A More Peaceful World?: Regional Conflict Trends and U.S. Defense Planning

By Jennifer Kavanagh, Stephen Watts, Bryan Frederick

This report analyzes trends in violent conflict and their implications for defense planning. It presents models that estimate the incidence of violent conflict both within and between countries and projects conflict trends to 2040 under different scenarios. The report concludes that conflict is likely to gradually decline in most regions in most plausible futures, while highlighting early warning indicators of potential increases in conflict.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833095536
• ISBN13: 9780833095534
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 298 Pages