Building and Using Datasets on Armed Conflicts (Nato Science for Peace and Security) (Nato Science for Peace and Security)

Title page......Page 1
Preface......Page 5
Foreword......Page 7
Contents......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
The Purposes of Conflict Dataset Building......Page 23
The Creation and Use of Data: Scientific Requirements and Political Utility......Page 25
An Overview and Typology of Conflict Data: The Advantages of Data Diversity......Page 41
Databases on Defense for Influencing State Policies......Page 53
Concept Definition and Data Building......Page 59
Calling a Conflict a Conflict: Violence and Other Aspects of War......Page 61
Databases on Terrorism: Constructing a Database on Hostage-Barricade Terrorism and Abductions......Page 75
Reviewing CIDCM Databases: Modeling and Indicator Development in Risk Assessments and Early Warnings......Page 87
Indexes for Measures of Conflict and Cooperation......Page 109
Opening up Conflict Data......Page 117
Enhancing Openness and Reliability in Conflict Dataset Creation......Page 119
Merging and Meshing Data: Difficulties, Lessons, and Suggestions......Page 145
The ACLED Data Project: Purpose and Methods......Page 173
Visualization of Conflict Networks......Page 181
Author Index......Page 201