This article reviews the literature on 'new wars'. It argues that 'new wars' should be
understood not as an empirical category but rather as a way of elucidating the logic of …

This article reviews the existing theoretical arguments and empirical findings linking
renewable and non-renewable natural resources to the onset, intensity, and duration of …

This article reports on trends in organized violence, building on new data from the Uppsala
Conflict Data Program (UCDP). In 2022, fatalities from organized violence increased by a …

Background The Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors study used
the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) to quantify the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk …

that situates current political debates within a deep postcolonial history of biopolitics,
population control, and citizenship policies. Tracing patterns of colonial relations, Sharma …

In 2014, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) recorded 40 armed conflicts with a
minimum of 25 battle-related deaths, up by six from 2013. This is the highest number of …

This article reports on trends in organized violence from data collected by the Uppsala
Conflict Data Program (UCDP). With almost 90,000 deaths recorded by UCDP last year …

Rape is common during wartime, but even within the context of the same war, some armed
groups perpetrate rape on a massive scale while others never do. In Rape during Civil War …

Higher national incomes are correlated with political stability. Is this relationship causal? We
test three theories linking income to conflict with new data on export price shocks. Price …

" Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest
barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being …