![]() ![]() Data collection efforts are often partial, selective and without a clear focus. ![]() However, there are still major gaps in the data, for example on the total numbers of victims of almost all forms of collective violence. Data collectors have responded by introducing new data sets, for example on non-state conflict, one-sided violence and terrorism. These and other changes in perceptions of war and peace, insecurity and security, have given rise to requests for different kinds of data. From a human security perspective, all kinds of violence are important in most industrialized countries threats are often judged according to their potential impacts on the social fabric, such as those already caused by international terrorism. Furthermore, there have been shifts in the perception of what constitute the major threats to peace and security. There are today many instances of fighting between non-state actors the objectives of warfare (or other forms of collective violence) are often economic or ideological and not purely political and rather than fighting battles, violence targets unarmed civilians. Recent trends in warfare have tended to reduce the importance of all three elements. The coverage of available quantitative data on armed conflicts as reported in the SIPRI Yearbook and elsewhere has been found inadequate for measuring trends in security and insecurity.ĭata on armed conflicts are currently collected and analysed on the basis of well-established criteria-the participation of a state as one of the warring parties, a political objective and the exchange of violence in battles-which together constitute the standard definition of armed conflict. ![]()
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