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Title: International%20Security%20after%20the%20Cold%20War


1
International Security after the Cold War
2
Introduction
  • Security Challenges in the 21st Century.
  • The proliferation of weapons
  • Terrorism
  • Growth of International Crime

3
Topics of Discussion
  • The Nature of War in IR
  • Interstate Warfare
  • Two case studies
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Ethiopia and Eritrea

4
Topic One
  • The Nature of War in IR
  • War can be defined as an armed conflict in which
    there are more than 1000 combat-related deaths in
    any given year of the conflict
  • Hegemonic war is based on the Long Cycle Theory.
  • Interstate warfare war between two or more
    states.

5
Topic Two
  • PERSIAN GULF WAR
  • Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait in August 1990.
  • The UN passed a series of resolutions calling for
    Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait.
  • US led military coalition consisted of United
    States, Britain, France, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
    Syria.
  • Forty day air campaign against Iraq began in
    January 1991.
  • Saddam Hussein expanded the war by attacking
    Israel. The attempt was to break up the
    coalition of Western and Middle Eastern states.

6
Topic Three
  • Ethiopia and Eritrea
  • Ethiopia began a bombing campaign against Eritrea
    in June 1998.
  • Economic disputes between the two countries has
    led to the conflict
  • Access to the Red Sea became a heated issue in
    the conflict.
  • Both Ethiopian and Eritrean civilians have
    suffered from drought, famine, ethnic cleansing
    and mass deportation in the past twenty five
    years.

7
Potential Conflicts
  • Greece and Turkey both countries have made
    claims to the Aegean Sea. In addition there have
    been Clashes in Cyprus between the Greek Cypriot
    community and Turkish Cypriot.
  • India and Pakistan have fought three wars since
    their independence. In 1998 both countries
    developed nuclear programs.
  • China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the
    Philippines dispute over the Spratly Islands,
    over access to fishing and minerals
  • North Korea and South Korea. High level of
    tension as N. Korea develops their nuclear
    program.
  • Peru and Ecuador continue to clash over the
    border.

8
Next week we will look at Intrastate warfare.
  • Yugoslavia the fragmented state
  • Somalia the failed state
  • Chechnya
  • Terrorism
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