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Development and Inequality

The Peace That Never Came – Part 3: The Human Cost Index — When Body Counts Lie

·1640 words·8 mins
History and Critical Analysis Armed Conflict Conflict Data Human Cost Index Geopolitical Violence War and Peace Historical Case Studies Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Development and Inequality
On January 5, 2025, the Lancet estimated that 75,200 people had been violently killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The UCDP ranked that conflict eighth in its 2024 deadliest table. Both numbers are correct. The problem is what they hide.

The Peace That Never Came – Part 2: What 25 Years of Data Actually Show

·1508 words·8 mins
History and Critical Analysis Armed Conflict Conflict Data Human Cost Index Geopolitical Violence War and Peace Historical Case Studies Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Development and Inequality
UCDP v25.1 covers armed conflict through 2024. Supplemented with verified data from 2025 and 2026, it tells a story the optimists of 2002 did not foresee: the S-curve has reversed, and the mechanisms they trusted have proven insufficient.

The Peace That Never Came – Part 1: When the Data Said the Killing Would Stop

·1707 words·9 mins
History and Critical Analysis Armed Conflict Conflict Data Human Cost Index Geopolitical Violence War and Peace Historical Case Studies Military and Logistics Policy and Critique Development and Inequality
In 2002, the most comprehensive armed conflict dataset ever built said war was in decline. SIPRI agreed. The UN agreed. The evidence was genuinely compelling — which is what makes what came next so important to understand.