Counterterror expansion and networked conflict
2002 World Events
2002 is represented by eight curated specific-event records from the submitted dataset. 8 carry priority 4 or 5; the most common focus areas are Terrorism (3), Governance/Diplomacy/Political (2), Disaster/Health/Climate (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.
Coordinated bombs struck nightlife venues in Bali, killing more than two hundred people, many of them foreign tourists.
- Type
- Terrorist attack
- Research focus
- Terrorism
- Impact scope
- Global
- Location
- Bali, Indonesia
- Actors named by the source record
- Jemaah Islamiyah; tourists; Indonesian authorities
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- -8.3405, 115.0920
- Coordinate precision
- Island-level coordinate
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Chechen militants seized a theater audience in Moscow; Russian forces ended the siege using an incapacitating agent, killing militants and many hostages.
- Type
- Terrorist attack
- Research focus
- Terrorism
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Location
- Dubrovka / Moscow, Russia
- Actors named by the source record
- Chechen militants; Russian security forces; hostages
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 55.7250, 37.6740
- Coordinate precision
- Site-level approximate coordinate
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A novel coronavirus emerged in Guangdong and spread internationally through travel and hospitals before containment.
- Type
- Epidemic
- Research focus
- Public health / security
- Impact scope
- Global
- Location
- Guangdong / Foshan, China
- Actors named by the source record
- SARS coronavirus; health authorities; travelers
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 23.0215, 113.1214
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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Euro cash replaced national notes and coins in participating countries, making monetary union visible to hundreds of millions of people.
- Type
- Economic integration
- Research focus
- Economic / governance
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Location
- Brussels, European Union
- Actors named by the source record
- Eurozone governments; European Central Bank
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 50.8503, 4.3517
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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Large-scale communal violence followed a train fire in Godhra, killing many people and displacing communities.
- Type
- Communal violence
- Research focus
- Political violence
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Location
- Gujarat, India
- Actors named by the source record
- Hindu and Muslim communities; Indian authorities
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 22.2587, 71.1924
- Coordinate precision
- State-level centroid
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The ICC came into force as a permanent court to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and later aggression.
- Type
- International justice
- Research focus
- Global governance
- Impact scope
- Global
- Location
- The Hague, Netherlands
- Actors named by the source record
- ICC member states; prosecutors; civil society
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 52.0705, 4.3007
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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C. in United States. A sniper team killed and wounded people around the Washington region, producing fear and large-scale law-enforcement coordination.
- Type
- Lone-actor / serial attack
- Research focus
- Lone-actor attack
- Impact scope
- National
- Location
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Actors named by the source record
- John Allen Muhammad; Lee Boyd Malvo; civilians
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 38.9072, -77.0369
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
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C. in United States. The United States created DHS by merging or coordinating many civilian security functions after 9/11.
- Type
- Institutional reform
- Research focus
- Counterterrorism / governance
- Impact scope
- Global
- Location
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Actors named by the source record
- U.S. federal agencies; Congress; White House
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
- Coordinates
- 38.9072, -77.0369
- 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.
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