Foreign Conflicts Tracked by U.S.

Name the countries with ongoing conflicts considered to be "of concern" to the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations as of November 2025

Answers are primarily countries where the conflict is taking place (not everyone involved), though multiple may be listed where territorial overlap exists

First two columns describe the impact perceived to the US and status of the situation

Related conflict name will appear as correct answers are submitted

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Civil War
Limited	Unchanging	Central African Republic	Conflict in the Central African Republic
Limited	Unchanging	Libya	Civil Conflict in Libya
Limited	Worsening	Myanmar	Civil War in Myanmar
Limited	Worsening	Sudan	Civil War in Sudan

Criminal Violence
Significant	Worsening	Haiti	Criminal Violence in Haiti
Signifcant	Unchanging	Mexico	Criminal Violence in Mexico

Interstate
Significant	Worsening	India	Conflict Between India and Pakistan
Significant	Worsening	Pakistan	Conflict Between India and Pakistan
Critical	Unchanging	Iran	Iran's Conflict with Israel and the United States
Significant	Worsening	Lebanon	Conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon
Critical	Unchanging	North Korea	North Korea Crisis
Critical	Unchanging	South Korea	North Korea Crisis
Critical	Worsening	Taiwan	Confrontation Over Taiwan
Critical	Unchanging	Russia	War in Ukraine
Critical	Unchanging	Ukraine	War in Ukraine
Critical	Worsening	Venezuela	U.S. Confrontation with Venezuela

Political Instability
Limited	Unchanging	Afghanistan	Instability in Afghanistan
Limited	Worsening	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Significant	Unchanging	El Salvador	Instability in the Northern Triangle
Significant	Unchanging	Guatemala	Instability in the Northern Triangle
Significant	Unchanging	Honduras	Instability in the Northern Triangle
Limited	Worsening	Ethiopia	Conflict in Ethiopia
Limited	Worsening	Iraq	Instability in Iraq
Limited	Worsening	Pakistan	Instability in Pakistan
Limited	Unchanging	South Sudan	Instability in South Sudan
Limited	Unchanging	Syria	Conflict in Syria

Territorial Dispute
Limited	Improving	Armenia	Tensions Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Limited	Improving	Azerbaijan	Tensions Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Critical	Unchanging	Brunei	Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea
Critical	Unchanging	China	Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea
Critical	Unchanging	Indonesia	Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea
Critical	Unchanging	Malaysia	Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea
Critical	Unchanging	Philippines	Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea
Critical	Unchanging	Taiwan	Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea
Critical	Unchanging	Vietnam	Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea
Significant	Unchanging	Israel	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Limited	Improving	Turkey	Conflict Between Turkey and Armed Kurdish Groups

Transnational Terrorism
Limited	Worsening	Burkina Faso	Violent Extremism in the Sahel
Limited	Worsening	Chad	Violent Extremism in the Sahel
Limited	Worsening	Mali	Violent Extremism in the Sahel
Limited	Worsening	Niger	Violent Extremism in the Sahel
Limited	Worsening	Nigeria	Violent Extremism in the Sahel
Limited	Unchanging	Somalia	Conflict with Al-Shabab in Somalia
Significant	Worsening	Yemen	Conflict in Yemen and the Red Sea

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16 Comments

Level 63

Sep 14, 2023

Nice quiz, nominated. I think it would look better if you moved the countries to the right end of the table.

Level 73

Sep 14, 2023

Thanks! I'll give that a try when I update it again. The source has already been updated since my last check in June, so I'm going to aim for every few months considering how frequently it changes.

Level 47

Sep 14, 2023

only Ethiopia and Yemen are actually improving, all the other 36 are unchanged or worsening :-/

Level 73

Mar 19, 2024

Got even worse with the latest update :(

Level 52

Mar 19, 2024

ADD TIME

Level 73

Mar 20, 2024

Done

Level 55

Mar 21, 2024

REDUCE TIME

Level 73

Mar 21, 2024

Cut it by 30 seconds to split the difference

Level 67

Mar 21, 2024

Is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict even technically going on anymore? The breakaway state formally dissolved at the beginning of the year.

Level 73

Mar 22, 2024

According to the US Council on Foreign Relations it's improving, but still ongoing. On March 19, 2024, Reuters reported that peace talks were getting mired down and the Armenian PM raised concerns there would be full scale war if a compromise isn't reached.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/armenias-pm-says-he-must-return-disputed-areas-azerbaijan-or-face-war-tass-2024-03-19/

Level 64

Apr 23, 2025

How to make these type of quizzes..

Under which category these are done???

Anyone here can help?

Level 89

Apr 23, 2025

Strange to have Ukraine listed as in an interstate conflict but not its opponent.....

Level 73

Apr 24, 2025

Good call out. Last time this was updated Ukraine hadn't counterattacked into Russian territory, and the criteria for the quiz was to only list where the conflict was physically taking place. Since that's changed, I'll get Russia added when I do the next update in a bit.

Level 65

Apr 23, 2025

Where is Russia?

Level 73

Apr 24, 2025

Will add with next update here in a bit

Level 47

Apr 24, 2025

Nominated