Global Civil Unrest Index Hits All-Time High

Iraqis demonstrate against the rising price of basic food items. (AFP)  

Business Insider: Risk of civil unrest surging in more than half of the world's countries, analysis says 

* The world is bound for more disruption and unrest in the next six months, an intelligence firm said.

* Its analysis said the risk of civil unrest has increased in 101 of the 198 countries it tracked. 

* It cited inflation and the energy and food crises linked to the war in Ukraine as key factors. 

The risk of civil unrest has surged this year in more than half of the world's countries, signaling a coming period of heightened global instability fueled by inflation, war, and shortages of essentials, a new analysis says. 

According to Verisk Maplecroft, a UK-based risk consulting and intelligence firm, 101 of the 198 countries tracked on its Civil Unrest Index saw an increase in their risk of civil unrest between the second and third quarters of this year. The firm wrote in its Thursday report that only 42 countries saw a decrease in such risk. 

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WNU Editor: The report is here .... 101 countries witness rise in civil unrest in last quarter. 

Global Civil Unrest Index Hits All-Time High  

Inflation and War Are Stoking Civil Unrest Across Globe, Research Shows -- Bloomberg  

‘Powder kegs waiting for a spark’: rising costs threaten global unrest, say risk analysts -- The Guardian  

"Worst Has Yet To Come": Civil Unrest Set To Surge Worldwide As Socioeconomic Pressure Builds, Report Warns -- Zero Hedge  

War, Inflation are Stoking Civil unrest Across the World, Research Shows -- Arab Observer  

Europeans worry cost of living crisis will cause social unrest: survey Access to the comments -- Euronews

Cost of living crisis in Middle East likely to mean further 'repression' -- Middle East eye