Survey
Survey by
Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung
Survey name
Conflict Barometer 2011
Survey time period
2005-2011
Object of investigation
Changes in the number of conflicts by conflict intensity
Region
Asia and Oceania
Macroregion
Trans-Continental only (without GER)
Type
time series
Category
other
Relevance
2
Release
Published by
Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung
Release date
February 2012
Cataloging
Tags
Afghanistan, Afghanistan mission, Afghanistan War, armed conflicts, Asia, China, conflict, conflicts, India, intensity, military, Myanmar, Oceania, Pakistan, peacekeeping, War
Further information
The values from 2005-2009 are from previous results of the Conflict Barometer. According to the new conflict methodology in Heidelberg, the HIIK defines a political conflict as a positional difference regarding values relevant to a society, between at least two involved actors, for example ethnic or religious groups or governments. The conflict must be carried out using observable and interrelated conflict means that lie beyond established regulatory procedures and threaten a core state function or the order of international law, or hold out the prospect to do so.
Regarding the intensity of a political conflict the HIIK distinguishes five levels of intensity: dispute, non-violent crises, violent crises, limited war und war. These levels of conflict are dintinguished by the stage of physical violence applied in the course of conflict. The last three are violent conflicts, whereas a dispute is a political conflict carried out completely without resorting to violence, in a non-violent crisis one of the actors is threatened with violence. Violent conflicts are measured by the instruments for the use of force (use of weapons and use of personnel) and the consequences of the use of force (casualties, refugees and demolition).