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The Economist: Which countries are most likely to fight wars?
Democracy and peace are linked, but the relationship is complex
WHEN THE first world war ended on November 11th 1918, David Lloyd George, Britain’s prime minister, told Parliament: “I hope we may say that thus, this fateful morning, came to an end all wars.” History proved him wrong. But 100 years on, the world is far more peaceful. Fewer than one in 100,000 people have died in combat per year since 2000—one-sixth the rate between 1950 and 2000, and one-fiftieth of that between 1900 and 1950. Why?
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WNU Editor: If anyone can learn anything from history .... it is that war has been a part of the human condition since the beginning. It is nature.
