IntroductionErnesto Guzman Jr/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesLate last month, the government of Colombia and the nation’s largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, reached a tentative deal under which the militants promise to disarm and join the political system. With people celebrating the possible end of this 52-year-old civil war, that has left some 220,000 people dead and more than five million uprooted, is it correct to argue that the world is, on balance, becoming safer?

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