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.

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.

In the industrial race behind an increasingly automated battlefield, China is well ahead of the US, while investment in AI applications built for peace is well behind. If most of the fighting in a ...

For the last two decades, Iceland has been the most peaceful country on earth underpinned by the absence of a standing military, very low crime rates, and strong social cohesion. Following Iceland at ...

Global peacefulness deteriorated for the 12th consecutive year, with the number of active, state-based conflicts reaching 61. This is the highest number since the end of the Second World War. Produced ...

Peace in Mexico improved by 5.1 per cent in 2025, the largest single-year gain ever, while the number of recorded homicides fell by approximately 7,000 compared to 2024. Mexico has recorded its ...

While advancing a “maximum lethality” doctrine in its war with Iran, the US is simultaneously testing a large-scale AI-driven military system—offering a glimpse into the future of warfare. The 2026 ...

Youth radicalisation is becoming a defining feature of the extremist landscape, with the emergence of a new and highly networked form of violence described as nihilistic violent extremism, writes ...

The terrorist threat to Western nations, following the February 28 strikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, setting off the 2026 Iran War, is significant and multifaceted. The US Department of ...

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 ...

The distribution of terrorism is not only geographically concentrated, it is also highly concentrated among a small number of terror groups, led by Islamic State. The ...