A new study finds that 2025 sees the highest number of “state conflicts” since World War II. According to the report cited by Deutsche Welle, the year also ranks as the third-deadliest since the end of the Cold War. The findings point to a rise in both the frequency and intensity of conflicts, describing 2025 as a period in which civil wars and international fighting occur more often than at any other time in the post-World War II period. The sources agree that the study uses comparative historical benchmarks—spanning from World War II to the post–Cold War era—to assess trends in conflict incidence and fatalities. While the outlets summarize the broad results, they do not provide additional methodological details or specific country-level examples in the text provided. Overall, the reporting emphasizes two consistent conclusions from the study: the count of state conflicts reaches a record high, and the number of deaths places 2025 among the most lethal years in the modern era after the Cold War.