ITEMS OF INTEREST January 16, 2006 ISSUE

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Patrick Dunn

"CONFOUNDING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, a major new report reveals that all forms of political violence, except international terrorism, have declined worldwide since the early 1990s.

"Supported by five governments, published by Oxford University Press and released [October 17], the Human Security Report is the most comprehensive annual survey of trends in warfare, genocide, and human rights abuses. The Report, which was produced by the Human Security Centre at the University of British Columbia, shows how, after nearly five decades of inexorable increase, the number of genocides and violent conflicts dropped rapidly in the wake of the Cold War....

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