Conflicts Are International Problems And Require Global Rather Than National Effort

Theoretically significant to conflict is social identity theory. It allows “predictions to incorporate who is likely to perceive and act in group terms, to remain committed to the group in times of crisis” Turner (1999), Doosje & Ellemers, (1999). Bar-Tal stresses conflict exists when an incompatible goal exists between two groups. The question of when incompatibility sets become important in understanding the cause of inter-ethnic or communal conflicts for instance, even more importantly; conflict within ingroup. Inter-ethnic or communal conflict because within the scope of peacebuilding, that is the point where building peace thrives the most. There is an assumption that for peacebuilding to be

Creating relations between races and ethnicity's has always been vital to the success of the world. The United States and the international community have been, more often than not, late to stop violent acts against humanity. It took decades after the United Nations was created, and after a horrendous genocide in Rwanda, for the International Criminal Court to be created. Despite these two establishments created for international peace and security, crimes against humans rights are still occurring.When human rights are being violated, it is necessary for the U.S. and its allies to intervene in ethnic conflicts. While others may say humanitarian intervention goes against a state’s sovereign authority,it is necessary to protect

Since ethnicity is closely tied with religious purposes, many groups, particularly terrorist groups, inflict their perspectives upon others for the sake of their religion. They are not interested in power, although such prospects no doubt play a part, nor are they concerned about things like wealth and freedom. Fareed Zakaria explains, in their article “Why do they Hate Us?” that “They don’t blow themselves up to kill thousands of civilians…There is something stronger at work here than deprivation and jealousy. Something that can move men to kill but also to die” (260). More often than naught, ethnic groups harbor ill will towards other ethnicities, while terrorists are more focused on targeting random areas, not particular concerned by whom is targeted, ethnic conflicts have lead to intrastate violence replacing interstate

Question 6: According to the order theory, there are patterns of inclusion between racial and ethnic groups when they are incorporated into a dominant society. By this definition, intergroup contact that integrates through conformity to a dominant group and by cultural pluralism can be categorized under order theories. When intergroup contact begins as a social hierarchy, the interaction between the immigrating and native group can be modified by the new coming group conforming to the will of the dominant. In this way, the incoming group will gain acceptance and equality by being subordinate to the dominant group.

In this day and age, we find ourselves at odds with our “identity” as we find that not only are we representing ourselves, but we also have ties to religion, sect, tribe, and family (Angrist). This shows that despite the cohesiveness and threads that attach us, it has the power to pull people, families, and in some cases countries apart. This conflict comes to a head when religion and ethnicity are interwoven. Hence when divisions occur, this can lead to violent wars that destroy trust between individuals. This can ingrain a sense of uneasiness and distrust that plagues people’s ideas and leaves a country divided. This is particularly evident in Lebanon. Ethnic and religious division led to the festering of feelings of marginalization and discrimination, which boiled over into the Lebanese civil war, a war that claimed the lives of 150,000 people (Szekely). The anger and frustration birthed from this to chaos, and conflict has in turn increased the division between ethnic and religious factions and led to the crumbling of Lebanese nationalism. This essay is specifically aimed at assessing the relationships between ethnic and religious divisions in Lebanon and explores how it contributed to the civil war. This is done by identifying and analyzing the main actors and makes an explanation of the historical divisions stemming from the National Pact, branching out to include the consequences of the civil war on the political structures and the identities of the

Collier (2003) also argues that economic agendas appear to be central to understanding why civil wars start. Civil wars need both motive and opportunity incentives to start conflicts. However he argues that opportunities are more important in explaining conflicts than motives. I think the new trend to focus on the means of financing conflicts, coupled with the failure of rebel groups to articulate and achieve their objectives, have led to a discourse to find ‘rational’ arguments to dismiss the grievance factor of conflicts as explained by Arowobusoye (2005). I would argue that identity and ethnicity are major factors that are more accurate than the war economies in the instigation of civil wars.

Conflict theory focuses on distribution of resources power and inequality it's the wealth versus the poor. This theory can be relevant on a micro and macro level

The economic cost of peace is war. Perhaps the best way for peace maker to become adept at recognizing context-specific ramifications of conflict in a given location is to understand just how far-reaching the costs of internal warfare usually are. Internal conflicts deserve special attention by researchers and peacebuilders alike, in that ways must be found to reunite a country that has been torn apart politically, economically, socially, mentally, culturally, etc. In the aftermath of a civil conflict, the civilian populations are typically found to have borne the brunt of battles as exhibited through death tolls, population displacements, and the destruction of the country's infrastructure.” This is true of the current war in Syria, Iraq, Israel/Palestine and other regions of the world where there are

The outcome of these wide coverage has led to the emergence of the Wars, that are unique and which have with time sprouted up all over the globe. The global spread of these Civil Wars, have distinguishing peculiarities in comparison to the “Old Clausewitzean Wars.”In other words, in the old wars, various states were involved in the battles. This was a determined effort, competition, an argument or a struggle between nations, with the intention of winning power or control while in new wars, group within the state and other non-state actors are involved in the struggle and control of resources, in contrast to the new wars, whereby "their" advocators, normally influence other people´s decisions, using certain traits, such as people´s characteristics, feelings, beliefs or even religion etc. Their major intention is to draw distiction markers, thus creating division and exclusion of the community members from others. The people are unreasonably disliked through the ethcial prejudices, based on either group customs, physical features, languages race or even religion, hence, affecting the political, social and economic affairs of a specific country or a

Conflicts are exploding in several states of South Sudan from time to time. To this effect; women, children and elderly will continue to suffer. Thus, this study opts to answer the following questions. First, what are the root causes of the conflict which broke out in 2013? What are the impacts of 2013 South Sudan conflict? What role has IGAD played in resolving the conflict? What are the challenges that the sub-regional body IGAD faced in resolving South Sudan Conflict? How best can stability be

Financial backers play a role in enabling the shameless, but for those conducting abusive military campaigns in Syria, South Sudan, or Yemen, arms suppliers remain among their most important enablers.

Throughout the 1990s, many armed groups have relied on revenues from natural resources such as oil, timber, or gems to substitute for dwindling Cold War sponsorship. Resources not only financed, but in some cases motivated conflicts, and shaped strategies of power based on the commercialization of armed conflict and the territoriality of sovereignty around valuable resource areas and trading networks. As such, armed conflict in the post-Cold War period is increasingly characterized by a specific political ecology closely linked to the geography and political economy of natural resources. This paper examines theories of relationships between

The history of ethnic civil war consists of ethnic fragmentation appeared along the societal path to globalization. Over time, human enabled a comprehensive study of variables and motives in attempt to theorize a historical pattern of civil war. Two important models, one constructed by Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler, and the other by James Fearon and David Laitin, provided hypothesis of the causes of civil war based on social, economic and political measurements. However, as Horowitz states, “a bloody phenomenon cannot be explained by a bloodless theory”, civil conflict can never be concluded to a certain pattern; despite the general trend, chance events such as natural disasters

According to the famous Margaret Atwood,”War is what happens when language fails.” Today it seems as if everyone in our society has built their own personal views and opinions on everything causing arguments amongst people. Even in relationships and friendships, it’s shown that tension between people resolves in conflict. It has been seen all around and even between our nations. Because of this, fights and arguments are bound to occur. However, some people might argue that there are other ways to deal with these national arguments and fights, but due to the human condition, war is inevitable.

Despite the 21st century advancements, the world is still plagued with major problems today. Each country, region and continent is facing its own set of struggles and battles. Whether it is an economic, political or social issue, there is always an obstruction that a country is striving to overcome. One of the worldwide issues is ethnic cleansing and genocide. In particular, the South Sudanese civil war is caused by differing opinions of ethnic groups and is leading to the attempt of genocide. Despite the several laws under crimes against humanity opposing this practice, it still does not stop groups from continuing this vile activity. South Sudan is in turmoil due to fighting between those with ethnic differences, specifically the Dinka and the Nuer. These heinous crimes must be stopped before the newly developed country, South Sudan, does not have an opportunity to flourish.