{"id":166464,"date":"2018-06-07T01:11:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T05:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=166464"},"modified":"2018-06-07T01:14:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T05:14:22","slug":"ph-less-peaceful-in-2018-intl-think-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/07\/ph-less-peaceful-in-2018-intl-think-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"PH less peaceful in 2018 \u2014 int\u2019l think-tank"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year\u2019s GPI noted that the Philippines \u201cshowed very slight improvements\u201d in peacefulness, similar to its neighbouring Asia-Pacific countries like North Korea, Thailand, China, and Vietnam. (Photo by View Apart \/ Shutterstock.com shows children playing on the streets of Intramuros district in Manila, Philippines)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 In a world where peacefulness has been consecutively deteriorating in the past four years, the Philippines this year scored \u2018low\u2019 in an index of the global state of peace.<\/p>\n

The Philippines, with a score of 2, 512, ranked 137th among the 163 countries in global peacefulness, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI) \u2014 an annual report that measures the degree of peacefulness of independent states and territories.<\/p>\n

The country dropped one place from last year.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s GPI noted that the Philippines \u201cshowed very slight improvements\u201d in peacefulness, similar to its neighbouring Asia-Pacific countries like North Korea, Thailand, China, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n

The GPI linked the Philippines\u2019s score drop to \u201cpolitical terror.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Philippines suffered particularly badly as President Duterte continued his assault on alleged drug dealers and from the five-month battle between government forces and Islamic militants who took over the city of Marawi, resulting in almost 1,200 militants, government forces and civilians killed,\u201d the report read.<\/p>\n

The country, however, contributed to the improvement of the \u2018internal and external conflicts fought and relations with neighbouring countries\u2019 in the Asia-Pacific region for calming tensions \u201cin the South China Sea after President Duterte of the Philippines reached an understanding with China.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GPI used three thematic domains to measure the state of peace: the level of Societal Safety and Security; the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict; and the degree of Militarisation, where the Philippines scored 3.131, 2.408, and 1.674, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocietal safety and security refer to internal aspects of violence, such as homicide, incarceration or availability of small arms, while ongoing conflict and militarisation capture the extent of current violent conflicts and each country\u2019s military capacity,\u201d the GPI 2018 read.<\/p>\n

In terms of \u2018Societal Safety and Security,\u2019 Iceland was ranked the most peaceful with a score of 1.168 while Afghanistan was least peaceful at 4.225. The Nordic country also topped the index of \u2018Militarisation,\u2019 making it the most peaceful with a score of 1.048. Israel, on the other hand, was the least peaceful and received a score of 3.910. Botswana was declared most peaceful in terms of \u2018Ongoing domestic and international conflict\u2019 as it received a score of 1.000 while Syria is the least peaceful with a score of 3.828.<\/p>\n

Overall, Iceland maintained its spot on the top of the index with a score of 1.096. It has remained the most peaceful nation in the world since 2008. Syria, on the other hand, received a score of 3.6 and was tagged as the least peaceful country. It has held this position for the past five years.<\/p>\n

The study also found \u201cthat global peacefulness has deteriorated by 2.38 per cent since 2008, with 85 GPI countries recording a deterioration, while 75 improved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe index has deteriorated for eight of the last eleven years, with the last improvement in peacefulness occurring in 2014,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The GPI 2018 was published by Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), \u201can independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank\u201d that develops \u201cnew conceptual frameworks to define peacefulness; providing metrics for measuring peace; and uncovering the relationships between business, peace and prosperity as well as promoting a better understanding of the cultural, economic and political factors that create peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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