PHLB20H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Boko Haram, Ethnic Cleansing, Hegemony
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Interstate wars: ci(cid:448)il (cid:449)ars (cid:894)if it"s happening inside the country, not counted as international security. Existed since 2002, but did their first criminal act in 2013. Changed norms and rules based on a change in international security. The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls was influenced by the nigerian government kidnapping their wives in order to destroy them. Thus, changing the security environment: key questions: Analysis: theory helps us to interpret and understand why states and non-state armed groups behave as they do, in order to make sense of noisy and chaotic conflicts. Policy information: different from theoretical assumptions will lead us to different policy prescriptions. How we understand the world works affects the choices we make. Promote democratization of countries around the world, in order to avoid conflict: conflict flashpoints. China-japan: one of the most important, possible wwiii flashpoint, have battled for over a thousand years pacific theatre, mostly japan imperialism.
