Essays on Conflict

World order is the power and authority distribution on the global stage by political players (Duncan et al. 30). The term "world order" may seem strange in the face of conflicting realities. Although it is assumed that states are the same in a formal sense, there are blatant inequalities between...

According to Grotius, the only factors that should lead to a war include jus ad bellum, which involves particular conditions such as a just cause and a decision to engage in war that has come from the right authority. The other condition is that war should commence with the right...

1. The Challenge of Terrorism At any given time, the world is grappling with a particular issue, especially those that severe stability and internal relations. One of the challenges that require urgent redress is the issue of terrorism. The increase in terror-related activities that are propagated by different groups across the...

Israel is the only Jewish state, whose location is found on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea. Palestinians, on the other hand, is Arab population that also claims ownership of the land Israelis currently occupy as they refer to it as Palestine. Their hope would be fulfilled when they...

A great power in the discipline of international relations is one that excels in competence, size of population, political stability, size of territory, military strength, resource endowment and economic stability. These characteristics collectively referred to as power capabilities are a source of assurance for such a power the ability to...

Al-Shabaab started as an equipped wing of the Islamic Court Union that later split to smaller divisions when it was defeated by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and Ethiopian army in the year 2006. The group defines itself as conducting jihad against the enemies of the Islam religion, and...

Among the six types of conflicts Three are connected with the phenomenon of nationalism, and they are religious fervor, ethnic hatred, and ideology. The sources of international conflict based on the identity that is modeled by nationalism act as the linkage between internationally recognized statehood and citizenship. A nation includes a...

The end of the Cold War saw major political changes in world security policies. During this particular era, there occurred a heated debate over the role of a nuclear weapon in security matters. While some scholars, policymakers, and various world leaders felt that possession of a nuclear weapon was irrelevant,...

Terrorism and its Impact Terrorism has been a global threat from time immemorial, taking different forms and targeting different groups. Most terrorism activities target political governments, geographical conflicts, and religious differences. Governments have tried to avert terrorist attacks that threaten the lives of their citizens and the economic growth of their...

The approaches in the conflict resolutions have been rapidly changing globally since the collapse of the Cold War. The old system in the world has evolved, but it is not clear the whether the new system has kicked off. The old system of colonialism was unstuck, but the new emerging...

The concerns about terrorist attacks have risen sharply over the past few years as the majority of people believe that the world is at combat with radical Islam (Crenshaw 481). Most people believe that an extremist violence in the United States ensuing in large fatalities is probable to occur in...

In the four articles, it talks about the change of climate and violent conflict. A quantitative confirmation dominates recent negotiations concerning security repercussions of climate variability which has a central bearing on policy-making.  The initial statistical proof indicates that exposed countryside livelihoods play a crucial part in linking conflict and...