Claims

The Institute for Economics and Peace found rising levels of conflict in 13 of the last 15 years, and the number of countries engaged in conflicts outside their borders rose from 58 in 2008 to 91 in 2022.

238,000 humans died in global conflicts in 2023, representing a 96% increase year-over-year, with Ukraine and Ethiopia accounting for the majority of deaths (82,000 in Ukraine and 104,000 in Ethiopia in 2022), making 2022 the deadliest year since the Rwanda genocide in 1994.

The average length of a military conflict since 1816 is 100 days according to research from the University of Chicago and Uppsala University, and if a conflict lasts more than a year, it is likely to enter a multi-year phase lasting as long as 10 years.