States in Armed Conflict 2008 launched On Friday 27th of November the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) launched the latest publication in its annual States in Armed Conflict series. States in Armed Conflict 2008 maps and analyses the number of armed conflicts, non-state conflicts and incidents of one-sided violence around the globe in 2008. In addition to the UCDP’s contributions to the Journal of Peace Research and the SIPRI Yearbook this year’s edition also contains a special feature on one-sided violence; Revisiting One-sided Violence – A Global and Regional Analysis. This paper, which is available as a PDF-file, analyses the global incidence of one-sided violence since 1989, compares regional disparities, and uses statistics to show what countries are specifically at risk of experiencing one-sided violence. Download the PDF file here. The full report can be ordered by contacting the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. For more detailed information on the specific cases of organized violence in 2008, visit the UCDP Database . Non-state Actor Dataset released UCDP has released its new Non-state Actor Dataset, containing information about all non-state actors registered in UCDP data on organised violence. Apart from ascribing unique actor IDs to all actors, the dataset also records name changes, which type of organised violence the actor has been recorded in and much more. Download the dataset