What Report reported a 40% decrease in the number of armed conflicts being waged around the world once the state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc came to a close?
Human Security Report 2005 According to the 2005 "Report", the world saw a shift in global security after the end of the Cold War, with a 40% decrease in the number of armed conflicts being waged around the world since the early 1990s, and an 80% decrease of genocides between 1998 and 2001.
Western Bloc The Western Bloc or Capitalist Bloc during the Cold War refers to the countries allied with the NATO against the Soviet Union and its allies. The latter were referred to as the "Eastern Bloc". The governments and press of the Western Bloc were more inclined to refer to themselves as the "Free World" or the "Western world".