Foreign Policy Atlas - Southeast Asia

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Abstract

Overview

Every individual map has information originating from Acled's conflict and disorder event records which were filtered by Southeast Asia. Information taken is between the dates of January 1st 2025 and June 12th 2025. The map provides event information on when and where incidents occurred, the types of events recorded, the actors involved and reported fatalities. Additional sources were compiled for Myanmar's civil war boundaries, China's Xian Jiang detention facilities and maritime borders as well as North Korea's nuclear tests and prison camps.

Content

  • Event identification and timing for each recorded incident, including the event date and time precision.
  • Event characterization covering disorder type, event type, sub-event type, and civilian targeting indicators.
  • Actor and interaction details describing the primary actor, associated actor, and interaction context.
  • Location information including country, region, administrative areas, place name, and geographic coordinates.
  • Impact and context such as reported fatalities, source information, notes, tags, and population context around the event location.
  • Lines of control in Myanmar depict which armed group operates where as of the summer of 2025. 
  • Detention facility details in China give information on camp names, type of facility, location and media reports.
  • Maritime boundaries depict China's exclusive economic zone and territorial waters in addition to the claimed Nine-Dash Line.
  • Nuclear program information on North Korea is relevant in showing the DPRK's progress in nuclear weapons testing and missile development, 

  • Penal facility database showcases what kinds of prisons North Koreans arrested by the state are being held in and where.

Sources

Each map has information compiled from ACLED's event data, with source citations and descriptive notes included in the records. The Myanmar civil war borders were created using Wikimedia, Institute for Strategy and Policy and Myanmar War Map. Information pertaining to Chinese detention facilities was taken from Buzzfeed and maritime boundaries were based on maps from Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Peace Palace Library and Wikipedia. North Korean missile data was created by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. The prison database was created by Korea Future with support from HURIDOCS.

Publication Date

11-2026

Comments

For additional information on the sources used go to Lindenwood ArcGIS Map Overview and see the section for Items Used.

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