6- Civil Wars

Question 1

what are some conditions for a civil war? 4

Answer 1

1) the parties of the conflict should be politically and militarily organized
2) the parties of the conflict should have publicly stated goals
3) the main organizations recruit locally (shows if conflict is internal/ international)
4) conflict is large-scale

Question 2

what are some conditions for a civil war? 5

Answer 2

1) the parties of the conflict should be politically and militarily organized
2) the parties of the conflict should have publicly stated goals
3) the main organizations recruit locally (shows if conflict is internal/ international)
4) conflict is large-scale
5) vıolence is sustained

Question 3

the banality of ethnic war by mueller

Answer 3

-> challenges the widespread belief that civil wars are caused by deep-seated ethnic hatred
-> People often think that ethnic or identity-based divisions cause wars, but actually it’s the other way around.
- Wars create these divisions and make people feel like they need to defend their group.

Question 4

macro-level cleavages

Answer 4

the main nation-level dispute that divides the warring parties
(ethnicity, religion, language, ideology)

Question 5

belligerent war aims

Answer 5

the goals of the warring parties

Question 6

irredentist wars

Answer 6

secessionist war in which one part of a country wants to join another.

Question 7

compare new versus old wars

Answer 7

old wars consiste of a conflict between two states
new wars are fought by non-state actors.

Question 8

some argue that the new vs. old war distinction is oversimplified

Answer 8

the causes of civil wars are multifaceted
non-state actors have been present in old wars too
this distinction obscures the important similarities between new and old wars which makes understanding the roots causes of war more difficult