3.a Flashcards

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UN

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  • Biggest institution
  • aims to :
    achieve worldwide peace and security
    develop good relations
    foster cooperations among nations
  • can declare new states - stop conflict
  • has right to sanction intervention
  • power of VETO - block UN from too much control
  • has peacekeepers go into countries and help supply aid
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EU

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  • important security role - provides forces from members of state for rapid response operations
  • can offer memberships - hep poorer states develop - generate sweat and trade
  • LT help
  • can challenges sov. of other stets
    no combined military
  • opposed sanctions on Russia in 2014 - didn’t do much
  • only European states
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NATO

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  • purpose - to safeguard the freedom and security of members - using military and political means
  • can intervene without UNs permission - could challenge sov. as can go against UN
  • focuses of military - most aggressive approach - could create instability
  • effective but more ST immediate response
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flows of people help intervention

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ST
- UM mission and regional organisations - require movement of people in conflict zones e.g peacekeepers in UN
- integral part of global gov.

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flows of money help intervention

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mostly ST
- integral part of global gov.
requires transfer of finances - donates - over 1.1billion per mission
- creates develop. - could be seen as LT
- scale - dependant on size of organisation

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flows of ideas help intervention

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LT
- planning and executing intervention - exchange of ideas - essential for effective gov. of conflict
- peace treaties - bringing conflict to an end

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flows of tech help intervention

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LT
- advanced tech of military - allows growth of modern ICT
- increases dev. of country
- ciber security

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how access to natural sources challenge sov. and TI

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  • River in Kashmir
  • ongoing since 1947
  • religious differences - Pakistan and India - big countries with little resources
  • water insecurity - heart if Kashmir dispute
  • The Indus - v. important tp both countries for irrigation and hydro-electric power
  • Pakistan complaining that Indi affects water supply by damning
  • periodic firing across boards and troops stationed high in mountain - control territory
  • enviromnetla imapcts - water insecurity
  • rapid country growth - demands for more water - water resource - depending on g.w and glacial retreat.
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