Collecting data on conflict resolution trends began in the 1960s with the early empirical research by the Correlates of War Project. 1 However, little international follow up on the study was done until the surprisingly optimistic findings of the Human Security Report appeared in 2005. 2 The study reported a decline in armed conflict and war fatalities, and its findings increased interest in conflict resolution research.   Read more>>

Since the end of the Cold War, rapid progress in commercial technology, along with the War on Terror and international peace enforcing missions, have been driving precision and remote control warfare. But these weapons do not fulfil the promise of ‘bloodless’ war.   Read more>>