It may happen that you need information in real time on a conflict or on the interests of a state, perhaps simply because you are reading an article and you are unable to understand where the key is. In some cases, having an updated online tool at hand can make a difference.
Take for example the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent organization founded in 1921 that brings together politicians, military personnel, famous people, thinkers, which aims to connect people who have American interests at heart. The organization counts among its members the likes of Robert E. Rubin (politician, US Treasury Secretary from 1995-99), Condoleezza Rice (National Security Advisor from 2001 to 2005 and then US Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009), the journalist Fareed Zakaria, just to name a few.
The organization is currently led by the American diplomat Richard Nathan Haass, who maintains an interesting information tool online: the Global Conflict Tracker.
The site offers the possibility of navigation based on some simple filters that allow you to visually identify conflicts based on the area in which they are held, the influence on American interests (critical, significant, limited), the type of conflict or the state where it is located (stable, improvement, worsening). By clicking on the conflict it is possible to read a card containing the updated situation and official statements on the main political bodies.
Of course, you can't expect to find all the conflicts on the site but the reliability is high and the source is reliable (even if certainly biased). On the other hand the Council on Foreign Relations is perhaps more known for his newspaper: Foreign Affairs.
To learn more:
- https://www.cfr.org/about
- https://www.cfr.org/interactives/global-conflict-tracker#!/global-confli...
- https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
