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1 For a useful and functional definition of conflict, wherein the single quantitative parameter of 25 war deaths in any one year plays only a secondary role, see Dan Smith, The State of War and Peace Atlas , 3rd edn (London: Penguin, 1997), pp. 13, 118-119.
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2 One of the most serious projects is being conducted at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. The results have been presented annually since 1993 in Journal of Peace Research and SIPRI Yearbook . For the latest articles, see Peter Wallensteen & Margareta Sollenberg, `Armed Conflict, 1989-99', Journal of Peace Research , vol. 37, no. 5, September 2000, pp. 635-649; and Taylor B. Seybolt, `Major Armed Conflicts', in SIPRI Yearbook 2000: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford: OUP, 2000), pp. 15-58.