proxy wars are going up at least according to this chart proxy wars are when two big countries don't want to fight each other say because they have nuclear weapons fighting each other would mean Destruction for everyone and so instead they find a conflict elsewhere and they decide to back certain sides they send money and weapons and they fuel this conflict making it longer and bloodier the US and the Soviet Union used proxy wars to fight each other during the Cold War that's why it was cold they never fought each other directly but these days there
are more proxy wars than ever the Civil War in to has a lot of outside supporters Yemen Civil War is being funded by Outsiders and then of course Ukraine where NATO is fighting Russia via Ukraine proxy wars are the way that conflict happens in our world now I'm actually reporting on a full video about this now so if you want to better understand global politics make sure to subscribe