Conflict Trends and Conflict Drivers: An Empirical Assessment of Historical Conflict Patterns and Future Conflict Projections

Abstract

This report documents the results of the Emergence of New Conflict Trends project. Using empirical evidence, the project aimed to identify post-Cold War operational trends in armed conflict and the global strategic trends that characterize and influence the environments in which conflict takes place. The project also had the specific goal of identifying the conditions under which a change toward greater state-on-state conflict might take place. The analysis was conducted to support the Army leadership on issues pertaining to the future operational environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1085073

Entities

People

  • Angela O'Mahony
  • Bryan A. Frederick
  • Jennifer Kavanagh
  • Phoenix Voorhies
  • Stephen Watts
  • Thomas S. Szayna
  • Tova C. Norlen

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Geography
  • Globalization
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Conflicts
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Recreation
  • Social Welfare
  • Societies
  • Sociopolitics
  • Terrorism
  • Treaties

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Sociology

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.