For more conflict prevention analysis, visit CFR’s Center for Preventive Action
CPA’s conflict prevention resources currently include an index of publicly available watchlists and datasets as well as the Preventive Priorities Survey series. The Index is organized by dependent variable, and like the Preventive Priorities Survey, will be updated periodically to reflect the recalibration of existing online lists, the release of new data, and the completion of future Preventive Priorities Surveys.
Index of Watchlists
Conflict and Instability
- «CrisisWatch,» produced by International Crisis Group
- «Peace and Conflict,» produced by the Center for International Development and Conflict Management
- «Conflict Barometer,» produced by the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research
- «Global Peace Index,» produced by Vision of Humanity
- «State Fragility Index and Matrix,» produced by the Center for Systemic Peace
Governance
- «The Failed States Index,» produced by Foreign Policy and the Fund for Peace
- «Worldwide Governance Indicators,» produced by the World Bank ±
- «Polity IV Project: Regime Authority Characteristics and Transitions,» produced by the Center for Systemic Peace ±
- «Country Indicators of Foreign Policy, Failed States and Fragility Country Ranking Tables,» produced by Carleton University
- «Bertelsmann Tranformation Index,» produced by the Bertelsmann Foundation
- «Institutional Profiles Database,» produced by the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance, and Industry and the French Agency for Development ** ±
Respect for Human Rights
- «Trafficking in Persons Report,» produced by the United States Department of State, Undersecretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
- «Cingranelli-Richards Human Rights Dataset,» produced by the University of Binghamton Professor David Cingranelli and University of Memphis Professor David Richards ** ±
- «Political Terror Scale,» produced by University of North Carolina Asheville Professor Marc Gibney ±
Economic Fragility
- «Country Risk Classification,» produced by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Trade and Agriculture Directorate
- «Global Stress Point Matrix,» produced by Oxford Analytica
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± Interpretation of data requires some sorting or manipulation
Preventive Priorities Survey
In November 2012, CPA polled CFR Fellows and other experts on what they thought the most pressing conflict prevention priorities will be in 2013.
Preventive Priorities Survey: 2013
Prior PPS Results