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by simonh 1573 days ago
It became more regional. Conflict around most of the world continued, but at a steadily reducing rate, and the lack of major conflicts in the developed world meant that from the 1940s global deaths in conflicts never peaked as high as they had previously. These are the stats per population:

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8832311/war-casualties-600-yea...

Conflict deaths really fall off a Cliff after the collapse of the Soviet Union. So you're right the cold war was only cold in certain regions, but peace in 'the west' did make a difference.