Domestic Terrorism & Extremism: Conflict Tracking

From the from The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), centralized information on incidents of nuclear and other radioactive material that has been lost, stolen, or is otherwise out of regulatory control.

This describes recent trends in conflict development, coups and attempted coups, escalations, settlements and more.

Major data collection on war, originally headed by J. David Singer and now Paul Diehl. Click on "Available Data Sets" on the left to get the data. Includes datasets covering COW country codes; inter-state, intra-state, non-state, and extra-state war; militarized interstate disputes; national material capabilities; alliances; contiguity; territorial change; IGOs; and bilateral trade.

"the objective of the The Coup D'état Project (CDP) is to compile, for 165 countries in the post WWII era, a more comprehensive listing, documentation, and categorization of coups that can be used by researchers.

The DATE project studies the impact of positive rhetoric by government officials in reducing terrorist activity.

Identifies, compiles, and analyzes micro-level conflict data on insurgency, civil war, and other political violence worldwide.
demography/socioeconomics, geography, infrastructure, public opinion, violence data in GIS and tabular forms
Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam
links to external data repositories for the countries covered

Interactive Guide to U.S. Conflict Prevention Priorities

Terrorist events around the world, date, location, weapons used, nature of target, number of casualties, identity of perpetrator, etc.

Coverage is for 1968-2009

This covers multilateral peace operations, both UN and non-UN, and includes nearly 600 peace operations from 2000-2010 and is continually updated.

Major collection of terrorism profiles, news, analysis, and primary sources.
profiles of more than 4,600 terrorists, terrorists groups, lone wolves, hate groups, and abettors of political violence
content can be browsed by ideology, tactics, target, group, or region
profiles of vulnerable regions and cities
analytical essays on groups, trends, and developments
live feed of terrorism news and archives of text and video primary sources
access to a large consortium of political violence experts worldwide

The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) collects information on many aspects of armed violence since 1946. Information includes breakdowns by: war & minor conflict, non-state conflict, one-sided violence, conflict prevention, peace agreements and more.

Disaggregated data collection, analysis & crisis mapping platform. ACLED collects real-time data on the locations, dates, actors, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America & the Caribbean, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia & the Caucasus, Europe, and the United States of America.

From the Conflict Analysis Resource Center (CERAC) - subscription is required.

This is a resource for conducting research and analysis on various forms of social and political unrest in Africa.