"War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias."
The topic of Causes of Conflict explores the underlying factors and dynamics that contribute to the emergence and escalation of political and security disputes between states, non-state actors, or within societies.
History of Conflicts: Understanding the roots of conflicts from a historical perspective, including causes, the nature of conflict and resolutions.
Power and Influence: The role of power and influence in causing conflict, including social, economic, and political power dynamics.
Identity Politics: The significance of identity politics in creating conflict, including race, ethnicity, religion, nationality and gender.
Resource Scarcity: The role of competition over resources, such as land, water, oil, and minerals, in creating conflict.
Ideological Differences: The impact of ideological and philosophical differences on conflict, including religion, political beliefs and philosophical differences.
Geopolitical Factors: The influence of geographic location, borders, demographic distribution and history on conflict.
State Building: The impact of state-building and democratization processes on conflict and the role of international actors.
Environmental Factors: Understanding the environmental drivers of conflict, including climate change, deforestation, soil erosion, and water scarcity.
Human Rights and Injustices: The significance of human rights violations, impunity and injustice in creating conflict.
Globalization: The impact of globalization on conflict, including transnationalization of conflict, economic and cultural integration.
Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution: Understanding the role of diplomacy and conflict resolution mechanisms in managing and ending conflicts.
Media and Propaganda: The role of media and propaganda in creating, amplifying or reducing conflict.
Conflict Prevention and Management: The significance of early warning systems, conflict prevention mechanisms, and management strategies.
Military and Security Affairs: The role of military and security affairs in conflict dynamics, including weapons proliferation, military intervention, and regional security arrangements.
International Law and Justice: The importance of international law and justice mechanisms in preventing and resolving conflicts, including International Criminal Court, International Humanitarian Law, and International Human Rights Law.
Economic Causes: Conflicts often arise due to economic inequality, resource scarcity, and competition for resources such as land, water, and oil.
Political Causes: Conflicts can occur due to political instability, authoritarianism, corruption, and power struggles between different groups or individuals.
Ethnic/Religious Causes: Conflicts may arise due to ethnic or religious differences, including discrimination, marginalization, and sectarianism.
Territorial Causes: Conflicts may arise over disputed land or territorial boundaries, often due to historical, cultural, or economic reasons.
Social Causes: Conflicts may arise due to economic or social disparities, cultural differences, gender inequality, or issues related to human rights.
Environmental Causes: Conflicts may arise due to environmental issues such as climate change, deforestation, water scarcity, and pollution, particularly in areas that are vulnerable to natural disasters.
Ideological Causes: Conflicts may arise due to ideological differences, particularly in areas with a history of political or religious extremism.
Historical Causes: Conflicts may arise due to unresolved historical grievances, particularly between different ethnic or religious groups.
Psychological Causes: Conflicts may arise due to psychological factors such as fear, anger, and mistrust, particularly among groups with a history of conflict or violence.
Technological Causes: Conflicts may arise due to technological advancements that disrupt traditional ways of life or create new sources of competition or conflict.
"It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces."
"Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general."
"Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties."
"While some war studies scholars consider war a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature..."
"...others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural, economic, or ecological circumstances."
"...states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias."
"...using regular or irregular military forces."
"It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality..."
"Total war is warfare that... can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties."
"Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets..."
"Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets..."
"Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general."
"While some war studies scholars consider war a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature..."
"...paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias."
"...others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural, economic, or ecological circumstances."
"War is an intense armed conflict... characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality..."
"Total war is warfare that... can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties."
"Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets..."
"Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general."