compared to the early years of this decade, the figure has increased by 24%. Six of the conflicts reached the level of war … (more than 1,000 battle-related deaths) in 2009, up by one from 2008. No interstate conflict was recorded, but seven … intrastate conflicts were internationalized, in the sense that one or both of the conflict parties received troops support from …

In 2012, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) recorded 32 armed conflicts with a minimum of 25 battle …-related deaths. This is a significant decrease from the 37 recorded in 2011. Overall, the 2000s has been the least conflict … conflict that caused the highest number of fatalities in 2012 is the Syrian conflict, which led to between 14,830 (low) and 30 …

In 2011, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) recorded 37 armed conflicts with a minimum of 25 battle … violence than conventional armed conflict. The number of active conflicts still remains at a relatively low level compared to …

‘Weapondollar-Petrodollar Coalition’ – but dismiss our ‘precise calibration of the oil/war nexus’ as ‘perfunctory.’ This dismissal … facts is not very different. They freely use (sometimes without understanding) research methods, statistics and data that …

In 2013, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) recorded 33 armed conflicts with a minimum of 25 battle … 1946. For the past ten years the amount of active armed conflict has fluctuated between 31 and 37. Six peace agreements … were signed during the year 2013, two more than in the previous year. For the first time, this article also provides data …

What can be done to reduce the likelihood of future wars? While states’ decisions that bear on war are ultimately made … future wars. This thesis can be broken down into two claims: first, there is a war bias of political leaders; second, people … citizens have substantially divergent interests with respect to policies that risk the outbreak of war. Political leaders may …

What can be done to reduce the likelihood of future wars? While states' decisions that bear on war are ultimately made … future wars. This thesis can be broken down into two claims: first, there is a war bias of political leaders; second, people … citizens have substantially divergent interests with respect to policies that risk the outbreak of war. Political leaders may …