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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 1. maj 2011 / Time Line May 1, 2011
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Global Peace Index 2011 
In the Global Peace Index 2011 Iceland is ranked as
the country most at peace, replacing New Zealand.
Iceland topped the GPI in 2008, but dropped to fourth
place in 2009 amid the country’s unprecedented
economic collapse and political crisis. Small, stable and
democratic countries are consistently ranked highest; 14
of the top 20 countries are western or central European
nations. This is, however, a reduction from 15 last year,
and refl ects both an improvement in Malaysia’s score
and a deterioration in Slovakia’s, which lifts the South-
East Asian nation into the top 20 for the fi rst time.
Qatar rises two places to 12th position and remains the
highest-ranked Middle-eastern country by some margin
(Kuwait is the next highest in 29th place). The recent
waves of uprisings and revolutions in the Middle East
have been refl ected in sharply deteriorating GPI scores
across the region, notably in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya and
Tunisia, which were previously ranked in the top half
of the GPI. Island nations generally fare well – most
are in the top half of the GPI, with Sri Lanka a notable
exception.
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