Modern Conquest

Published: July 20, 2016

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This infographic is a collaboration with Foreign Affairs on a data visualization built using Dr. Altman's original data.

Land Grabs Are on the Rise

"Conquest is a regular feature of war. But it is generally accepted that globalization and growing economic interconnectedness has stitched the world together in such a way that fighting each other for land is no longer pragmatic. Then in 2014, Russia stunned the world by annexing Crimea...."

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