Globe Explorer

Explore the geographic distribution of U.S. military interventions around the world

Aggregate statistics hide an essential dimension of military interventions: Where they actually take place. Geography shapes strategic intent, escalation risk and market perception.

This globe provides a spatial view of U.S. military interventions, allowing patterns to be explored across regions, time periods, objectives and levels of intensity.

Rather than treating interventions as isolated events, the visualization helps reveal geographic clustering, recurring hotspots and how market-relevant conflicts are distributed across the world.

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Geographic Concentration

Our dataset of 29 interventions reveals clear geographic clustering across five regions:

Middle East & North Africa Libya (4), Egypt (2), Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Israel
Asia North Korea (3), Russia (2), Vietnam, Afghanistan, China
Latin America & Caribbean Haiti, Panama, Nicaragua, Venezuela
Sub-Saharan Africa Somalia (2), Liberia (2), DR Congo, Guinea-Bissau
Europe Yugoslavia/Kosovo (2)

Geography shows where interventions occur, but timing reveals how long and how often the U.S. engages militarily.

This timeline places all interventions on a common temporal axis, making it possible to compare duration and intensity across decades.

By viewing interventions as part of broader historical waves, the timeline highlights periods of sustained military engagement and how intervention intensity evolves across geopolitical eras.

Intervention Timeline

U.S. military interventions (1963-2022)

Bar width represents duration, color indicates intensity level

Temporal Patterns

The Gantt chart reveals distinct intervention "waves" aligned with geopolitical eras:

1963-1979 Vietnam War (intensity 0.91), North Korea tensions, Cold War standoffs with USSR
1980s Libya operations (4), Lebanese Civil War (0.73), Nicaragua Contra Affair, Panama
1990s Desert Storm (Iraq), Somalia operations (2), Kosovo NATO airstrikes, African evacuations
2000s-2022 Afghanistan (intensity 0.86, 21 years), Hainan Island incident with China