POLS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Jeffrey Herbst
4 Apr 2017
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Near-constant warfare in europe over several centuries led to a kind of organizational evolution . Berlin conference 1884-1885: took place among european leaders in berlin, many had never been to africa. When they decided to have this congress, it was peaceful, it was a good example of conflict resolution. This might have been because africa was not that valuable at the time. Division of africa was created with almost no violence. Skyes-picot agreement 1916: middle east was divided up by a french diplomat and a british diplomat, these countries were not created in the same way that european states were created. Instead of being created by war, they were created by drawing lines . There have almost been no wars between african states: the boarders have not changed, if boarders are accepted, and boarders have not changed, then governments do not have to put money and effort into defending them.
