Kosovo ranks as country with most endangered peace in region

On Global Peace Index, most countries reportedly have gone back in terms of peace assessments. Kosovo is the most endangered country in the region. Conflicts and wars cost about 15 billion dollars a year.

The world has become an even more dangerous place in the past year, says the Global Peace Report (Global Peace Index).

The US Institute for Economy and Peace in Sidney has published its 12th consecutive report, which says the peace situation has deteriorated over the past year to 92 countries in the world, while 71 is the best.

This means that the negative trend of worsening the situation is going on for four years.

Kosovo is according to this index, the most endangered country in the Western Balkan region. It ranks 92nd from all surveyed countries. Albania ranks 52nd, while Serbia ranks 54th. Slovenia (11) and Croatia (27) are best ranked among Balkan countries. Montenegro is 58th, Macedonia 87th and Bosnia and Herzegovina 89th. Seen by this survey, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina are the countries with the lowest level of stable peace in the region, which is not surprising much when national and territorial strains are seen in these countries.

The ranking of countries is said to be based on some actors, such as the number of conflicts in one country, the number of people killed, the ratios with neighbouring countries, the level of crime in society, the number of refugees, the possibility of outbreaks of conflict and violent demons, military spending, the possibility of gun possession... looked at by these parameters, the US is in 121, and Russia 154.

From Iceland to Syria

Steve Killlea, founder and chairman of the Institute, says Deutsche Welle that the deterioration of the situation in the past ten years has to do with planting the first number of wars in the Middle East. In the last place on this list is Syria, while a little higher are Afghanistan, South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Libya.

In the ten countries with the highest level of peace are Iceland, New Zealand, Portugal, Denmark. Canada, Chekhia, Singapore, Japan, and Ireland. The greatest improvement in the situation over the past year has been reached by several countries in Africa, such as Gambia, Liberia, Burundi, and Senegal. DW negotiators say the situation in Europe is calm, but the situation has deteriorated to 23 of the 36 countries measured in this report. A better news for peace is that 104 world nations have reduced military data, while 115 have reduced the number of soldiers.

Costs

The annual report first mentions the notion “positive path”, where peace is measured not only by the level of conflict, but by social structures and their development. The Institute estimates that the cost of wars, conflicts, and other problems is too big. If the world's population number is taken as a base (7,627,317,138), it means that 15.254,634,276,000 has been spent over the past year.