The armed conflict survey 2020 : the worldwide review of political, military and humanitarian trends in current conflicts
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The armed conflict survey 2020 : the worldwide review of political, military and humanitarian trends in current conflicts
Routledge, 2020
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Description
The Armed Conflict Survey is the annual review of the political, military and humanitarian dimensions of all active conflicts from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It offers in-depth analysis of the drivers, dynamics and impact of 33 current wars along with detailed information on conflict parties and more than 60 full-colour maps and infographics. The Armed Conflict Survey is an essential resource for those involved in security policymaking, and an indispensable handbook for anyone conducting serious analysis of armed conflict.
Key features
* Essays on global trends in armed conflict with a focus on armed groups and their increasingly horizontal structures, adaptability and propensity for exploiting technology.
* Overviews of key events and political and military developments in 2019 for each conflict.
* In-depth analysis of the underlying drivers and historical roots of conflicts.
* Expanded information on conflict parties.
* New timelines showing the key political and military developments of 2019.
* Analysis of the humanitarian, social and economic impact of conflicts.
* Conflict-specific trends, strategic implications and prospects for peace.
* More than 60 full-colour maps, tables and infographics highlighting key conflict developments and data.
* Key statistics on refugees, internally displaced persons and people in need.
* The 2020 Chart of Armed Conflict, providing an overview of conflict actors including state forces, armed groups and multinational missions to conflict and post-conflict countries.
Table of Contents
Editor's Introduction
Notes on Methodology
Global Trends
Brian McQuinn
Armed-Group Proliferation: Origins and Consequences
Eleanor Beevor and Dhia Muhsin
Non-state Armed Groups and UAVs: Uptake and Effectiveness
Francesco Milan
ISIS Foreign Fighters after the Fall of the Caliphate
Tuesday Reitano
Human Trafficking in Conflict
Conflict Reports
Americas
* Regional Introduction
* Brazil (Rio de Janeiro & Ceara)
* Colombia (BACRIMs)
* El Salvador
* Honduras
* Mexico (Cartels)
Asia-Pacific
* Regional Introduction
* Myanmar (EAOs)
* Philippines (ASG & Moro)
* Philippines (NPA)
* Southern Thailand
Europe and Eurasia
* Regional Introduction
* Armenia-Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh)
* Ukraine
Middle East and North Africa
* Regional Introduction
* Egypt (Sinai)
* Iraq
* Israel-Palestine
* Libya
* Syria
* Turkey (PKK)
* Yemen
South Asia
* Regional Introduction
* Afghanistan
* India (CPI-Maoist)
* India (Northeast)
* India-Pakistan (Kashmir)
* Pakistan
Sub-Saharan Africa
* Regional Introduction
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Ethiopia (Communal Violence)
* Lake Chad Basin (Boko Haram)
* The Sahel (Mali & Burkina Faso)
* Nigeria (Farmer-Pastoralist)
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan (Darfur, Blue Nile & South Kordofan)
Index
& The 2020 Chart of Armed Conflict
by "Nielsen BookData"
