Armed Conflict Survey 2020

Key features

· Essays on global trends in armed conflict with a focus on armed groups and their increasingly horizontal structures, adaptability and propensity for exploiting technology.

· Overviews of key events and political and military developments in 2019 for each conflict.

· In-depth analysis of the underlying drivers and historical roots of conflicts.

· Expanded information on conflict parties.

· New timelines showing the key political and military developments of 2019.

· Analysis of the humanitarian, social and economic impact of conflicts.

· Conflict-specific trends, strategic implications and prospects for peace.

· More than 60 full-colour maps, tables and infographics highlighting key conflict developments and data.

· Key statistics on refugees, internally displaced persons and people in need.

· The 2020 Chart of Armed Conflict, providing an overview of conflict actors including state forces, armed groups and multinational missions to conflict and post-conflict countries.