Armed Conflict , 1989 – 2002
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چکیده
A total of 226 armed conflicts have been recorded for the period 1946–2002.1 During the period 1989–2002, there were 116 armed conflicts in 79 locations around the world (Table I). In 2002, there were 31 conflicts active in 24 places, both figures being lower than in 2001 (Gleditsch et al., 2002). The number of wars decreased significantly from 11 to 5 in 2002. This was due to the fact that the wars in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sri Lanka ended, and that the wars in Algeria, Angola, Russia, Rwanda, and the one involving the USA dropped down below the 1,000 battle-death threshold. There were five wars in 2002: Burundi, Colombia, India (Kashmir), Nepal, and Sudan. One new armed conflict broke out in 2002. In Ivory Coast, three rebel groups © 2003 Journal of Peace Research, vol. 40, no. 5, 2003, pp. 593–607 Sage Publications (London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi) www.sagepublications.com [0022-3433(200309)40:5; 593–607; 035828]
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