Why Are There So Many Wars at the Moment?

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Wars have dominated the news cycle in 2023, and reports are suggesting that this year has seen the most regional conflicts for decades. So why is this happening? What are the factors that are instigating these conflicts? And how might this change in 2024?

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1 - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-10/it-s-not-just-ukraine-and-gaza-war-is-on-the-rise-everywhere?leadSource=uverify%20wall
2 - https://www.iiss.org/en/publications/armed-conflict-survey/2023/from-global-jihad-to-local-insurgencies/
3 - https://www.rescue.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/WatchlistProject_Report_Final.pdf
4 - https://geneva-academy.ch/galleries/today-s-armed-conflicts
5 - https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/how-the-global-rise-of-authoritarianism-is-misunderstood-and-why-it-matters
6 - https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/latin-america-wrestles-new-crime-wave
7 - https://page.globalinitiative.net/ocindex-2023-press-kit/
8 - https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15516.doc.htm
9 - https://www.visionofhumanity.org/conflict-risk-escalates-amid-rising-food-and-water-scarcity-and-inflationary-pressures/
10 - https://www.reuters.com/world/humanitarian-crises-will-worsen-2024-international-rescue-committee-2023-12-14/
11 - https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-humanitarian-overview-2024-un-launches-46-billion-appeal-2024-global-humanitarian-outlook-remains-bleak-enar

00:00 Introduction
00:57 Context
01:33 Territorial Disputes
03:31 Authoritarianism
04:55 Organised Crime
06:03 Armed Non-State Groups
07:03 Climate Change
08:34 2024: What Next?
10:21 Brilliant

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