Only 10 Countries in the Entire World Are Not Currently at War

[Judi Lynn]

Only 10 Countries in the Entire World Are Not Currently at War
June 9, 2016 | Claire Bernish

(ANTIMEDIA) United States — A troubling report by the Institute for Economics and Peace found a mere ten nations on the planet are not at war and completely free from conflict. According to the Global Peace Index 2016, only Botswana, Chile, Costa Rica, Japan, Mauritius, Panama, Qatar, Switzerland, Uruguay and Vietnam are free from conflict. Iceland tops the list of most peaceful countries in the world, followed by Denmark, Austria, New Zealand, Portugal, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, and Slovenia — while the United States ranked far lower, at 103. Palestine, placed in the index of 163 nations for the first time this year, ranked 148th.

War-torn Syria placed at the bottom of the list, lower than only South Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Central African Republic, Ukraine, Sudan, and Libya.

“The index gauges global peace using three broad themes: the level of safety and security in society; the extent of domestic or international conflict; and the degree of militarisation,” the report states.

Though 81 countries improved their level of peace according to those criteria, those gains were muddied by deteriorating peace in 79 other nations. In the last decade, “the average country score deteriorated by 2.44 per cent with 77 countries improving while 85 countries deteriorated, highlighting the global complexities of peace and its uneven distribution.”

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[JayhawkSD]

1. Wait, what?

"Iceland tops the list of most peaceful countries in the world" but is not one of the ten on the list of "only ten countries are not at currently war."

Who is Iceland at war with, and how can a country be at war and be rated the "most peaceful country in the world?"

[jacksonian]

2. Well, at war by treaty-alliance, most likely NATO

but not currently militarized nor geared to be - that would be how that finding happens.

Well, you asked.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. International conflict is one aspect of the index, but there's also internal safety

The report is here: http://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/GPI%202016%20Report_2.pdf

the methodology is explained from p/101 onwards.