Global Peace Index

considered ‘peaceful’. In recent years, the deterioration of global peace has become obvious with 2015 being a bad year for international peace and security. According to the latest Global Peace Index report, in 2015, the world experienced the highest number of global battle deaths for 25 years, frequently high terrorism levels and the highest number of refugees and displaced people since World War II. Fighting wars (in order to gain peace) has a substantial affect on the world and especially those

tackle the drug war problem, the Mexican government’s expenditure on military, domestic security, and the justice system has steadily increased from $13 billion in 2003 to $32 billion in 2015 (Mexico Institute). Although Mexico’s priority is to promote peace and ensure security for its citizens, civilians are frustrated by the fact that the Mexican Drug War, showing no sign of improvement, has brought

A nation is defined not just by geographic borders, it is defined by its citizens. Citizens are shaped by the goods and services that are available to them. Any governmental service costs money; therefore a nation’s economy - and the spending of that money - works to shape the sociological core of that nation. But how should that money be spent? One can argue that education spending is important to a nation’s well-being. During the 19th century US President James Garfield commented that “next in

Global Hunger is the most prevalent issue in the modern world. In much of Asia, Africa and other parts of the developing world, people are malnourished and do not have access to sufficient food. Hunger levels in third-world countries has decreased, however in war affected countries such as Iraq, hunger has increased severely. Malnourishment affects the body all through a person’s life, from the moment they are born to when they are elderly, if they survive that long. Life long hunger can increase

Introduction “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty,” - Mother Teresa When body does not get right amount of nutrients, condition arises called malnutrition. Malnutrition itself is a broad term. According to World Health Organization, Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients. It covers 2 broad groups of conditions :- ‘Under nutrition’—which includes stunting i:e low height for age, Wasting

World Hunger Imagine not being able to reach into your refrigerator and pull out a snack. Think about those mornings when you forget to eat breakfast and your stomach is growling the whole morning. Now imagine not being able to suppress that feeling. Imagine feeling that hunger day after day. This is reality for almost a sixth of the world’s population. Is there any good news? Yes there is. There are many ways for us to reduce world hunger. This essay will look at the causes of world hunger

National Profile Despite its action of the past and it apparition on the World War II, Japan nowadays represents one of the most powerful countries in the world, and it is a clear representation of redeemed and proof that the choice of accurate decision could empower a State. Even though it is a small country, Japan is comprehensibly a demonstration that a big territory is not meaning of power, and that in fact, it has more influence in the world than most of the biggest countries. Why is it a

Despite its action of the past and it apparition on the World War II, Japan nowadays represents one of the most powerful countries in the world, and it is a clear representation of redeemed and proof that the choice of accurate decision could empower a State. Even though it is a small country, Japan is comprehensibly a demonstration that a big territory is not a meaning of power, and that in fact, it has more influence in the world than most of the bigger countries. Why is it a powerful country?

definition for the word peace is known as “Absence of violence”, Little did I know before reading how much more actually went into this. In chapter 4 I learned so much about peace around the world but mainly in the united states. I was very shocked to see that the United states was ranked 82nd on the Global peace index. I knew that the United states wasn't very safe but I didn't know compared to a lot of places around the worlds were on the more dangerous side of the spectrum. Peace has never really been

of political, socio-economic and environmental factors. For this ranking, New York serves as the base city and all other cities are ranked relatively Table ‎1 3 shows the categories and criteria that Mercer quantifies for each city. (Khalil, 2012) Index Criteria Political and social environment Relationship with other countries Internal stability Crime Law enforcement Ease of entry and exit Economic environment Currency exchange Regulations Banking services Socio-cultural environment Limitation on