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Organized violence, 1989–2019

@article{Pettersson2020OrganizedV1,
  title={Organized violence, 1989–2019},
  author={Ther{\'e}se Pettersson and Magnus {\"O}berg},
  journal={Journal of Peace Research},
  year={2020},
  volume={57},
  pages={597 - 613},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:220396379}
}
This article reports on trends in organized violence, building on new data by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). The defeat of Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq has pushed the number of fatalities, almost 75,600, to its lowest level since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. However, this de-escalation in Syria is countered by increased violence in Africa, as IS and other transnational jihadist groups have relocated their efforts there. Furthermore, violence has continued to… 
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