mercoledì 25 giugno 2014

Mappa delle crisi geopolitiche in atto cent'anni dopo la prima guerra mondiale




Locations of ongoing conflicts around the world, June 2014
  Major wars and civil unrest, 1,000+ deaths per year
  Minor skirmishes and conflicts, fewer than 1000 deaths per year

1) Guerra civile in Ucraina (la Russia appoggia i separatisti sud-orientali)


2) Guerra civile in Siria (la Russia appoggia il governo del presidente Assad)



Current military situation in Syria.
  Controlled by the Syrian government
  Controlled by Kurdish forces
  Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
  Controlled by other rebels

Alleanza strategica tra Russia, Siria e Iran


3) Guerra dell'Isis: Islamic state of Iraq and Syria, guidato da terroristi sunniti vicini ad Al-Qaeda.


As of 21 June 2014
     Areas controlled by ISIS     Areas claimed or operated in by ISIS
     Rest of Iraq and Syria







4) Guerra civile in Libia





5) Conflitto tra Sudan, Sud-Sudan e Darfur e guerre civili in Somalia e Repubblica Centrafricana



Area complessiva dell'instabilità afro-asiatica


Mappa complessiva dell'instabilità globale



Start of conflictConflictContinentLocationCumulative fatalitiesFatalities in 2013Fatalities in 2014
1978War in AfghanistanAsia Afghanistan1,405,111-2,084,468[10]5,648[11]138[19]
1991Somali Civil WarAfrica Somalia
 Somaliland
500,000+[20][21]3,150[22]854[23]
2001Islamist insurgency in NigeriaAfrica Nigeria10,700+[27]1,614[28]2,081+[51]
2004War in North-West PakistanAsia Pakistan52,000[52]5,366[52]1,478[69]
2006Mexican Drug WarNorth America Mexico150,000+[70]11,788[71]66+[72][73][74]
2011Egyptian CrisisAfrica Egypt4,300+[80]1000+[citation needed]79[92]-310
2011Syrian Civil WarAsia Syria162,411+[98]73,455[99]28,680+[102]
2003Iraqi insurgencyAsia Iraq19,598[103]7,818[104]4,050[108]
2012Central African Republic conflictAfrica CAR2,000+[citation needed]886-1,006+[d]1,211+[23]
2013South Sudanese Civil WarAfrica South Sudan10,000+[109]10,000+[109]415+[117]
2014Pro-Russian conflict in UkraineEurope Ukraine2,038[122]02,038[127]

Start of conflictConflictContinentLocationCumulative fatalitiesFatalities in 2013Fatalities in 2014
1918Kurdish separatism in IranAsia Iran34,000+[128]38-39[a]1[129]
1945Korean conflictAsia North Korea
 South Korea
4,500,000+[130]1[131]5[132]
1947Kashmir conflictAsia India
 Pakistan
43,293–68,000[133][134][verification needed]172[133][verification needed]40[4][135]
1948Israeli–Palestinian conflictAsia Israel
 Palestine
21,500[136]31[148]17[157][158]
1948Balochistan conflictAsia Pakistan3,679+[159][160]144+[159]86+[164][165]
1948Internal conflict in BurmaAsia Burma210,000[166]240+[167]48+[168]
1963Papua conflictAsia Indonesia400,000[172]23+[181]10[188]
1964Insurgency in Northeast IndiaAsia India25,000[189]197[52]91[4]
1964Colombian conflict (1964–present)South America Colombia220,000-600,000[190][191]448[192][193][194][195][196]116[197][198][199]
1967Naxalite–Maoist insurgencyAsia India13,812[200][201]384[citation needed]108[202]
1969Communist insurgency in the PhilippinesAsia Philippines43,388+[203]31+[204][205]6[206]
1969Moro insurgency in the Philippines[203]Asia Philippines120,000[207]287+[222]91[227][228]
1980Internal conflict in PeruSouth America Peru70,000+[citation needed]6+[233]
1982Casamance conflictAfrica The Gambia
 Senegal
5,000[234]5+[235]
1984Turkey-PKK conflictEurasia Turkey45,000–100,000[240]21-22[f]4[241][242]
1987Lord's Resistance Army insurgencyAfrica Uganda
 DRC
 CAR
 South Sudan
200,000 - 500,000[243]47+ (civilians)[244]
1988Nagorno-Karabakh conflictAsia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
27,287-38,027[249]2+[250]7[256]
1989Xinjiang conflictAsia China2,000-3,000[citation needed]88[262]103[263][264][265][266][267]
1998Al-Qaeda insurgency in YemenAsia Yemen3,711[268]133-150+[b]200[285]
2002Insurgency in the MaghrebAfrica Algeria
 Mali
 Tunisia
 Mauritania
 Niger
6,000[286][unreliable source?]55+[287]28[292]
2003War in DarfurAfrica Sudan178,258-461,520[293]431[299]79[300]
2004Shia insurgency in YemenAsia Yemen25,000[301]100+[302]207[314]
2004Conflict in the Niger DeltaAfrica Nigeria4,000-10,000[315]123[316]
2004South Thailand insurgencyAsia Thailand5,469+[317]180+[318]18[327]
2005Paraguayan People's Army insurgencySouth America Paraguay36[330]-100+11+[333]3[329]
2007ADF insurgencyAfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo DRC47+[citation needed]63+[339]288[344]
2009Sudanese nomadic conflictsAfrica South Sudan
 Sudan
7,441[348]869+[citation needed]
2009Insurgency in the North CaucasusEurope Russia2,198+[353]529[354]18[360]
2009South Yemen insurgencyAsia Yemen1,554+[361][362]10+[363]13 [276]
2011Sudan–SRF conflictAfrica Sudan
 South Sudan
4,900+[364]10+[365][366]
2011Syrian Civil War spillover in LebanonAsia Lebanon325[citation needed]200+[citation needed]54[376]
2011Post-civil war violence in LibyaAfrica Libya1,371 - 1,397[citation needed]165-166+[citation needed]520+[23][377]
2012Northern Mali conflictAfrica Mali765 - 2,397+[392]9+[e]94[398]

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At Cong it was at Midsummer that a great battle took place between the Fir Bolg and the Tuatha Dé Danann on the great plain of Moytura in Cross. They played the first ever hurling match on those plains. The Firbolgs outshone that day, but the battle was won by the Tuatha de Danann. Ballymagibbon Cairn was erected to celebrate the battle. . The neighbourhood of Cong still preserves both relics and traditions of the fight. Upon the plain of "Southern Moytura" (as it is called, to distinguish it from the "Northern Moytura" of the second battle) are many circles and tumuli. These circles are especially numerous near the village itself; and it is said that there were formerly others, which have been used for making walls and dykes. Large cairns of stones, too, are scattered over what was certainly once the scene of a great battle. These various prehistoric monuments each have their still-told story; and Sir William Wilde, as he relates in his Lough Corrib, was so impressed by the unexpected agreement between the details of the legendary battle, as he read them in the ancient manuscript, and the traditions still attaching to the mounds, circles, and cairns, that he tells us he could not help coming to the conclusion that the account was absolutely historical.



Sotto: Collège de Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada