Wars and other violent conflict

Causes of war:

• Unnatural borders: the borders of many modern nations have been created, not by a long process of societal evolution, but by the decree of conquerors aimed at favoring sycophants and dismembering rivals

Specific conflicts:

• 2003 - present: Iraq war
• 1983 - present: Sri Lankan civil war
• 1949 - present: Tensions between China and Taiwan
• 1947 - present: India and Pakistan fight over Kashmir
• 2007: Chaos in Somalia, again
• 1975 - 1999: Indonesia's genocide of East Timor
• 1996: The Aegean Sea: Tensions between Greece and Turkey
• 1995 - 1996: Chechyna: Russians attack breakaway republic
• 1991-1995: Somalia's civil war
• 1990s: Russian tanks in U.S.?
• 1990s: Bosnia's ethnic conflict
• 1990-1991: Persian Gulf War
• 1989: Tian An Men: China's near revolution
• 1933-1945: World War II
• 1898-1904: Philippine-American War
• Quotes