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The International Crisis Behavior (ICB) Project is a project undertaken by the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland, College Park that collates data from 1918 (the end of World War I) onward to a few years ago (currently till 2007).

Data
The International Crisis Behavior project contains data on international crises from 1918 onward (i.e., after the end of World War I) until a few years ago. As of June 2014, the newest available data is ICB Version 10, released in July 2010. The data for this version extends till 2007, and includes 455 international crises, 35 protracted conflicts, and 1000 crisis actors. All data is available freely for download.

Academic reception
Data from the ICB has been referenced in a number of academic papers studying the patterns of conflicts and international crises. It was also used in Chapter 3 of the book What Do We Know About War? edited by John A. Vasquez. The Forecasting Principles website lists the ICB Project as an important data resource in the analysis of conflict and terror.