Halfway through 2025, peace is becoming more endangered around the world

Halfway through 2025, peace is becoming more endangered around the world

This week, military conflict erupted along the Thai-Cambodian border, where a longstanding dispute over the ownership of an ancient temple has spiraled into violence and loss of life. Next door, Myanmar’s civil war continues to rage. Genocide and ethnic cleansing persist in Palestine, as the perpetrator—Israel—threatens Syria and Iran with more war. In the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, death and destruction unfold in a conflict largely i…