Tuesday, May 20, 2008

World 'More Peaceful' In 2008

From The Guardian:

Iceland is the world's most peaceful country, according to an index measuring internal and external turmoil in 140 countries. Only one of the G8 countries, the world's most economically powerful nations, makes it into the top ten of the survey, which is published today.

While Iraq, Somalia and Sudan unsurprisingly take the bottom three places in the index, the survey suggests that the world is a marginally more secure place than it was a year ago. Angola, Indonesia and India are seen as the nations that have made the greatest strides away from conflict in the twelve months since the previous index was published. All three countries have moved up the table.


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The complete rankings list is here.

My Comment: No surprises. I would not have put the U.S. at 97. It is around 20 (in my opinion).

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