With the end of the Cold War and the ebbing of regional tensions at the end of the 1980s, Asia’s
share of bellicose violent conflicts and above all of highly violent wars (level 5 conflicts) fell markedly.
However, that trend has turned around in recent years: Compared with the historical low of
1994 (24 percent) and 2000 (25 percent) the (2007) level had risen again, namely to 42 percent.
Since 1945, Asia has almost always topped the list of world regions covered by CONIS as regards
medium-intensity conflicts, i.e., conflicts with the sporadic, but not systematic use of violence.