The Global Peace Index 2024 reports that 92 countries are currently engaged in conflicts beyond their borders, marking the highest number since World War II. The latest conflict between India and Pakistan is not included in that statistic. What do these wars achieve? As Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish wrote, “The old woman will keep waiting for her martyred son. That girl will wait for her beloved husband. And those children will wait for their heroic father.” The leaders wil...