Abstract Contemporary governments are awash in quantification, as numbers and algorithms play an ever-greater role public decision-making processes. In the field of defense diplomacy, development armed conflict databases holds out promise improved predictive capacities early warning systems. While this dynamic can be witnessed across a range European countries, notably Germany Netherlands, it a...

AIM To determine the population access to salt/iodized salt during and after the armed conflict in south Sudan and to illustrate geographical variations in population consumption of iodized salt in south Sudan after the armed conflict. METHODS The sources of data for the conflict period were the 2004 Toward a Baseline: Best Estimates of Social Indicators for Southern Sudan study report and th...

Many studies have emphasized the role of natural resources in the onset and duration of armed conflict. Due to its characteristics, narcotics are considered to be one of the most influential resources. However, the dynamics of how this particular commodity is linked to conflict is still not well understood. Most scholars have focused on the revenue aspects of narcotics and only few have mention...