Civil wars are becoming more complex, but haven't always been fought over a number of competing issues? Yes, but what you're seeing is an increase in the number of different belligerent groups. This means that it's much harder to find peace because any peace deal that doesn't satisfy all those different groups might go back to fighting again. "There's a lot of cross-border contagion going on here," he says.
Climate change is stirring up internecine conflicts, criminality is making them longer, and cross-border contagion is complicating matters further. We explain why civil wars are so hard to resolve. Japanese carmakers’ dominance of the automobile industry could be at risk if they don’t catch up in the race for EVs. And, a tribute to musician and civil-rights campaigner, Harry Belafonte.
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