Global Peace Index 2021 launches to extensive media coverage

The Global Peace Index launched yesterday to extensive press coverage, an in-depth article from the UK’s The Telegraph and broadcast interviews with CNN, Al Jazeera, and Channel News Asia. 

Now in its fourteenth year, this year’s Global Peace Index finds that the average level of global peacefulness deteriorated for the ninth time in twelve years in 2020. Overall, 87 countries improved in peacefulness, whilst 73 deteriorated.

• The Telegraph (UK) – World sees more than 5,000 violent demonstrations linked to pandemic
• Al Jazeera (Qatar) – Coronavirus causes global rise in civil unrest: Report
• The National (UAE) – Protests against Covid-19 made the world more dangerous, report claims
• Agencia EFE (Spain) – Covid-19 has had ‘significant impact’ on world peace: report
• El Confidencial Digital (Spain) – RELEASE: The world is less peaceful as civil unrest and political instability increase (2)
• Business Insider (US) – World less peaceful as civil unrest and political instability increases due to COVID-19 pandemic, reveals IEP
• Zeit Online (Germany) – More unrest and militarization in the pandemic year
• Der Standard (Austria) – These are the ten most peaceful countries in the world
• G1 (Brazil) – Organized crime keeps Brazil in a bad position in the ranking that measures peace in the world; political instability is a global concern
• TASS (Russia) – The index of peacefulness of Belarus showed a record decline
• Nippon (Japan) – Japan Comes 12th in 2021 Global Peace Rankings