It’s largely proven that our world is in many ways less violent than it has been in all of human history. This gradual pacification is due to several factors — mainly, the evolution of government, human rights, and alternative solutions to world problems. But there is a flip side. Though more nations are embracing democracy and largely respecting other democratic governments, the decline of interstate war post-1947 was accompanied by an increase in bloody civil wars which we are still seeing today, namely in the Middle East. Though governance may be improving with the spread of democracy, a simultaneous improvement of technology and move toward high-tech militarization may have new … Continue reading Jennifer Markert