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Conflicts as social systems<\/h3>\n

The CONIAS approach conceives conflicts as social communications. These communications can manifest from announcements, threats, sanctions, but also from combat operations with light or heavy weaponry, bomb explosions or targeted assassinations. Also negotiations, arbitrations, mediations, peace agreements and other treaties are counted as part of the conflict communication. All in all the CONIAS catalog differentiates between 200 measures in four groups and twelve categories.<\/p>\n

Each communication has its author and its addressee. This could be a state, a non-state actor, a private organization or in special cases even a particular person. The actors can be differentiated according to their role within a conflict; direct actors, those who want the conflict item for themselves and communicate it, supporters, who support one or multiple directly involved actors with financial, military or political aid and lastly arbitrators and mediators. The latter do not have an interest in the conflict item, but want to end the violence or find a solution to the conflict (for more detail see Schwank 2012).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dynamic mapping in time and space<\/h3>\n

The contemporary analysis of political country risks does not only require a detailed description of the current threats, but also seeks answers to the questions when and where risks occur. The CONIAS approach solves this problem by accurately capturing the communication between the actors in its geographic and temporal dimensions and evaluating its intensity. A further novel development by CONIAS Risk Intelligence is that the geographic space of actions can be mapped in detail due to the usage of precise geo-referential data. As a result, the risk, which arises from political conflicts, can be measured and calculated more accurately than before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Definition of a political conflict<\/h3>\n

Political conflicts are part of the everyday political life \u2013 especially in democracies. CONIAS however, wants to capture only those conflicts that have the potential to become a threat or do in fact lead to a reduction of the physical security. The following criteria within a social system have to be fulfilled to count as a political conflict according to the CONIAS approach:<\/p>\n