Armed Conflict Survey 2018
Brand: Routledge
Description
The Armed Conflict Survey provides in-depth analysis of the political military and humanitarian dimensions of all major armed conflicts as well as data on fatalities refugees and internally displaced persons. Compiled by the IISS publisher of The Military Balance it is the standard reference work on contemporary conflict. The book assesses key developments in 36 high- medium- and low-intensity conflicts including those in Iraq Syria Afghanistan South Sudan Israel–Palestine Southern Thailand Colombia and Ukraine. The Armed Conflict Survey features essays by some of the world’s leading experts on armed conflict including Mats Berdal Elisabeth Jean Wood Julia Bleckner Nelly Lahoud William Reno and Carrie Manning. They write on: • UN peacekeeping; • conflict-related sexual violence; • the Islamic State’s shifting narrative; • the changing foundations of governance by armed groups; and • rebel-to-party transitions. The authors’ discussion of principal thematic and cross-national trends complements the detailed analysis of each conflict at the core of the book. The Armed Conflict Survey also includes maps infographics and multi-year data as well as the IISS Chart of Conflict. | Armed Conflict Survey 2018
