There are two basic ways to measure whether the world is becoming a less dangerous place: counting the number of deadly quarrels and assessing their degree of lethality. Armed conflict and terrorism in our time hardly begin to approach the carnage of the previous century’s world wars. By 2015 that number had risen to nearly 15,000 attacks and more than 80,000 deaths and injuries. Armed conflict and terrorism in our time hardly begin to approach the carnage of the previous century’s world wars. Before the world wars one would have to look back to the Napoleonic era to find a similar level of military mayhem.

Source: New York Times September 06, 2016 07:18 UTC