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Originally posted by Hakan@Oct 18 2005, 01:27 PM
God bless Hegemonic Stability Theory.
*rolling eyes*
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I have no idea why you made this reply.
Is it a factor? Probably very much so, but the article itself gives most of the credit to the UN...not any Hegomonic state.
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The report's authors calculated that civil and external wars killed about 700,000 combatants and civilians in 1950 but that figure dropped to about 100,000 in 1992 and 20,000 in 2002.
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A very good thing...no?
I guess it's all about perspective, but if the numbers in this story are accurate, then the world as a whole is a better place than ever.