Well, of course.
According to the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), global violence — as defined by a range of measures from conflict deaths, to displaced persons, to homicide rates — has been rising since 2007.
This news is in many ways surprising because up to 2007, the data suggested the world was becoming a much safer place.
Up to 2007, we were only allowing grown-ups to have a say in American foreign policy.
Via Instapundit.
