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These are the people and groups that watch the news and warn of situations that are dangerous and likely to escalate into violence (or more violence if violence has already occurred).
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Conflict Early Warners
These are the people and groups that watch the news and warn of situations that are dangerous and likely to escalate into violence (or more violence if violence has already occurred).
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Discrimination Watchdogs
Discrimination Watchdogs call attention to what they believe to be unfair treatment of some groups by the larger society
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Governmental Watchdogs
Governmental Watchdogs, particularly journalists, focus on breakdowns in governmental safeguards designed to prevent corruption, power concentrations, and, potentially, an authoritarian takeover of democratic institutions.
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Geopolitical Threat Monitors
Geopolitical Threat Monitors alert us to the fact that geopolitical rivals are threatening and sometimes directly attacking Western democracies.
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Canaries
Canaries (named after the term "canary in the coal mine") warn about substantive threats on particular issues, less directly related to conflict processes and democratic functioning, such as climate change, toxic pollution, infectious disease, and financial instability.
Colleague Activities
Princeton University's Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI)
BDI is a non-partisan research initiative that tracks and mitigates political violence in the United States by building community resilience.
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National Conference on Citizenship's Civic Health Index
NCoC has created an index of civic health, while simultaneously working with local partners to strengthen the health of communities nationwide to better define and address local problems.
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The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE)
The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) is an independent global organization dedicated to providing actionable scientific knowledge on threats to our information landscape.
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The Trust Network
A network of peacebuilding organizations working to build national cohesion and peacebuilding infrastructure in the U.S, including and early warning/early response system to prevent violence.
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Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
ACLED is a data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping project. It collects information on the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events around the world.
News and Opinion
Fragile States Index 2024
The latest Fragile States Index offers an impressive look at global governance trends. (The US made the "most worsened over the long-term" list.")