Goldstein from his book "Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide" relies on data, but presents what I think is fair to say is a fairly
rosy view of war trends. Fazal and Poast argue the opposite side here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2019-10-15/war-not-over
Goldstein:
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Read their brief critique of the "war in decline" argument and answer:
- Do you find the Fazal/Poast argument an effective critique of Goldstein's work? Why/not?