2009 Report in the News
Part II: The Shrinking Costs of War
The Christian Science Monitor, the Globe and Mail, Agence-France Presse, and De Redactie are just some of the prominent media outlets that have reported on the “Shrinking Costs of War”.
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Axe, David. "War is Boring: DRC Death Toll Debate Raises Questions." World Politics Review, 3 March 2010.
York, Geoffrey. "Study of War's Human Cost Sparks a Conflict of Its Own." The Globe and Mail, 9 February 2010.
Lauria, Joe. "Breastfeeding During War Helps Lower Infant Mortality." Women's E-News, 4 February 2010.
Sharma, Betwa. "Good Health May Make Modern Wars Less Deadly." Huffington Post, 26 January 2010.
Barnett, Thomas P.M. "The New Rules: The Fallacy of an Increasingly Dangerous World." World Politics Review, 25 January 2010.
Moore, Jina. "New Study Argues War Deaths Are Often Overestimated." Christian Science Monitor, 22 January 2010.
Nienaber, Georgianne. "Data Bombshell Crushes Congolese Death Reports." Huffington Post, 22 January 2010.
Butty, James. "A New Study Finds Death Toll in Congo War too High." Voice of America News, 21 January 2010.
Mottram, Linda. "Research Shows Deaths From War Falling Rapidly." Radio Australia, 21 January 2010.
Agence-France Presse. "Researchers Dispute DR Congo War Death Toll." 20 January 2010.
Also published by additional media outlets, including:
BBC News. "DR Congo War Deaths 'Exaggerated'." 20 January 2010.
Earth Times. "Study Rejects Claim of 5.4 Million Deaths in Congo's Wars." 20 January 2010.
Giles, Jim. "Death Tolls May Loom Too Large in the Fog of War." New Scientist, 20 January 2010.
Jones, Deborah. "Death Rates Dropping in Wartime in Most Countries: Study." Agence-France Presse, 20 January 2010.
Also published by additional media outlets, including:
Lynch, Colum. "The Battle Over the Cost of War." Foreign Policy, 20 January 2010.
Spielmann, Peter James. "Review of Congo War Halves Death Toll." Associated Press, published in Taiwan News, 20 January 2010.
Also published by additional media outlets, including:
- Forbes, 20 January 2010.
- New York Times, 22 January 2010.
- New Zealand Herald, 22 January 2010.
- Sify News (India), 20 January 2010.
- Sydney Daily Telegraph, 21 January 2010.
- Washington Post, 20 January 2010.
United Nations. "Press Conference to Launch Report on 'Shrinking Costs of War'." 20 January 2010.
VOA News. "Report: Congo Death Toll Lower Than Estimated." 20 January 2010.
Also published by additional media outlets, including:
Worsnip, Patrick. "Wars Less Deadly Than They Used To Be, Report Says." Reuters, 20 January 2010.
Also published by additional media outlets, including:
- EuroNews, 20 January 2010.
- National Post (Canada), 20 January 2010.
Politiken.dk. "Færre bliver dræbt i krig." 21 January 2010.
De Redactie. "Minder slachtoffers bij het conflict in Congo." 20 January 2010.
Agence-France Presse. "Le bilan de la guerre en RDCongo serait inférieur aux estimations (étude)." 20 January 2010.
Le Figaro. "Pays en guerre : mortalité en baisse." 20 January 2010.
Worsnip, Patrick. "Guerre meno mortali che nel passato, dice rapporto." Reuters Italy, 21 January 2010.
Visao. Congo: Novo estudo contesta número de mortos na sequência do conflito." 20 January 2010.
Agencia EFE. "Un informe afirma que es errónea la percepción de que las guerras ahora son peores." 20 January 2010.
El Mercurio. "Estudio de la ONU revela que cada día muere menos gente en la guerra." 20 January 2010.
Texas in Africa. "The Data Dilemma." Texas in Africa, 9 March 2010.
Bohannon, John and John Travis. "How Many Have Died Due to Congo's Fighting? Scientists Battle Over How to Estimate War-Related Deaths." Science Insider, 21 January 2010.
Reuters: Africa News Blog. "The Unnumbered Dead." 21 January 2010.
Schabas, William A. "The Shrinking Costs of War." PhD Studies in Human Rights Blog, 21 January 2010.
Operation Broken Silence Blog. "How Many Have Perished in Congo?" 21 January 2010.
Stearns, Jason. "How Many People Really Died in the Congo Wars?" Congo Siasa Blog, 20 January 2010.
Making Sense of Sudan Blog. "Are Wars Becoming Less Lethal? The 2009 Human Security Report." 20 January 2010.