Post-Cold War transition and asymmetric shock
2000 World Events
2000 is represented by eight curated specific-event records from the submitted dataset. 7 carry priority 4 or 5; the most common focus areas are Terrorism (2), Governance/Diplomacy/Political (2), Economic/Trade/Energy (1). This is a structured research index, not an exhaustive history or legal finding.
Selection and evidence boundary
Eight selected records, not an exhaustive yearbook
What is established here: the source workbook selected eight specific records for consistent cross-year comparison.
What inclusion does not mean: moral approval, a complete account of the year, or final resolution of disputed attribution, figures, intent, legality, or long-term effects.
Selected factual records
Eight records for cross-year research
Open the source boundary inside each record before reusing dates, attribution, legal posture, casualty figures, coordinates, or long-term-effect claims.
Violence escalated after a contested visit to the Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif, leading to years of suicide bombings, raids, and barrier construction.
- Type
- Insurgency / uprising
- Research focus
- Terrorism / conflict
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Location
- Jerusalem, Israel / Palestinian territories
- Actors named by the source record
- Israeli security forces; Palestinian factions; civilians
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 31.7683, 35.2137
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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Suicide attackers struck the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole while it was refueling in Aden harbor, killing seventeen sailors.
- Type
- Terrorist attack
- Research focus
- Terrorism
- Impact scope
- Global
- Location
- Aden, Yemen
- Actors named by the source record
- Al-Qaeda; United States Navy
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 12.7855, 45.0187
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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Technology stocks began a major collapse after speculative internet valuations peaked, wiping out market value and reshaping venture finance.
- Type
- Financial shock
- Research focus
- Economic / technology
- Impact scope
- Global
- Location
- New York City, United States
- Actors named by the source record
- Technology firms; investors; regulators
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 40.7128, -74.0060
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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A malicious email attachment known as ILOVEYOU spread through address books and disrupted businesses and governments worldwide.
- Type
- Cyber incident
- Research focus
- Cyber / espionage
- Impact scope
- Global
- Location
- Manila / South China Sea, Philippines
- Actors named by the source record
- Malware author(s); global email users; corporations
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 14.5995, 120.9842
- Coordinate precision
- Regional-hub coordinate
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The Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk sank during exercises in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 sailors.
- Type
- Military accident
- Research focus
- Military
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Location
- Barents Sea, Russia
- Actors named by the source record
- Russian Navy; Kursk crew
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 74.0000, 36.0000
- Coordinate precision
- Sea-area approximate coordinate
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World leaders agreed on a development agenda that became the Millennium Development Goals, focusing on poverty, health, education, and partnership.
- Type
- Global governance
- Research focus
- Global governance
- Impact scope
- Global
- Location
- New York City, United States
- Actors named by the source record
- United Nations member states
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 40.7128, -74.0060
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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C. in United States. A disputed Florida vote count culminated in a Supreme Court decision that ended recounts and determined the U.S. presidency.
- Type
- Election crisis
- Research focus
- Political / institutional
- Impact scope
- Global
- Location
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Actors named by the source record
- George W. Bush; Al Gore; U.S. Supreme Court
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 38.9072, -77.0369
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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A Concorde crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris, killing everyone aboard and four people on the ground.
- Type
- Aviation disaster
- Research focus
- Infrastructure / safety
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Location
- Paris, France
- Actors named by the source record
- Air France; passengers; aviation regulators
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 48.8566, 2.3522
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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External historical research links
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United Nations Digital Library
Useful for checking resolution text, vote records, official statements, meeting records, and document symbols.
Open sourceUppsala Conflict Data Program
Useful for conflict definitions, event comparison, actor coding, and checking whether a claim fits the dataset's threshold rules.
Open sourceGDELT Project
Useful for identifying media attention patterns, candidate events, cross-border reporting, and questions for deeper source verification.
Open sourceReliefWeb
Useful for humanitarian situation reports, disaster chronology, response organizations, and source discovery.
Open sourceNATO Archives Online
Useful for alliance policy, committee records, strategic concepts, and institutional history.
Open sourceCIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room
Useful for declassified agency records, historical assessments, memoranda, and collection-level research.
Open sourceHow to cite and challenge this page
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