May 28, 2005

War on the Decline?

John Tierney has an interesting editorial in the New York Times titled "Give Peace a Chance."

The new edition of "Peace and Conflict," a biennial global survey being published next week by the University of Maryland, shows that the number and intensity of wars and armed conflicts have fallen once again, continuing a steady 15-year decline that has halved the amount of organized violence around the world.

Who knows if the trend will continue (there are reasons to believe it may reverse sometime in the next 10-20 years), but if it does, that would speak volumes for how the growth of wealth, the spread of education and democracy can help reduce armed conflict between nations.

Posted by Tom Nugent at May 28, 2005 01:22 PM
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Not to mention, several countries/"organizations" that might think twice before picking a fight now that they know the U.S. or Russia has committed themselves to getting medieval on a country that steps out of line.

Posted by: Tom at May 28, 2005 02:23 PM
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