Global Terrorism Index 2026 | UPSC GS-3 | UPSCPDF
UPSCPDF Editorial Analysis: Global Terrorism Index 2026 — 28% fewer deaths but 70% in five states, borderland and lone-wolf surge. GS-2/GS-3 guide with MCQs.
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Fewer deaths, but deadlier and more concentrated — decoding the GTI 2026 paradox: geographic compression in five states, a borderland surge, the rise of the lone actor, and what a statistical lull means for India's security doctrine. The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2026, published by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), records a 28% fall in terrorism deaths to 5,582 and a 22% drop in attacks to 2,944 in 2025 — the lowest figures since 2007. Improvement was broad-based: 81 countries got safer and only 19 deteriorated, the fewest deteriorations in the Index's history. An editorial analysis of the report cautions that this statistical comfort masks a dangerous structural shift. Nearly 70% of deaths are compressed into five countries — Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Niger and the DR Congo — while lethality actually rose to 14.3 deaths per incident: fewer but deadlier strikes. For the first time in the Index's history, Pakistan ranks as the country most impacted by ter
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