Live signal
Used as the live open-news backbone because it monitors global print, broadcast, and web news and updates primary streams every 15 minutes.
Source ledger
War Risk Index sources
The site separates live data, benchmark methodology, and competitor context so readers can see what the score does and does not claim.
API mode
Used for timeline and article-list responses. The site reads JSON output and stores derived snapshots in Cloudflare D1.
Conflict benchmark
Used as methodology context for conflict intensity lenses such as deadliness, civilian danger, diffusion, and armed-group fragmentation.
Dataset benchmark
Used to frame structured conflict data availability and the difference between event datasets and a live news-pressure signal.
Fallback signal
Used only when GDELT is unavailable or rate-limited. It represents public attention to conflict pages, not event intensity.
Tracker language
CFR Global Conflict Tracker methodology
Used for conflict-status language around violence, humanitarian impact, and escalation risk.
Competitive context
Reviewed as an exact-match competitor. War Risk Index Blog differentiates by publishing the data formula and live source boundary.
Non-affiliation
War Risk Index is independent. It is not affiliated with GDELT, ACLED, UCDP, CFR, Google, any government, insurer, broker, military organization, or the operators of similarly named sites.