Armed Conflict Survey

This book provides data on fatalities, refugees and separated people for all major armed conflicts in the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, and Latin America in 2015, alongside in-depth analysis of their political, military and humanitarian dimensions.

Introduction -- Chapter One The Changing Character of Conflict -- Countering Hybrid Warfare -- The Evolution of Global Jihadism -- Crime and Conflict -- Preventing Displacement in Armed Conflict -- Peace Operations and the Responsibility to Protect -- Chapter Two Maps, Graphics and Data -- UN Peacekeeping Operations in 2014 -- Yemen: Territory Seized by Houthi Rebels in 2014 -- AirstrikesonlSISin 2014 -- Nigeria: Abductions by Boko Haram in 2014 -- Areas of Eastern Ukraine under Separatist Control in December 2014 -- Fatalities in the Regions Examined in The Armed Conflict Survey -- Conflict Numbers and Fatalities -- 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 (Delta Region) -- Nigeria (Ethno-religious Violence) -- Somalia -- South Sudan -- Sudan (Darfur) -- Chapter Five South Asia -- Afghanistan -- India (Assam) -- India (Manipur) -- India (Nagaland) -- India (Naxalites) -- India-Pakistan (Kashmir) -- Pakistan (Baluchistan) -- Pakistan (KPK and Northwest) -- Pakistan (Sectarian Violence) -- Chapter Six Asia-Pacific -- China (Xinjiang) -- Myanmar -- Philippines (ASG) -- Philippines (MILF) -- Philippines (NPA) -- Southern Thailand -- Chapter Seven Europe and Eurasia -- Armenia-Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh) -- Central Asia -- Kosovo -- Russia (North Caucasus) -- Ukraine -- Chapter Eight Latin America -- Central America (Northern Triangle) -- Colombia -- Mexico (Cartels) -- Chapter Nine Explanatory Notes -- Index.

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS),