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War in the 21st century...
Insurrections and inter-communal violence in which religious, linguistic, or racial divisions are a significant factor now form the majority of armed conflicts in the world today.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, ethnic conflicts have grown and proliferated at an alarming rate. Understanding the nature of these conflicts is now a crucial challenge for commentators and decision makers, whether in government, commerce, education or the media.
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Fields of Fire - An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict
Fields of Fire – An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict provides a concise, authoritative commentary on each of the nearly one hundred ethnic conflicts around the world, with a summary of key dates, events and demographic data, together with specially drawn maps providing a geographical context.
Most of these conflicts remain active, and up-to-date information on what are often rapidly changing situations is frequently hard to obtain. Fields of Fire – An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict is supported by this dedicated website, providing resources, links, and news updates exclusively to owners of the Atlas.
The Atlas focuses on violent ethnic disputes that have been active since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Many of these have an earlier origin, and some have been resolved since 1989 – at least for the present. A small number of conflicts in which ethnicity does not play a significant role, but which have relevance either to individual population groups or to neighbouring disputes, are included for completeness.
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About the author
Stuart Notholt is a writer and business analyst with more than twenty years’ international experience advising corporations and government agencies on the management of their communications and business risks. A graduate of Oxford University, he is a Fellow and Past President of the Chartered Institute of Journalists, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Royal African Society. He is principal Director of Stuart Notholt Communications Ltd.
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