Page 18 - Annonce No 1

War and Peace

In these past couple of months, world tensions
seem to be at an all-time high. With terrorism
that rages on many places, we seem to be
living in terrible times. Right?

In today’s world it is easy to lose hope in
humanity and only focus on the bad things. As
mainstream and social media influences our
way of thinking we lose the ability to research
and gather information on our own. Contrary
to what the media wants you to believe world
is increasingly becoming a better place day by
day.

In 1989 the term “long peace” was coined by
John Gaddis to identify the absence of conflict
between the nuclear powers during the Cold
War. 30 plus years later the term is still in
use despite the shift in its meaning. European
countries have not fought each other except
for a 10 day war between in 1956. The largest
44 economies in the world have not fought
each other since the Second World War. Such
a period of peace between the great powers
hasn’t been seen since the Roman Empire. Peace is a hard thing to measure but
contrary to what the media says, we live in an

Peace can be a strong word for some. Wars unprecedented time of peace and to further
occurred after the Second World War. But the improve it, we first have to appreciate it.
reasons for wars have changed. Most wars
after the WWII has been either colonial wars
which we do not see anymore, interstate wars
that occurs between small countries or civil
wars with or without foreign intervention. But
these wars when compared to the past are
very minor and short lasting.

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