Cold War makes way for world peace

[applegrove]

Cold War makes way for world peace
By Mark Coultan
New York
October 18, 2005


"There are fewer wars than there used to be, and they are becoming less deadly. The casualties from terrorist acts are minimal and don't warrant the current widespread concern, and acts of genocide are becoming less common.

These are the findings from a report into global trends in political violence, written by an Australian, Andrew Mack, who is director of the Vancouver-based Human Security Centre.

The report suggests that the end of the Cold War has brought more benefits than are commonly acknowledged. The number of severe conflicts — those with more than 1000 casualties a year — fell by 80 per cent during the 1990s.

The centre's report, War and Peace in the 21st Century, found that:


.... SNIP"

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