Organized violence, 1989-2019
العنوان: | Organized violence, 1989-2019 |
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المؤلفون: | Pettersson, Therese, 1982, Öberg, Magnus, 1967 |
المصدر: | Journal of Peace Research. 57(4):597-613 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | armed conflict, conflict data, non-state conflict, one-sided violence, transnational jihadist, war, Peace and Conflict Research, Freds- och konfliktforskning |
الوصف: | This article reports on trends in organized violence, building on new data by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). The defeat of Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq has pushed the number of fatalities, almost 75,600, to its lowest level since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. However, this de-escalation in Syria is countered by increased violence in Africa, as IS and other transnational jihadist groups have relocated their efforts there. Furthermore, violence has continued to increase in Afghanistan; UCDP recorded more than 31,200 fatalities in Afghanistan in 2019, which accounts for 40% of all fatalities from organized violence across the globe. The general decline in fatalities from organized violence does not correspond with the trend in the number of active conflicts, which remained on a historically high level. UCDP recorded 54 state-based conflicts in 2019, including seven wars. Twenty-eight state-based conflicts involved IS (Islamic State), al-Qaida or their affiliates. In the past decade, conflicts involving these transnational jihadist groups have driven many of the trends in organized violence. |
وصف الملف: | electronic |
URL الوصول: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-418834 https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343320934986 https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1464301/FULLTEXT01.pdf |
قاعدة البيانات: | SwePub |
تدمد: | 00223433 14603578 |
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DOI: | 10.1177/0022343320934986 |