Conflict and War

Conflict and War | Political and Geopolitical Risk

Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance: What the Casualty Records Show
BySeung Hyoun Kim September 21, 2026October 2, 2026

A household survey in one Vietnamese province found that only 4.3 per cent of 7,030 war-debris casualties came from landmines. What the casualty records show about explosive remnants of war, who dies, and the prevention programme nobody could measure.

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Conflict and War | Political and Geopolitical Risk

War’s Civilian Deaths Are Mostly Not Caused by Weapons. Of 29 Million Attributed to Wars Since 1990, 21 Million Were Infection, Childbirth and Hunger.
BySeung Hyoun Kim September 10, 2026October 2, 2026

Key takeaways · 12 min read In the largest global analysis, wars between 1990 and 2017 were associated with 29.4 million excess civilian deaths after battle deaths had been removed from the data. 21.0 million of those were communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional; 6.0 million were non-communicable disease; 2.4 million were injuries other than combat,…

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