Global Conflict Tracker - Council on Foreign Relations
WEBLearn about the world's top hotspots with this interactive Global Conflict Tracker from the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.
North Korea Crisis | Global Conflict Tracker - Council on Foreign …
WEBFeb 9, 2024 — North Korea Crisis. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shake hands at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas on ...
North Korea’s Power Structure - Council on Foreign Relations
WEBJun 17, 2020 — Current leader Kim Jong-un has consolidated his power, purging many top officials and continuing to boost the country’s nuclear capabilities. North Korea is among the world’s poorest nations ...
Conflict in Syria | Global Conflict Tracker - Council on Foreign …
WEBFeb 13, 2024 — Estimates in May 2023 put the death toll at almost 60,000, with 50,700 casualties in Turkey and 8,400 in Syria. Syria’s twelve years of conflict have severely hindered its relief efforts—the ...
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Global Conflict Tracker
WEBSep 16, 2024 — Background. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the end of the nineteenth century. In 1947, the United Nations adopted Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan, which sought to ...
Water Stress: A Global Problem That’s Getting Worse
WEBApr 3, 2023 — Moreover, water stress can affect global flows of goods and people. For instance, wildfires and drought in 2010 wiped out Russian crops, which resulted in a spike in commodities prices and food ...
Global Growth Tracker: World Economies by GDP - Council on …
WEBJun 12, 2024 — The Global Growth Tracker allows you to gauge trends in economic growth through time across the globe. The map below compiles data on economic growth over one hundred countries around the world ...
Understanding Sharia: The Intersection of Islam and the Law
WEBDec 17, 2021 — Summary. Sharia is the ideal form of divine guidance that Muslims follow to live a righteous life. Human interpretations of sharia, or fiqh, are the basis of Islamic law today. About half the ...
Demographics of the U.S. Military | Council on Foreign Relations
WEBJul 13, 2020 — At that time, the active component of the military, excluding the coast guard, comprised 1.9 million men and women, or about 1 percent of the population. Now, there are about 1.3 million active ...
The U.S. Immigration Debate | Council on Foreign Relations
WEBAug 7, 2024 — Immigrants composed an estimated 13.9 percent of the U.S. population in 2022, amounting to roughly 46 million people out of a total of almost 335 million, according to U.S. Census Bureau data ...