DCAF

security sector research foundation in Geneva, Switzerland
Organization think_tank Q583031
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DCAF

Summary

DCAF is a think tank[1]. DCAF draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (think_tank category, ranking #67 of 207).[2]

Key Facts

  • DCAF's field of work was research[3].
  • DCAF's field of work was armed forces[4].
  • DCAF's field of work was peace and conflict studies[5].
  • DCAF is in the country of Switzerland[6].
  • DCAF's image is recorded as DCAF HQ outside.jpg[7].
  • DCAF's instance of is recorded as think tank[8].
  • DCAF's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[9].
  • DCAF's official language is recorded as English[10].
  • DCAF's official language is recorded as French[11].
  • DCAF's logo image is recorded as DCAFlogo-transparent.png[12].
  • DCAF's headquarters location is recorded as Geneva[13].
  • DCAF's ISNI is recorded as 0000000405122939[14].
  • DCAF's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 149303881[15].
  • DCAF's GND ID is recorded as 10066849-5[16].
  • DCAF's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2003098061[17].
  • DCAF's IdRef ID is recorded as 096187131[18].
  • DCAF's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA14463288[19].
  • +2000-10-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of DCAF[20].
  • DCAF's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02x00v_[21].
  • DCAF's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0020821[22].
  • DCAF's official website is recorded as https://www.dcaf.ch/[23].
  • DCAF's SELIBR ID is recorded as 299843[24].
  • DCAF's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000286987[25].
  • DCAF's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 4087069[26].
  • DCAF's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+171'}[27].

Body

Founding

+2000-10-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of DCAF[20].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Genfer Zentrum für die demokratische Kontrolle der Streitkräfte'}[28], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Centre de Genève pour le contrôle démocratique des forces armées'}[29], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces'}[30]. DCAF's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DCAF'}[31].

Operations

DCAF's headquarters location is recorded as Geneva[13].

Industry

Fields of work include research[3], a type of process[32]; armed forces[4]; and peace and conflict studies[5], an academic discipline[33].

Why It Matters

DCAF draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (think_tank category, ranking #67 of 207).[2] DCAF is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . iatiregistry.org. Retrieved . iatiregistry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . dcaf.ch. dcaf.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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