UAE Witnesses The Most Significant Improvement In Global Peace Ranking

There are 56 conflicts globally, the most since World War II, as per the study.

The UAE has witnessed the most significant improvement in peace worldwide, moving up to 31 places per Tuesday's 18th edition of the Global Peace Index GPI. "Since 2021, the UAE has improved more places than any other country, improving by 31 places to be ranked 53rd in 2024. The UAE improved its diplomatic relations and commercial ties with Iran and Turkiye and has strengthened diplomatic relations more broadly across the region and into South Asia," said Steve Killelea, the report's author and a foreign policy analyst.

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), an international think tank, publishes the report. The UAE also saw improvements across all three GPU domains—militarization, ongoing conflict, and safety and security. Its overall score improved by about nine per cent, with enhancements on ten indicators, deteriorations on 2, and no change on 11. "Internally, the UAE has shallow perceptions of criminality, and both its political terror scale score and terrorism impact improved over the past year," said Killelea.

The Global Peace Index report said that the highest jump in the UAE's ranking was seen in the ongoing conflict domain, driven by improvements in deaths from internal conflict and neighbouring countries' relations. The UAE has recently made considerable strides in improving relations with key regional rivals. It has increased diplomatic and commercial links with Iran and Turkiye and used its financial strength to improve relations across the broader region, East Africa, and South Asia," it said.

There was also an improvement in the safety and security domain as both the terrorism impact and political terror scale scores improved. The Gulf country also recorded a significant improvement in the militarisation domain. The study noted that the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other middle powers are more actively engaging in global affairs.

Israel -Palestine conflict

Due to the Gaza war, Israel's ranking fell to a time low of 155th, the most significant deterioration in peacefulness in 2024.

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