Changelog

Update November 20, 2023

  • Paper published by Journal of Military Studies, appearing as part of the 2023 issue online ahead of print release in January of 2024. CFPI is officially peer-reviewed! Note that data explorer does not yet reflect revisions in the article; they will be part of a planned migration to Datawrapper (datawrapper.de) in 2024.
  • Paper
    • Working review paper replaced with published article from Journal of Military Studies.

Update September 23, 2023

  • Revisions to paper for Journal of Military Studies implemented. Data explorer does not yet reflect revisions; they will be part of a planned migration to Datawrapper (datawrapper.de) in 2024.
  • Paper
    • Various prose revisions implemented to incorporate comments of Journal of Military Studies reviewers.
    • “Aircraft Carrier” tactical role (formerly r-value 3,600) split and re-weighted based on comments received during the peer review process and “Helicopter Carrier” category added. New categories:
      • Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear-powered), r-value 2,880
      • Aircraft Carrier (Non-nuclear-powered), r-value 972
      • Helicopter Carrier, r-value 108

Update November 30, 2021

  • Data Explorer live (version 1.0.0)
  • Data
    • States added for 2021: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Kenya, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
    • Full 2021 dataset added for download
    • Nine charts added for 2021 CFPI Score exploration
    • Four charts added for 2021 CFP-to-GDP ratio exploration
    • Nine charts added for 2021 extra-regional projection CFP exploration
    • Four charts added for 2021 system-count-based conventional arsenal technological composition exploration

Update November 29, 2021

  • Site launched
  • Home, Paper, Systems, About, Contact, and Links pages live
  • Data Explorer placeholder posted
  • Data
    • Data explorer coding underway in Visualizer; placeholder posted
  • Paper
    • Paper posted while under review for publication in Journal of Military Studies; latest revision November 29, 2021
    • Downloadable as PDF
  • Systems
    • Initial slate of 1,570 systems with tier levels published
    • Downloadable as Excel workbook

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