The Jungle Gows Back

The world has been largely at peace in terms of great power conflict. But as people become more educated and affluent, there are better complic resolution mechanisms which might make us believe that we are gradually progressing towards greater human sociability and peace. I would suggest that probably it's really what happened in terms of the power relationships in the world, and what had happened as a result of world war too. And so this gets to the brilliant title of your last book, the jungle gows back. You'vealways had a way with words. What does it mean for the jungle to grow back? And is the one you crane an obvious example of he jungle growing back?"

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