Nice article! I think too often it is related to each other. In conflict zones massive amount of budget often goes to weapons instead of feeding the own population and social welfare. On top of it the war budgets create tragedies with even more hunger, misery and death. In that sense it is a negative spiral.

War should therefore always be the last resort if there is no other way out. And unfortunately the UN does not always show the muscles to prevent these tragedies from happening unless there are economic benefits like oil or trade concessions.