"The 2025-2026 Secretary‑General selection process is more than a procedural milestone. It is a moment of reflection and an opportunity to renew...
Youth radicalisation is becoming a defining feature of the extremist landscape, with the emergence of a new and highly networked form of violence...
Global Terrorism Index
April 2, 2026
Jihadist Expansion in the Sahel and Threats to Coastal West Africa
Jihadist violence in the Sahel has expanded significantly in recent years, driven by a combination of political upheaval, ineffective security...
EVENTS
Global Solutions Summit 2026
1 June 2026 | Summit
Sustaining Peace through the Tolerance, Peace and Security (TPS) Agenda
22 May 2026 | Forum
The Iran War and the Global Terrorism Threat
An assessment of the escalating conflict, its impact on Iranian proxy organisations, the threat of terrorism within Western nations, and the broader implications for Middle Eastern and global security.
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Conflict, Global Terrorism Index, Technology, Terrorism, Violence
April 22, 2026
How AI is rewriting the rules of modern warfare
Global Terrorism Index
Jihadist Expansion in the Sahel and Threats to Coastal West Africa
April 2, 2026
Global Terrorism Index
Understanding Misinformation After a Terrorist Attack in the wake of Bondi Beach
March 26, 2026
DEVELOPMENT
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CONFLICT
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While advancing a “maximum lethality” doctrine in its war with Iran, the US is simultaneously...
The terrorist threat to Western nations, following the February 28 strikes that killed...
Conflict
December 10, 2025
Conscription’s Return — Implications for Peace, Militarisation & Social Cohesion
Once treated as a relic of the Cold War, military service is again being revised, expanded or...
Renewed escalation of tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have revived concerns that an already...
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Analysis
February 25, 2026
‘El Mencho’ Is Dead. Mexico’s Fragile Peace Now Faces Its Biggest Test in Years
ECONOMICS
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Japan and Germany, both shaped by the legacy of the Second World War and long defined by restraint...
Ecological Threats
January 21, 2026
Why political, social and ecological risks are amplifying global conflict
Economic conflicts now outpace even conventional armed conflict as the greatest short-term risk to...
Business
November 18, 2025
Collaborative Flourishing: How Positive Peace Principles Drive Business Success
New research by Dr Michael Mascolo demonstrates that the Institute for Economics & Peace's eight...
The Institute for Economics & Peace’s Business and Peace Report 2024 models how nations could...
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