson and Professor Dominic Bryan of Queen's University Belfast make the case for applying IEP’s Positive Peace framework to measure and guide peacebuilding in Northern Ireland.

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 ...

While terrorist attacks can occur anywhere in the world, these ten countries suffer the most due to their proximity to ongoing conflicts. Conflict continues to be the primary driver of terrorist ...

Gender-based violence is a multifaceted phenomenon in Mexico, representing one of the key challenges to building sustainable peace in the country. The two violent crime sub-indicators of the Mexico ...

While it has consistently been ranked among the ten countries most impacted by terrorism, Pakistan in 2025 topped the Global Terrorism Index 2026 (GTI), overtaking Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso dropped ...

What is the youth bulge? The Ecological Threat Report (ETR) defines the youth bulge as a large increase in the youthful percentage of a population relative to its elder percentage. A larger youth ...

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 ...

A brief look at some of the key findings in the latest Global Terrorism Index 2023 report from the Institute for Economics and Peace. The Global Terrorism Index 2023 report provides a comprehensive ...