Contemporary Global Issues

Conflict, Cooperation, and Security

Charles Coyle

Overview

• Global Tensions and Conflicts

• Mass Extermination

–Causes and Responses

• Addressing the Problem

• Terrorism and Private Militias

Global Tensions & Conflicts

• Ethnic Differences

• Religious Differences

• Territory Disputes

• Nationalist Differences

Religious/Ethnic Conflict

Israel & Palestine

• Struggle for control of Jerusalem

• Mutual Recognition

• Water

Religious/Ethnic Conflict

Northern Ireland

• Catholics vs.

Protestants

• Irish Republican

Army (IRA)

Territory Disputes

Kashmir

• Not just 1 v. 1

–China, Pakistan,

India, Kashmir

• Water (again)

Nationalistic Differences

Taiwan

• Claimed by People’s Republic of China (PRC)

• Not legitimate

• Global recognition

Mass Extermination: Where

• Cambodia – 1970’s

• Rwanda – 1994

• Bosnia – 1995

• Darfur – Ongoing

Mass Extermination: Why

• Cambodia – Political ideology

• Rwanda – Ethnic/Power struggles

• Bosnia – Religious differences

• Darfur – Racism

Addressing The Problem

• United Nations Deployment–Peacebuilding

–Peacemaking

–Peacekeeping

• Democratization

• International Human Rights

Addressing The Problem

• Government

–Economic & Legal sanctions

–Official Positions

• Public

–Popular media exposure

–Charitable organizations

• Genocide Intervention Network– www.genocideintervention.net

• IGAAR: Institute for Genocide Awareness and Applied Research

– www.igaar.org

• Save Darfur

– www.savedarfur.org

Addressing The Problem

Terrorism: Tactics

Private Militias

• Darfur

– Janjaweed

• Rwanda

– Interahamwe

– Impuzamugambi

• Cambodia

–Cadres of the Khmer Rouge

“Are all humans human, or are some more human than others? Do some actually count more than others?”

- Roméo Dallaire

Citations

• US Army Africa, “J-300-SPT-94-04-0004-0686”, July 23, 2009, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

• REUTERS / Amit Shabi, ISRAEL, October 13, 2000

• REUTERS / Cathal McNaughton, NORTHERN IRELAND, March 10, 2009

• Vice Regent, “Kashmir 2007”, July 31, 2007, via Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike

• Sjjhang, “Taiwan ROC Passport”, March 12, 2009, via Wikipedia, Public Domain

• Dawit Rezene, “Soldiers in Eritrea”, via Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike

• idfnakesk (Israel Defense Forces YouTube Channel), “Hamas Terrorist Tactics in the Gaza Strip”, uploaded April 22, 2009, via YouTube