Armed Conflict Survey 2016

<p>The Armed Conflict Survey provides yearly data on fatalities, refugees and internally displaced people for all major armed conflicts, alongside in-depth analysis of their political, military and humanitarian dimensions. This edition covers the key developments and context of more than 40 conflicts worldwide. It features essays by the world’s leading authorities on armed conflict, covering the development of jihadism after 9/11, hybrid warfare, refugees and internally displaced people, criminality and conflict and the evolution of peacekeeping operations. It includes maps, infographics and the IISS Chart of Conflict.</p> Editor's Introduction -- Chapter One Thematic Essays -- Pessimism and Planning in Armed Conflict The Political Economy of Violent Conflict Measuring theThreatfrom Foreign Fighters The Shifting Roles of Female Combatants -- Chapter Two Maps, Graphics and Data -- Shia militias in Iraq and Syria -- Decline in conflict between Colombian government -- and guerrillas during FARC peace talks -- The Afghan conflict in 2015 -- Conflict fatalities in 2015 -- Chapter Three Middle East Egypt (Sinai) -- 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 (Darfur) -- Chapter Five South Asia Afghanistan India (Assam) -- India (Manipur) -- India (Nagaland) -- India (Naxalites) -- India-Pakistan (Kashmir) -- Pakistan -- Chapter Six