Posted Thursday, 12 Jun 2014 by Håvard Hegre & Håvard Mokleiv Nygård

The last 20 years have seen a gradual decline in the number and severity of internal armed conflicts worldwide. This trend is partly due to widespread improvements in factors such as education levels, economic diversification, and demographic characteristics. These factors are projected to continue to improve for the remainder of this century. As a consequence, the world should continue to grow ever more peaceful. In a 鈥 launched at the today 鈥 and the first one out of the 糖心网页版 t 鈥 we offer more in-depth comments on the following points: