Not every war gets the same coverage as Russia's invasion — and that has consequences
Ongoing wars in, say, Yemen or Ethiopia get minimal attention compared to the media focus on the fighting in Ukraine. And there are ramifications on the humanitarian front.
It's a fact of modern life that some wars get more attention than others. And Russia's invasion of Ukraine has captured the public's attention in the West in a way that other recent wars — like those in Yemen or Ethiopia — simply haven't.
The reason is obvious, says Christopher Blattman, an economist at the University of Chicago and the author of Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace. This is more than a regional conflict. It's a potential global conflagration. Superpowers are taking sides. There are fears that it could lead to nuclear escalation.
But what about other wars going on right now? In the Tigray region of Ethiopia, for example, a conflict by the world, says
