The 21st Century's Deadliest Conflicts: Ranked. (DEEP DIVE)
Simon Whistler · December 12, 2025 · 103 min video · Global
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The 21st Century's Deadliest Conflicts: Ranked. (DEEP DIVE) — a Fronts video briefing on Strategy & Defense.
Chapters
- Defining and Measuring 21st Century WarsIn the free preview
- Afghanistan: America's Longest 21st Century WarInsiders
- Deadly Conflicts in Pakistan and Sri LankaInsiders
- Myanmar's Civil War and Papua's Hidden CrisisInsiders
- Mexico's Drug War and Cartel CrisisInsiders
- Mexico and Colombia's Deadly Cartel WarsInsiders
- The Second Congo War and Pygmy GenocideInsiders
- Liberia and Sudan's Devastating Civil WarsInsiders
- Somalia's Protracted Civil War and Al-ShabaabInsiders
- Ethiopia's Devastating Two-Year Tigray WarInsiders
- Ethiopia's Tigray War: A Brutal ConflictInsiders
- Second Chechen War: Putin's RiseInsiders
- Russia's Ukraine Invasion: Staggering LossesInsiders
- Iraq Occupation and Syrian Civil WarInsiders
- Yemen Famine and Israel's Proxy WarsInsiders
- The Human Cost of Middle East WarsInsiders
- Top Ten Deadliest 21st Century ConflictsInsiders
- Ongoing Wars and the Future of PeaceInsiders
From the transcript
Oz is World War. From the battlefields of Ukraine to the jungles of Marmar,
From the deserts of Sudan to the scrublands of Mexico, from the African horns
Of the Gaza
This transcript was generated automatically and may contain errors.
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