economic impact of violence on the global economy in 2016 was $14.3 trillion, which equals 12.6 percent of the world’s gross domestic product. 3. Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative (a) Initiative established The Secretary of State is authorized to carry out, in cooperation with the appropriate representatives of the Government of India, an initiative to be known as the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative . The initiative shall be comprised of educational, scholarly, and professional exchange programs, including the following: (1) An annual public diplomacy forum for scholars from the United States and India that focuses on the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., which shall— (A) be held alternately in the United States and in India