Matt Batten-Carew is a research analyst at the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) project, where he tracks and analyses political violence in Africa and Asia. He has an MA in Geopolitics & Grand Strategy from the University of Sussex, and is currently studying for a second MA in Eurasian Studies with the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University. His research interests are regional security management, early warning mechanisms and conflict prevention.