Full 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 outlook of 34 current armed conflicts 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, foreign and humanitarian 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 the changing nature of third-party intervention, the long aftermath of armed conflicts, and economic migration and forced displacement in a COVID-19 world.
· Overviews of key events and political and military developments from January 2020-February 2021 for each conflict.
· Strategic analysis of national and regional drivers and conflict outlooks.
· Regional analyses with unique insights into the geopolitical and geo-economic threads linking conflicts across regions and globally.
· Expanded information on conflict parties.
· The Armed Conflict Global Relevance Indicator (ACGRI), an IISS proprietary indicator that combines measures of incidence and human impact with geopolitical impact to assess the global salience of armed conflicts.
· 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 violent events, fatalities, military power, geopolitical salience, refugees and internally displaced persons.
· The 2021 Chart of Armed Conflict, presenting information on conflict start dates, typologies and relevant refugee flows, as well as providing a visual overview of each conflict's geopolitical relevance, looking at 2020 UN Security Council resolutions, multilateral missions and the involvement of third-party countries.
Contents
Editor's Introduction 5
Notes on Methodology 11
Global Trends 15
Interventions in Armed Conflicts:
Waning Western Dominance 16
The Long Aftermath of Armed Conflicts 22
Economic Migration, Forced Displacement
and Armed Conflict in a COVID-19 World 29
Conflict Reports 35
1 Americas 36
Regional Analysis 36
Mexico 42
Colombia 54
Brazil 64
El Salvador 74
Honduras 80
2 Europe and Eurasia 86
Regional Analysis 86
Ukraine 92
Nagorno-Karabakh 102
3 Middle East and North Africa 112
Regional Analysis 112
Turkey 118
Syria 126
Iraq 138
Israel-Palestinian Territories 150
Yemen 160
Libya 172
Egypt 182
4 Sub-Saharan Africa 188
Regional Analysis 188
The Sahel 194
Lake Chad Basin 206
Central African Republic 216
South Sudan 226
Ethiopia 236
Somalia 246
Democratic Republic of the Congo 256
Mozambique 268
Nigeria 278
Cameroon 284
Sudan 292
5 Asia 300
Regional Analysis 300
Afghanistan 306
Pakistan 318
Kashmir 326
Myanmar 338
India-Northeast 348
India-Central (Maoist) 356
Thailand 364
Philippines (NPA) 370
Philippines (ASG & Moro) 378
Data Appendix 386
Index 394
