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From in-depth webinars to narrated research reports, ACLED Audio helps listeners understand the latest developments in conflict, disorder, and protest around the world.
Episodes
60 episodes
REPORT: Down but not out: The Islamic State and al-Qaeda remain a threat in the Middle East
Amid counter-terrorism operations across the region, jihadist groups are regrouping and shifting strategies.Author: Andrea Carboni &
REPORT: Drones are re-shaping armed group warfare in Latin America
Drones are becoming not only cheaper and faster to deploy in Latin America, but increasingly diffuse and lethal.Author: Tiziano BredaView the charts and maps in the full repo...
REPORT: Security operations to protect avocado production reshape criminal risks across Michoacán
The state’s response to criminal groups’ extortion of Mexico’s agricultural economy is likely to push criminal groups to adapt their tactics and areas of operation.Author: Sandra Pe...
REPORT: As drone attacks on Ukraine intensify, Eastern Europe is straining to counter the spillover
While Russia and Ukraine attempt to destroy each other’s energy infrastructure and export capacity, continued drone spillover is likely.Author: Cristian VlasView the charts a...
REPORT: China’s maritime presence around Taiwan is becoming the new normal
Tensions around the island are elevated as China aims to normalize its jurisdiction claims.Author: Laura SoricaView the charts and maps in the full report:
REPORT: The Houthis ramp up activity in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, but avoid reigniting the civil war so far
Risk of a full-scale war increases with each new attack in the most serious escalation in violence between the Houthis, Saudi Arabia, and the IRG since 2022.Author: Sherwan Hindr...
REPORT: Five years since seizing power in Afghanistan, internal tensions test the Taliban’s vulnerabilities
Localized disputes and attacks by opposition groups have been driving an increase in political violence in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan and Herat provinces.Author: Pearl PandyaVie...
REPORT: Increasing drone attacks on Zawiya risk triggering an oil shutdown and wider conflict in western Libya
Repeated drone strikes and rising militia rivalries in Zawiya pose a strategic threat to Libya’s key oil infrastructure.View the charts and maps in the full report: ACLEDdata.comThis episode i...
REPORT: Hezbollah’s shift to attrition offers Iran a lasting tool to pressure Israel and the US
The Lebanese group’s capacity is depleted, but it can still raise the cost of war for Israel.Author: Nasser KhdourView the charts and maps in the full report:
REPORT: Escalating Baloch militancy threatens Pakistan’s drive to develop its mineral and energy sector
Baloch separatist militants are increasing their attacks on extractive industry targets along key transport arteries and at extraction sites themselves.Author: Pearl PandyaVie...
REPORT: Ukraine’s drone campaign is dismantling Russia’s military supply network in the occupied south
Ukraine has carried out a successful attack on Russia’s military logistics in three phases of escalation by responding to Russia’s adaptations and making use of cheap drones.View the charts and maps in the full report:
WEBINAR: Extraction under fire: How mining reshapes conflict in the Sahel
While mining is often viewed primarily as a source of revenue for armed groups, ACLED’s latest research shows that its role extends far beyond financing conflict. Areas around mining are increasingly becoming strategic spaces where armed groups...
REPORT: State repression increases under the Myanmar military’s new leadership
The military’s intensified lethal bombings, targeted arson attacks, surveillance, and arrests plague civilians in military- and resistance-controlled areas.Author: Su MonThis episod...
REPORT: Extraction under fire: How mining reshapes conflict in the central Sahel
Mining sites are attractive revenue sources for armed actors in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. However, ACLED’s analysis of mining-related violence reveals that the competition around them goes much deeper.Author:
WEBINAR: Israel and the Gulf: How has the war affected regional security?
The memorandum between the United States and Iran has not fully moved the conflict from war to diplomacy. Instead, the Strait of Hormuz has become the flashpoint where disputes over the agreement’s implementation are playing out through militar...
REPORT: Reengaging Damascus. Syria’s capital offers opportunity, but not without risk.
Damascus remains less exposed to political violence than other governorates in post-Assad Syria, pointing to a cautiously positive outlook despite residual security threats.This episode is an AI narrated version of an ACLED report, prese...
WEBINAR: How will Colombia’s election reshape security ties with Venezuela?
Much of Venezuela’s oil, gas, and mining wealth lies along its 2,219-kilometer border with Colombia, a corridor that has been important for the economic development of both countries. But the same corridor has also attracted several armed group...
REPORT: Preaching, coercion, and sectarianism? How the Islamic State is building a stronghold in Mozambique
Within an emerging enclave on the Cabo Delgado coast, insurgents are seeking to gain legitimacy among local communities.Author: Peter BofinThis episode is an AI narrated version of an ACLED rep...
REPORT: Demobilization or pause? Bolivian cross-sectoral demonstrations ease but may re-escalate
Several factors have contributed to the decline in roadblocks and mobilization, but the truce reached between some sectors and the government remains fragile.This episode is an AI narrated version of an ACLED report, presenting data-driv...
REPORT: Colombia-Venezuela cooperation on border security is necessary for investment, but unlikely in the short-term.
The two countries have an interest in curbing armed groups’ activities to reactivate joint energy projects along their shared border, but the window of opportunity to do so is likely to close soon.Author:
REPORT: Washington is betting on an Islamic Republic that doesn’t exist
In its latest negotiations with Iran, the US is likely overestimating the leverage it can gain through economic incentives.This episode is an AI narrated version of an ACLED report, presenting data-driven analysis of conflict trends and ...
WEBINAR: What patterns are emerging in the South China Sea?
Geopolitical pressures in the South China Sea continue to mount, with China’s increasingly assertive maritime posture and competing sovereignty claims contributing to growing regional and international security concerns. Explore AC...
REPORT: Q&A As South China Sea confrontations ramp up, what’s the risk of open conflict?
Gray zone operations in the disputed waters are more frequent, testing the status quo for the US-China rivalry and allies in the region.Author: Su Mon, Tomas Buenavent...
