It is hard to appreciate at a time of war in Iraq, genocide in Sudan, terrorism in Russia and other places, and the endless cycle of violence in Israel, but there is actually less warfare in the developing world now than at the end of the 20th century. Two forthcoming reports from groups that track such things, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Project Ploughshares in Canada, indicate a steady decline over the past 10 years in the number of wars... (GunPolicy.org)