ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Expected Utility Hypothesis, Al-Qaeda, Political Repression
6 Dec 2017
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Over the 1990s, the absolute number of active violent conflicts had fallen from the peak level: the end of the competition between usa and ussr. International coalition and gulf war (1990-1991: peacekeeping & conflict resolution, agenda for peace (boutros boutros ghali 1992, focusing on human security rather than state security, non-military sources of instability (economic, social, humanitarian and ecological) Responsibility to protect : promotion of human rights. New era & end of ideology: liberal peace. Proliferation of internal conflicts: somalia crisis (1991, rwanda genocide (1994, yugoslavian wars, croatia (1991-1995, bosnia (1992-1995, kosovo (1998-1999, democratic republic of the congo (1996-2003) New wars : looting and plunder; international crime, violence towards civilian, guerilla; battle deaths down. *** interstate wars were replaced by intrastate wars *** up close killings *** Most wars today are intrastate rather than interstate. New wars are characterized by state failure and a social transformation driven by globalization and liberal economic forces.
