3rd Edition
Armed Conflict Survey 2017
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 conflicts, including those in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Israel–Palestine, Southern Thailand, Colombia and Ukraine.
The Armed Conflict Survey also features chapters on UN peacekeeping; sexual violence; the Islamic State’s shifting narrative; governance by armed groups and rebel-to-party transitions.
Contents
Editor’s Introduction
Chapter One - Thematic Essays
Whither UN Peacekeeping?
Conflict-related Sexual Violence
The Islamic State’s Shifting Narrative
The Changing Foundations of Governance by Armed Groups
Rebel-to-party Transitions
Chapter Two - Maps, Graphics and Data
Territory lost by ISIS and operations against the group in
Ten years of Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’
Distribution of highest reported level of rape during civil war
Refugee movements to selected non-Western countries
Global conflict fatalities
Myanmar’s newest insurgency
Chapter Three - Middle East
Egypt
Iraq
Israel–Palestine
Lebanon–Hizbullah–Syria
Libya
Mali (The Sahel)
Syria
Turkey (PKK)
Yemen
Chapter Four - Sub-Saharan Africa
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Nigeria (Boko Haram)
Nigeria (Delta Region)
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan (Blue Nile, Darfur and South Kordofan)
Chapter Five - South Asia
Afghanistan
India (Assam)
India (CPI–Maoist)
India (Manipur)
India (Nagaland)
India–Pakistan (Kashmir)
Pakistan
Chapter Six - Asia-Pacific
China (Xinjiang)
Myanmar
Philippines (ASG)
Philippines (MILF)
Philippines (NPA)
Southern Thailand
Chapter Seven - Europe and Eurasia
Armenia–Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh)
Russia (North Caucasus)
Ukraine
Chapter Eight - Latin America
Central America (Northern Triangle)
Colombia
Mexico
Chapter Nine - Explanatory Notes
Index
Biography
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS),