Written by Elena Lazarou and Branislav Stanicek.
With war having returned to the European continent, measuring the level of threats to peace, security and democracy around the world – as the ‘Normandy Index’ does – is more important than ever. The annual Index was presented for the first time on the occasion of the Normandy Peace Forum in June 2019, as a result of a partnership between the European Parliament and the Region of Normandy. The Index has been designed and prepared by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), in conjunction with and on the basis of data provided by the Institute for Economics and Peace. This paper sets out the findings of the 2022 exercise, which draws on data compiled in 2021, and explains how the Index can be used to compare peace – defined on the basis of a given country’s performance against a range of predetermined threats – across countries and regions. It is complemented by 60 individual country case studies, derived from the Index.
The paper forms part of the EPRS contribution to the 2022 Normandy World Peace Forum. It is accompanied by two papers, one on the EU’s contribution to peace and security in 2022, and the other on EU peace-building efforts in the Eastern Neighbourhood.
Read the complete study on ‘Mapping threats to peace and democracy worldwide: Normandy Index 2022‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
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