Flashcards on Conflict Mapping and Peace Data Analysis
Conflict Mapping & Peace Data Analysis: Student Guide
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Conflictos armados
36 cards
Card 1
Question: What new pattern in noninterstate conflicts has the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) identified since the 1990s?
Answer: An increasing pattern of "challenges to existing authority" — noninterstate conflicts increasingly target and contest established authority structures
Card 2
Question: How did the number of high-intensity (war) conflicts change up to 2009 according to UCDP?
Answer: The number of high-intensity conflicts (wars) decreased by about two-thirds up to 2009.
Card 3
Question: What recent change in civil conflicts has UCDP highlighted in recent years?
Answer: A significant rise in internationalized civil wars — civil conflicts involving intervention by third-party states.
Card 4
Question: Which region has historically recorded the highest number of fatalities in state-based conflicts (1989–2024)?
Answer: Africa.
Card 5
Question: Which two periods show major global peaks in conflict fatalities according to the UCDP graph?
Answer: After 2014 (mainly linked to Middle East conflicts) and after 2022 (due to the war in Ukraine).
Card 6
Question: Overall, how have global fatalities from state-based conflicts trended in recent years?
Answer: Global fatalities have increased sharply in recent years.
Card 7
Question: Approximately how many conflicts does the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) Conflict Barometer register globally, and ho
Answer: It registers 369 conflicts globally, classified into violent (about 220) and non-violent (about 149).
Card 8
Question: What type of inequality is more strongly linked to outbreaks of violence: individual income inequality or perceived/group inequalities?
Answer: Perceived inequalities and inequalities between groups (e.g., ethnic groups) are more strongly linked to outbreaks of violence than individual income
Card 9
Question: Which global framework is often used as a proxy to identify trends in structural violence and inequality?
Answer: The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Card 10
Question: Why is the definition of terrorism politically contested?
Answer: Because the same actors may be labeled "terrorists" by some and "resistance movements" by others, and there is significant overlap between terrorism a