Search results for War And Armed Conflicts

Wars Impose Lasting Economic Costs, While More Defense Spending Means Hard Choices

WASHINGTON DC, April 16 (IPS) - War is again defining the global landscape. After decades of relative calm following the Cold War, the number of active conflicts has surged in rec...

Is the United States (Still) at War? How Wars Begin and End

Armed conflict is not a matter of political branding, rhetorical convenience, or domestic law positioning. It is a legal status that turns on objective facts. The post Is the Unite...

War With Iran: The Three Fronts Of Modern Warfare Explained

Global Tensions Surge as War Becomes a Permanent Engine of Profit Power and Control in 2026

Global Tensions Surge as War Becomes a Permanent Engine of Profit Power and Control in 2026Milan AdamsIn early 2026, the tone of global reporting has shifted in a way that is diffi...

Is the United States at War with Iraq?

The non-international armed conflict between the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and the United States and Israel has yet to transform into an international armed conflict. The post Is...

A New Era of World War Has Arrived

As the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East drag on, the world war is returning.

Tanzania Warns Against Overgrowing Conflicts, and Armed Violence That Threaten Global Peace, and Economic Stability.

[Daily News] Dodoma -- Tanzania has expressed concern over growing global instability driven by international conflicts, geopolitical rivalry and armed violence, warning that the s...

Sudan: Tragic Toll After Three Years of War - Over 150,000 Dead and 14 Million Displaced

[Agenzia Fides] Khartoum -- Three years have passed since the start of the war in Sudan, and there seems to be no end in sight. The conflict, which broke out on April 16, 2023 (see...

How conflict is costing civilians and the global economy

The ongoing war in the Middle East is not just a conflict between the militaries of two countries; it is a war waged by two or three militaries against hapless civilians. Right fro...

No rules: Where could the next war erupt

How the US attack on Iran is pushing the world towards chaos and new conflictsThe war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran may have paused, but it is far from over...

*WAR FOR SALE: The Politics and Economics Behind Modern Military Interventions*

The misfortune of history is that it is never written by the victim, let alone the defeated. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Middle East and North Africa, where major powers ha...

War is hell, and peace can be bad too

War has dominated human history. The best we can do is to minimize its impact.

Why Indigenous Peacebuilding Matters in Today’s World

WASHINGTON DC, April 24 (IPS) - About 132 wars are happening in the world today, displacing 200 million people. 80 percent of these conflicts are happening in sensitive biodiversi...

War in the Middle East: latest developments

The latest developments in the Middle East war:- 'Critical' stage - Iran's ambassador to Pakistan, which is mediating between Iran and the United States, said Tuesday that efforts...

Popes and wars in the contemporary era

Faced with the destructive power of modern weapons, it is very difficult to speak, as was done in past centuries, of the possibility of a ‘just war.’ As early as 1963, Pope John XX...

War in the Middle East: latest developments

The latest developments in the Middle East war:- Publicly threatened 'war crimes' -Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said that US President Donald Trump's threats to...

Peace Games as a Strategic tool for Sustaining Peace

Peace Games as a Strategic tool for Sustaining Peace rmedley@afsc.org Fri, 05/22/2026 - 14:34 Resource Label or Year 2026 Featured Image...

A declaration of war … and peace

On Feb. 28, the United States, in coordination with Israel, launched a bombing campaign against Iran, kicking off a series of debates about the justification for war. Secretary of...

War and/or Peace

Plus: back to the moon, one year since "Liberation Day," birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, Jonathan lives, and more...

The unseen devastation

Human affliction, financial detriment, and geopolitical turbulence typically dominate assessments of war’s repercussions. Yet, the colossal environmental devastation wrought by con...

The Fighting Never Ends

We look at what happens when countries say they’re going to stop shooting at each other.

Two Weeks in Review: 23 March—3 April 2026

It is a sign of the times—or at least how we think of the times—that nearly all the posts of the last fortnight concern armed conflict. As the Iran war rumbles into its fifth week...

Security on a dying planet: why militarised politics are pushing us to the brink

The world is being led to the edge – not by accident, but by choice. - - The war that the US and Israel launched on&#8239...

Facing the Reality of War with Biblical Truth

War has always been part of the human story—but today’s greatest danger may be our refusal to face that reality.