A study ranks the
United States 97th out of 140 countries according to how peaceful they were domestically and how they interacted with the outside world. The
United States was still ahead of foe
Iran which ranked
105th. It, however, lagged
Belarus,
Cuba,
South Korea,
Chile,
Libya and others which were listed as more peaceful.
Israel ranked 136th out of 140 according to the "Global Peace Index".
The index was launched under the auspices of the Institute for Economics and Peace, a new think tank that looks at the relationship between economics, business and peace. The index looks at 24 indicators of external and internal measures of peace, including UN deployments overseas and levels of violent crime, respect for human rights, the number of soldiers killed overseas and arms sales.
The Group of Eight major economic powers were a mixed bag. Japan ranked fifth, Canada 11th, Germany 14th, Italy 28th, France 36th and Britain 49th. Russia was near the bottom at 131st, the only one in the group below the United States.
[Ynet.com Israeli news]
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