War Monitor — Live Global Conflict & War Risk Map
A free, real-time intelligence dashboard tracking active conflicts, military movements, escalation risk, and world-war indicators across the globe — aggregated from 100+ open data sources and synthesized with AI.
War Monitor is an open-source situational-awareness map that brings conflict data, military aviation and naval activity, market shocks, cyber threats and natural disasters into a single live view. The interactive map loads above this text once your browser finishes loading; the summary below explains what the map shows and how to read its risk indicators.
What War Monitor shows
The dashboard layers multiple independent signals on a single world map so you can see where tension is concentrated right now:
- Conflict events — geo-coded battles, strikes and violence from ACLED, UCDP and humanitarian (HAPI/HDX) datasets, refreshed continuously.
- Military activity — live military flight tracking, naval/AIS vessel movements, and known military bases and nuclear facilities.
- News intelligence — clustered headlines from GDELT and 10,000+ sources, plus OSINT channels, summarized by AI into a daily strategic brief.
- Markets & energy — oil, defense equities and macro signals that react to geopolitical shocks, including Strait of Hormuz shipping risk.
- Cyber, disasters & outages — major cyber incidents, earthquakes, wildfires and power/internet outages that often accompany or follow conflict.
How to read the risk indicators
Each country is scored with a Country Instability Index (CII) — a composite 0–100 measure built from recent armed-conflict events, security incidents, and information signals. Higher scores mean more measured instability over the trailing window. A separate global threat level (1–10) summarizes how dangerous the overall picture is on a given day. These scores are descriptive, not predictive: they tell you where verified activity is concentrated, not what will happen next. Read the Global War Risk Index for the broader WW3-escalation picture.
Most-tracked conflicts right now
The questions people bring to War Monitor cluster around a handful of theaters. The dedicated hubs and monitors below carry deeper, continuously updated coverage. Start with the most critical conflicts right now for a ranked overview.
- Iran–Israel conflict — strikes, retaliation cycles, and regional escalation (see also the Iran war map).
- Ukraine–Russia war — frontline events, deep-strike drone and missile warfare, and the Black Sea dimension.
- Israel–Palestine monitor — Gaza and West Bank events, ceasefire status and humanitarian indicators.
- Escalation risk by region — which regions carry the highest risk, and how the score is built.
- Oil & the Strait of Hormuz — how Middle East conflict moves energy prices.
- Global war & WW3 risk — how today's flashpoints feed nuclear and great-power escalation risk.
- Daily intelligence briefings — a dated, AI-synthesized summary of the day's major military developments.
Frequently asked questions
What is War Monitor?
War Monitor is a free, open-source global conflict map and intelligence dashboard. It aggregates verified conflict data, live military and maritime tracking, news and OSINT, and market signals into one continuously updated view of world events.
Is the data real-time?
Yes. Most layers update continuously or every few hours. Conflict events come from established datasets (ACLED, UCDP), flights and vessels are tracked live, and the daily brief is regenerated each day. Nothing is cached for more than a few hours.
Is it free to use?
War Monitor is completely free and open-source (AGPL-3.0). There is no paywall, sign-up, or account required to view the live map and briefings.
Critical Conflicts Iran–Israel Escalation Risk Oil & Markets Iran War Map Ukraine War Map Global War Risk Daily Briefings
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