Malaysia improves ranking on Global Peace Index
Published on: Thursday, July 25, 2024
By: Jessie Lee
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Malaysia has held a place in the militarisation category since 2022, from top five (2022) to top two (2023) and this year in the 3rd position, according to a report. (Bernama pic)
Kota Kinabalu: Malaysia has secured 10th place in the 18th edition of the Global Peace Index, significantly improving from last year’s 19th position.
Region-wise, Malaysia has moved past Japan which ranked 9th last year whilst Singapore has moved from top 10 to top five. New Zealand remains in 4th position, according to the Global Peace Index report by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
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The state of peace is categorised into three domains: the level of Societal Safety and Security, the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict and the degree of Militarisation.
Malaysia has held a place in the militarisation category since 2022, from top five (2022) to top two (2023) and this year in 3rd position.
Militarisation is described as in ‘the higher the weapons exports, the lower the ranking’, taking the report’s description of Canada’s performance for example.
“The Militarisation domain (of Canada) recorded a slight deterioration, owing to an increase in weapons exports,” the IEP wrote in its 2023 report.
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Higher military spending can also be the cause of a deterioration in the index ranking.
“The main driver of increasing militarisation was rising military spending,” wrote the IEP in the 2024 report.
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Overall, the report said the world has become less stable in the past 17 years with substantial increases in political instability, number of conflicts, deaths from conflicts and violent demonstrations.
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